Several Republicans rallied behind President Donald Trump's Memorandum of Understanding, which the United States and Iran have signed.
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History often repeats itself—not because lessons are missing, but because policymakers frequently choose to ignore them. In The March of Folly, historian Barbara Tuchman detailed how governments across centuries pursued policies that were not just misguided but self-defeating. From Troy to Vietnam, the pattern remained the same: leaders pushed forward even when evidence advised them […]
By Alan MacLeod – May 15, 2026 Amid escalating U.S. aggression towards the Cuban island
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Marco Rubio has offered $100 million in humanitarian aid to the Cuban people, directly blaming the island’s communist leadership for severe shortages.
Blowing things up is the easy part. Turning force into a political outcome is harder.
It is doubtful that generals in the Russian army could mobilize to overthrow dictator Vladimir Putin, said Member of the European Parliament and political scientist Ivars Ijabs (from Latvijas attīstībai) in an interview with the LETA news agency. In his view, there are certainly individuals within the armed forces who do not think highly of […]
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‘Ultra Prevention’ and the Trauma of October 2023.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth contradicted a major Trump administration talking point regarding the state of Iran’s ruling regime.
A reporter asked Hegseth at a press conference Wednesday whether the U.S. was still encouraging the Iranian people to rise up against their government, and what the two-week ceasefire meant for that. Hegseth’s answer went against the administration’s claim that…
Trump’s Iran speech may mark the moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world.
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Trump’s Wednesday night speech did not add any new substantial information and the idea of putting American troops on the ground in Iran was not mentioned.
The war has failed to convert military pressure into political breakdown. It has simply shifted the domestic crisis onto ground that favors the regime’s hardest institutions.
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Well, that was quick. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directly contradicted Donald Trump’s claims about negotiations with Iran.
Less than an hour after Trump declared Monday that the U.S. was in talks with a “A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME,” Rubio presented an entirely different picture of Iran’s leadership.
“We have to see if these people end up being the ones in charge, seeing if they are…
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Donald Trump has finally come clean about his objective for Iran—and threatened to launch a series of war crimes if he doesn’t get what he wants.
“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social Monday.
Perhaps the Trump administration has finally given up pushing its…
The language of “precision strikes” functions as a fiction. Israel and the U.S. are deindustrializing Iran.
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The Christian Zionist movement has long pushed for regime change in Iran. With allies in Donald Trump’s inner circle and its ideas seeping into the US military, it has played a key role in building support for the current war.
Christians United for Israel and the broader Christian Zionist movement have long been pushing for Iran regime change. (Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images /…
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The Trump administration is spiraling over a _New York Times_ story that says it is pushing Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down as a requirement for negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba to move forward.
The _Times_ reported Monday, citing four anonymous sources, that U.S. negotiators want economic hard-liner Díaz-Canel to go in order to open up the country’s economy. The report has…
Donald Trump’s efforts to blockade Cuba’s fuel supply aim to create chaos. Now more than ever, Cuba needs practical international solidarity to resist US imperialist bullying.
For years, the US establishment has blamed the Cuba’s economic problems on socialism, incompetence, and mismanagement. (Yamil Lage / AFP via Getty Images)
US president Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco…
By William Camacaro and Frederick Mills – Mar 11, 2026 The “Trump Corollary” to the
According to a report by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Venezuela’s oil production
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We’re almost two weeks into the Iran war, and President Donald Trump still isn’t sure what his goals are.
Asked on Wednesday whether he would be able to declare victory in the Middle East if Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei—the son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—becomes the new supreme leader of Iran, Trump balked.
“I don’t want to comment on that,” the president said.
Trump then changed the…
WASHINGTON: United States lawmakers from both parties raised concerns on Tuesday about the strategy and potential consequences of the US-Israeli war against Iran following a classified congressional briefing.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the Trump administration’s plans for the war appear “incoherent and incomplete” following the two-hour closed-door briefing.
“So they are going to…
Operation Roaring Lion's unprecedented intelligence and operational integration may mark the moment the US-Israel relationship transitions from a patron-client model to a force-multiplying strategic alliance.
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Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, welcomed the recognition of the constitutional government
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Caracas and Washington have decided to restore diplomatic and consular relations. The announcement was
You don’t have to learn any lessons you don’t want to.
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House Republicans and a handful of Democrats followed the Senate in blocking a measure Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from furthering the war in Iran without authorization from Congress.
The prime minister called Trump's war illegal and is not being bullied into joining operations or making equivocal statements of support.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared unable to answer a repeated question during her briefing Wednesday: Is Iran a regime change war or not?
As President Donald Trump and his administration give shifting explanations of the U.S. decision to join Israel in bombing Iran over the last five days, Leavitt was asked what he really believes.
“You said the Iranian regime is being…
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The reaction to the recent military strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader has exposed a stark divide in global cultural circles — one that says a great deal about how political activism in Hollywood often collides with the lived experiences of people who actually endured authoritarian rule. Across social media and international media outlets, Iranian […]
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The Iran war could be entirely in vain, according to Donald Trump.
Seated beside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday, Trump spelled out that the worst case scenario for U.S. involvement in Iran could see another authoritarian regime taking control of the country.
“What’s the worst case scenario that you have planned for in Iran?” asked a reporter.
“Well, I don’t know…
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