President Donald Trump said he loves inflation.
A new report released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the U.S.’s annual inflation rate had reached its highest levels in three years. Later, in the Oval Office, a reporter asked Trump whether the new inflation numbers concerned him. The president presented his own pathetic spin.
“No, I love it. The numbers were great. You…
President Donald Trump is spiraling over Iran’s latest military strikes, which undermine his claims that their military has been obliterated.
Hours after the United States and Iran exchanged their latest series of military strikes Tuesday night, Trump insisted yet again that Iran’s military was all but destroyed.
“Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air…
Unesco has increased support following confirmed damage to protected archaeological sites across southern Lebanon
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The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran is still ongoing, and while a worldwide soccer tournament played mostly in the United States should be an opportunity to promote peace and unity, it appears regular people in the Middle East will not be given that courtesy.
Iran, who qualified for the World Cup way back in March 2025, had their entire ticket allocation yanked away on Monday. The tournament begins on…
A Ho Chi Minh City park likely conceals a mass grave of about 900 soldiers killed in the 1968 Tet Offensive, officials concluded on June 8 after an eight-year forensic search. The site is Le Thi Rieng Park, an eight-hectare green space in Hoa Hung Ward built in 1983 over the former Do Thanh Cemetery, also known as the Chi Hoa-Cho Quan Cemetery. That the city’s wartime authorities buried large…
Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc.
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Israeli Border Police removing the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile shot down near Jericho, West Bank, on June 8, 2026.
Since the beginning of its failed war against Iran, the Trump administration has boasted about the massive destruction inflicted by US-Israeli strikes, proclaiming the decimation of Iran’s military over and over again.
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President Donald Trump was once again humiliated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war they started in Iran continued to spiral out of control.
After Iran launched a salvo of missile strikes against Israel Sunday, its first attack since the April 8 ceasefire, Trump insisted that he still maintained control of the situation.
The U.S. president told Axios that he would instruct…
President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Red Room of the White House, Monday, September 29, 2025.
Wars often go wrong in unexpected ways. Even well-planned operations can be derailed by surprise events, equipment failures, bad weather, or bad luck. But the disaster that followed President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran on February 28 was not a surprise. War-gamed and red-teamed dozens of times over decades, the risks of the campaign […]
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Trump’s bombing of Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Nigeria, Yemen, Caribbean boats, and Somalia (Council on Foreign Relations info) has torn to shreds his “political brand” opposing foreign military adventures, promising “no wars” in campaign speech after campaign speech after campaign speech.…
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The green-energy industry, and China, may be the biggest beneficiaries.
President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin
President Donald Trump is dodging questions on his humiliating stalemate with Iran.
Speaking to reporters on the tarmac outside Air Force One in Chippewa, Wisconsin, on Friday, Trump kept his remarks about Iran brief.
“We’re doing quite well. The situation with Iran seems to be going quite well,” Trump announced, before turning to leave.
“When was the last time you had discussions?” a reporter…
President Donald Trump doesn’t care that Americans are struggling to pay the surging costs to see their favorite sports teams.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, Trump defended his planned trip to New York City’s Madison Square Garden to watch the third game of the NBA playoffs, where tickets are prohibitively expensive.
“They could watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to…
The agreements were flawed from the start.
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Four Republican lawmakers broke party lines Wednesday to pass a resolution curbing Donald Trump’s war powers in his military campaign in Iran.
The four Republicans who joined Democrats were Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, and Warren Davidson of Ohio.
The measure to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran passed…
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Marco Rubio just refused to provide a clear answer regarding the administration’s plans for Cuba.
The state secretary appeared before Congress Wednesday for the second day in a row as part of the executive branch’s efforts to defend its $2.2 trillion budget request for 2027. But Rubio’s seemingly endless talking points abruptly ended when he was asked a yes or no question by Representative…
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In the Baltics and in Kiev, the risks of a major escalation are rising.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a major meltdown Tuesday after he was called out for America’s disastrous dealmaking with Iran.
Speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Senator Cory Booker pressed Rubio over allowing Iran to get rich off the flailing U.S. war effort despite attacking President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal for doing the same thing.
The New Jersey Democrat…
America’s dealmaker-in-chief has created an escalating geopolitical catastrophe.
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It is more urgent to hold Trump accountable and have a plan to use the inevitable bailout to reclaim democracy than it is to lay out plans for 2029, because we're unlikely to make it that far without a massive crisis first.
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An MQ-9 Reaper — the aircraft type that absorbed two confirmed total losses at Ali Al Salem on May 30, 2026
Trump is not helping himself win support from Senate Republicans.
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Against a red background, a soldier with a black beret is seated, with an image of a dolphin behind him, and there are circles emanating from around his face.
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez – May 27, 2026 The statements made on May 20