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Trump threatens Iran as peace talks advance despite Israel’s Lebanon escalation
As mediators report a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, Trump’s threats, Iran’s Hormuz warning, and Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Lebanon are testing whether diplomacy can survive another push toward regional war.
Trump signals ‘peace’ while expanding military footprint in Iran conflict
Contradictory statements from the White House coincide with troop deployments, market volatility, and renewed scrutiny of the United States’ military infrastructure across the Gulf.
Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.
The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy
That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.
Trump pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely...
How likely is it that these investments will rise by hundreds of billions of dollars in 4 years?
Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot
The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.
Intro to Islam, Salafism and jihadism
Can we turn the clock back and make the Muslim world great again?
Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression,...
The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.
The Tillerson-Trump rumble over Qatar shows White House divisions
The U.S. has two foreign policies: that of the former Exxon-Mobil CEO, an old Middle East hand, and that of a Queens real estate shyster and foreign policy neophyte.
The Qatar crack-up
Those who called the President’s stop in Riyadh a success may have been premature in their assessment.
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Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to decide whether federal courts can review his detention
Justice Alito twice extended the filing deadline, and the full Third Circuit declined to rehear the case by a single vote.
Analysis estimates 1.5 million Latinos have lost SNAP benefits since the tax law passed
Texas and Arizona account for more than 596,000 of the estimated losses in the seven states the groups examined, and the method assumes every enrollee was equally likely to be cut.
“The River Can’t Be Trusted”
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
Federal court strikes down ICE’s courthouse arrest policy nationwide
The ACLU says the New York ruling restores limits on civil immigration arrests at or near immigration courts, effective immediately
Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes five-year Arctic oil rule covering polar bear and walrus...
The industry's own estimate counts 123 polar bear harassments and no deaths over the period, while the agency's rule lists how deaths could still occur.