Pete Hegseth, the secretary of War, tapped two men with close ties to Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund, 1789 Capital, to sit on an influential advisory board for the Pentagon, raising new concerns about the intertwining of President Donald Trump’s family business with the government.
AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby, has been spending more than ever on elections in the United States, and one of the biggest shifts in its ad strategy is not to mention Israel, according to a report. The New York Times reported that between April 2022 and the end of July, AIPAC paid for 109 television and digital......
Israeli ‘settlers’ have besieged homes in the hilltop town of Qusra in the West Bank for over a week, and residents said the IDF, which is supposed to intervene in these attacks, did nothing to stop it.
The CIA reportedly had “low confidence” in the Israeli-provided intelligence that said there was a planned Iranian assassination attempt against President Donald Trump while he was departing Turkey after a NATO Summit last month, which resulted in the president switching planes.
The Israeli military has been accused of intentionally setting wildfires in southern Lebanon, according to a report last week.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said earlier this week that the IDF will not be withdrawing from so-called security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza to ensure the security of northern Israel, drawing a swift response from the White House.
The second Trump administration has clearly illustrated how the American government is dominated by the “economic elite” class, which benefits immensely from its access to the upper echelon of government, a new report said.
The U.S. has had a hard time replenishing aircraft carriers in the Middle East region after Iran managed to knock out a U.S. base in Bahrain during an early drone attack and the U.S. has been forced to use Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean 2,000 miles away, as a hub to provide food for sailors, The New York Times reported.
Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, said in an interview last week that Washington plans to use economic tactics on Iran that will force the country to relent and agree to the Trump administration’s terms to end the war.
President Donald Trump said last week that the U.S. has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz” as negotiations with the Iranians hit a roadblock, prompting Tehran to essentially close the vital waterway.