As I predicted last week, Trump is desperately looking for a way out of the costly war with Iran that he and Israel started, as long as he can still claim some kind of victory. Trump has said, “the US is very close to meeting its military objectives,” and is considering “winding down the Iran operation.” But, that isn’t because Trump is winning, even if he thinks he is. Reports say that his daily war briefings are kept to just 2 minutes and focus mainly on “successful” airstrikes while omitting the lack of strategic victories—which is what Trump wants to hear, but the negative reports would tell him that Iran is not even close to giving up. Trump will never admit this was a mistake even though the current energy crisis proves that it was. Even more dangerous, Trump’s war (backing Israel) has created a major deficit of US missile interceptor and munitions that make the US highly vulnerable should a war with China and North Korea start soon over Taiwan. Trump is facing intense pressure at home to end the conflict that has sent global oil prices skyrocketing, and sowed division among his core base of supporters, especially among those in the military. Republicans in Congress have also reacted negatively over the superficial classified briefings they are getting from the administration, telling them very little about where this war is going. To receive a free one-time sample of the Brief, along with options on how to subscribe, click on Request a sample on the left.
The US may send an additional 10,000 troops on top of the thousands of service members already dispatched to the region, according to a new report
The United States and Israel are reportedly evaluating contingency plans for a limited ground component in Iran, centered on the potential deployment of approximately 12,000 elite troops, as the broader conflict that began with joint strikes on February 28, 2026 continues to evolve. According to multiple emerging assessments, the prospective operation would rely heavily on regional partnerships, proxy forces, and external financial backing rather than a large-scale unilateral invasion.
This lull is not an isolated event, but part of a longer running drop of Chinese military activity near Taiwan.
“We’re going to send in the National Guard, if we need to,” Trump said Wednesday at a fundraiser for congressional Republicans.
...The Times also found evidence that Chavez fathered four children with women who were not his wife. Chavez had eight children with his wife. There was also evidence that Chavez pursued other women in the labor movement and that some of this behavior was known by the United Farm Workers. In its statement, however, the organization wrote that those revelations are news to it.
The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it would restrict women’s sports to biological females, as determined by a genetic test. The policy will go into effect for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games onwards.
Malone said that members, who do not receive compensation, have not been treated well by the Trump administration, pointing to how Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesman Andrew Nixon responded after Malone publicized how officials allegedly told members they would be reconstituting ACIP rather than appeal the judge’s ruling. “I’m tired of thousands of hours of free labor for just chronic disrespect for all of us,” Malone said.
At least seven people were killed in Ukraine on Tuesday after Russia launched a truly massive drone attack that's said to be the largest of the four-year war. Counting both drones and cruise missiles, 979 warheads poured into Ukrainian airspace as diplomatic efforts at ending the war remain stalled and the world's attention focused almost entirely on the US-Israeli war on Iran.
As soon as the feds announced Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting prosecution on charges of sex trafficking, the popular reaction was disbelief: “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself” quickly became an internet meme. And now, with the release of the Epstein Files, it’s only become harder — if not all but impossible — to believe the official story that Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself in the Manhattan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019.
Despite a court order requiring the prison to preserve video surveillance footage near Epstein’s cell during the strangulation, federal prison officials failed to do so and also lost the backup due to “technical errors.”
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Tuesday that US airstrikes in Anbar, western Iraq, killed 15 of its fighters, including a senior commander.
The Department of War has been instructed to postpone strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure, initially for five days.
the victory this week of Joseph E. Foreman, aka “Afroman,” in defending a lawsuit brought by police officers who raided his house. While perhaps lost in the theatrics, the Foreman verdict was a victory for free speech in protecting the right to parody government officials....Yes, Foreman is over-the-top in every respect. Yet, there was a method to the madness. Strip away the flag suit, the over-the-top lyrics, he had a point. Add the suit and the rap, he had an audience.
Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division Maj Gen Brandon Tegtmeier and his "command element" being sent to Middle East, Fox reports. Backchannel diplomacy vs skepticism: Abbas Araghchi reportedly signaled openness to negotiations with the US via envoy Steve Witkoff, but Israel has appeared cool on deal prospects or offramp. Heavy exchange of fire and testing red lines: Iran continues missile and drone waves targeting Israel and US bases, amid reports of overnight airstrikes on military and gas infrastructure near Isfahan. Iran reshuffles its security leadership, appointing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr: he's a former IRGC commander and replaces the assassinated Ali Larijani. Iran halts natural gas exports to Turkey: follows last week's Israeli strike on the massive South Pars gas field.
A fire broke out at a diesel hydrotreater, with the unit suffering severe damage, according to people familiar with the incident. The fire was near the plant’s fluid catalytic cracker, and part of the refinery has been shut down, according to the people, who said a decision hasn’t yet been made whether to shut the entire plant.
According to the news agency, the building of a gas distribution station in Isfahan and a gas pipeline running to a power plant in Khorramshahr on the border with Iraq came under attack. No injuries have been reported. Material damage was caused to the infrastructure and adjacent residential buildings, the news agency specified.
The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.
Trump announces "productive" talks with Iran, "postpones" military strikes for 5 days Iran Foreign Ministry + Parliament speaker say no talks have happened, after Trump said "speaking with a top person in Iran", says will "just keep bombing" if Iran talks fail Trump says Hormuz will be "jointly controlled"; Russia and Pakistan step-up as potential mediators, engage with Tehran Israel is not seeing an imminent end to the war, and plans to continue operations while avoiding energy assets, an Israeli official said. US says Israel "will be pleased" Iran publishes broad list of potential regional targets: threatens "the entire region will go dark." IEA Executive Director warns of 1970s level oil shocks: "No country will be immune to the effects of this crisis if it continues to go in this direction." Russia mediates in call with Tehran.
In yet more unintended blowback from Washington's Iran war gambit, now in its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russian oil and gas companies must use windfall profits from the Iran war to reduce debt. It's been no secret that higher crude prices, amid the ongoing massive disruption to global energy supplies due to the Hormuz Strait effective closure, have been a boon to Russia as it continues to fund its war machine in Ukraine.
Bags of SHREDDED DOCUMENTS destroyed at NY jail days after his death
Iran vows regional and US infrastructure will be "irreversibly destroyed" in response to Trump's 48-hour timeline to open Hormuz or else Iranian power plants will be obliterated. Iran announces imposition a $2 million transit fee on 'non-enemy' ships wishing to transit strait. Unprecedented damage and many dozens of casualties in Israel's south after tit-for-tat strikes on areas with nuclear plants.
Natanz nuclear site attacked: Iran says "no nuclear radiation" detected, even as attacks on core sites like Isfahan nuclear facilities signal clear escalation despite earlier Trump signals of maybe "winding down." Iran has responded by targeting Israel's Dimona nuclear facility. The Israeli army confirmed "a direct impact of an Iranian missile" on a building in the city that houses a nuclear research facility, AFP reported
Companies now face three difficult choices if they did not lock in fuel prices before the spike: absorb the impact and accept margin compression, add surcharges, or raise prices.
In a startling move that has military experts questioning their assumptions about Iranian capabilities, Iran attempted to hit the joint UK-US base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs). While US officials assured the Wall Street Journal that the base was unscathed, the Iranian strike aimed at a target roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran suggests that the range of Iran's retaliatory capacity could be well beyond previous external estimates and claims made by Iran.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna appeared on Bill Maher’s show and confirmed what the Epstein document dumps have long hinted at: the former president wasn’t just flying on the Lolita Express — he was operating under an entirely different identity in the files.
In a social media post, the U.S. president issued a 48-hour deadline for Iranian forces to stop threatening the key Middle East waterway.
U.S. jets and allied Apaches have begun targeting Iranian vessels and drones in the Strait of Hormuz as coalition efforts intensify to restore maritime flow.
Iran intensified attacks on Gulf Arab energy infrastructure on March 19, hitting a Saudi refinery, Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, and two Kuwaiti oil refineries, in an escalation that sent oil prices sharply higher. Benchmark Brent crude rose to more than $119 a barrel at session highs early on March 19—close to the 3 1/2 year peak touched on March 9—while U.S. West Texas Intermediate briefly climbed above $100, as markets reacted to the widening threat to Middle East supply.
Sources say shipments routed through Iran’s Jask Port and a strategic pipeline is allowing crude to bypass the Strait of Hormuz despite escalating conflict.
Rep. Chip Roy is demanding an “immediate” investigation into the leftist network of activist groups organizing protests against President Donald Trump’s intervention in Iran after some of the network’s leaders met with the Cuban Communist Party’s Politburo earlier this week.