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WASHINGTONย โย Senate Republicans blocked a war powers resolution Wednesday designed to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities in Iran, as the Trump administration accelerates its military campaign in a conflict that has killed hundreds, including at least six American service members. The motion failed in a vote of 47-53. In addition to pulling out military resources from…
Depending on who you ask, the U.S. war against Iran is either designed to knee-cap the countryโs military capability or pave the way for the Iranian people to take over their own government. President Trump, whose presidential campaigns promised to end the kinds of regime-change wars that have tied down U.S. resources in the past,…
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is preparing for President Trump to declare a national emergency in order to seize control of this yearโs midterm elections from the states, including by bracing his Senate colleagues for a vote in which they would be forced to either co-sign on the power grab or resist it. In the wake…
NEW YORKย โย U.S. and Israeli officials are privately casting doubt on projections from the Trump administration that the war with Iran could end within a matter of weeks โ instead warning that a months-long campaign may be required to destroy the countryโs ballistic missile capabilities and install a pliant government, multiple sources told The Times. The…
A shock-and-awe campaign laying down a tsunami of bombs. An enemy succumbing rapidly under overwhelming firepower. And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign. In 2003, President George W. Bush strode confidently on the deck of an aircraft carrier less than five weeks after he ordered the invasion of Iraq and declared…
Northern California Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), whose congressional district was carved up in the redistricting ballot measures approved by voters last year, announced Monday that he would not challenge fellow Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of Elk Grove. Instead, he plans to run in the Democratic-leaning district where he resides. โItโs true that I was fully…
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil ย โย When President Trump returned to the White House last year, observers in Brazil expected immediate hostility towards leftist President Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva, who in 2022 had defeated the far-right former president and MAGA ally Jair Bolsonaro. The expected clash with Trump came in July, when he imposed 40% tariffs on…
In his announcement unveiling U.S. attacks on Iran, President Trump assailed the Islamic Republicโs โproxiesโ in the region. โFrom Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts,โ Trump declared Saturday. The United States, Trump vowed, was determined to…
โAmerica firstโ was Donald Trumpโs promise on the 2024 campaign trail, but his administration broke that oath late Friday when it launched a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Now the presidentโs staunchest supporters are echoing the anti-war cries of lefties. Itโs an odd turn of events when MAGA mouthpiece Tucker Carlson and lefty icon Jane…
Reza Khaleghian, 70, came bursting through the door of Naab Cafe on Saturday morning, phone pressed to his ear, fist held in the air, screaming the news in Farsi at anyone who would listen: โKhamenei is dead!โ Soon, President Trump would confirm the death of Iranโs supreme leader in a historic attack by the United…