The U.S. military killed at least 14 additional people in boat bombings in the Caribbean and the Pacific last week, bringing the total number to at least 148 since the start of the Trump administration’s so-called war against drug smuggling into the United States from Latin America.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., announced that they will be forcing a vote on a War Powers Resolution in hopes of restraining President Donald Trump’s march to war with Iran, but the push is expected to fall short because of the near-unanimous support within the Republican Party and not enough Democrats to sign on.
The Trump administration responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) in a 6-3 opinion that was seen as a blow to the White House’s economic agenda.
President Donald Trump has ordered the most airpower into the Middle East since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, as the U.S. prepares for a possible war with Iran that has hardly been explained by the administration and faced essentially no pushback in the news media or by politicians in Washington.
It seems clear that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has disrupted Trump’s negotiations with Iran about nuclear weapons by interjecting in the middle of the negotiations another demand–that Iran give up its missiles and its alleged proxy forces.
The Trump administration plans to develop a massive military base inside Gaza that will house up to 5,000 members of the so-called International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is a key initiative of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report.
While U.S.-listed stocks related to artificial intelligence (AI) swell their valuations unchecked, Chinese officials are taking steps to quell what might be seen as irrational exuberance.
Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts and other economic policies will add $1.4 trillion to the federal government’s debt through 2035, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in an update last week.
The death toll in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza reached 72,063, with more than 171,726 Palestinians injured. That number includes 603 people killed since the so-called ceasefire from October 2025.
In our discussion on Monday, Nima and I examine the problematic situation in which Netanyahu has placed US President Donald Trump.