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A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here
The E-3 Sentry, with its distinctive rotating radar dome, is a flying command center that allows American forces to see and coordinate the battlefield. In recent weeks, Iran destroyed one on a runway in Saudi Arabia and reportedly damaged another. The United States has only a handful of E-3s deployed to the Middle East and
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Oil prices sink and stocks jump as the U.S. and Iran agree to ceasefire
Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and Asia markets and U.S. stock futures jumped after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 4.8% and South Korea’s Kospi gained 5.6%. Futures for the S&P 500 advanced 2.3% as of
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Pete Hegseth faced Pentagon revolt before the Iran ceasefire announced: insiders
If the Pakistan-brokered Iran ceasefire had not been announced shortly before Donald Trump’s deadline that included a threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would have been confronted by a revolt inside the Pentagon, according to new reporting. That is according to MS NOW’s David Rohde, who told “Morning Joe”
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“Not Our Responsibility”: How Young MAGA Voters Are Reacting to Trump’s War in Iran
When Carson Carpenter saw that a U.S. strike had killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he did not see it as a show of force. Instead, the 20-year-old Trump supporter saw the start of a conflict with no clear end and a hefty price tag. “When [President Donald Trump] says that this operation is
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Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia
RINGGOLD, Ga. — Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Trump’s endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran. In a deep red district that Greene won by 29 points and Trump carried by almost 37 points two years
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However you spin it, Trump — this was a loss of devastating proportions
Donald Trump spent the last 40 days bombing Iran, threatening to wipe out “a whole civilization,” and turning the world’s most critical oil chokepoint into a war zone – going from the world’s worst tyrant to its biggest idiot. What he got in return was a two-week pause, brokered not by American military strength or
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Critics ridicule Hegseth for ‘gaslighting’ on Iran ceasefire: ‘Operation wishful thinking’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was widely ridiculed Wednesday after framing the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement tentatively reached on Tuesday as a “military victory,” and one that Iran “begged for,” despite many of its provisions directly contradicting some of the Trump administration’s stated war objectives. “Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it,” Hegseth claimed
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Trump tells The Post in-person Iran talks will happen ‘very soon’ — but reveals why JD Vance might not attend
WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he expects peace talks with Iran to happen in Pakistan “very soon” following the Tuesday cease-fire deal — but that Vice President JD Vance may not attend due to security concerns. Pakistan has proposed a summit in Islamabad as early as Friday after Trump’s negotiating team, including
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Billionaire David Geffen, 83, finally settles nasty divorce with 32-year-old boytoy
David Geffen finally settled his contentious divorce from his much-younger boytoy, David Armstrong. According to court docs obtained by Page Six, the billionaire, 83, marked “uncontested” on the docs, meaning both parties agree on every key issue — including spousal support and property division — without dispute. However, the terms of the settlement were not
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Spooked Republicans move to limit voters’ power to overturn GOP policies
Republicans in state legislatures across the country are increasingly worried about citizen-led ballot initiatives enacting Democratic Party policies or overturning Republicans’ own policies — and they’re working to clamp down on the right to get those issues on the ballot in the first place. According to The New York Times, “In North Dakota, Utah and