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Trump Says US Will Bomb Iran Into “Stone Ages,” Invoking Vietnam Carpet Bombing
The US will bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” Trump said of the country with 93 million people.
Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War
With Pete Hegseth leading the Department of Defense, the line separating church and state is increasingly blurred.
Trump Slashed Medicaid. Now He Says US Can’t Fund It Because of His War on Iran.
The president's comments come as the Pentagon seeks $200 billion to continue funding the unpopular, destructive war.
Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs
“The only reason you would hit this target is to try to limit medicine production in Iran,” one expert said.
Rubio Unironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on Military
The Trump administration has requested a record-shattering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and $200 billion for the war.
Low-Income Moms Struggle to Keep Their Families Afloat Amid Gas Price Increases
Single mothers are among the hardest hit as rising prices spurred by the Iran war exacerbate the affordability crisis.
Thousands of Iranians Who Live on Kharg Island Face Possibility of US Invasion
US media talk about the island’s civilians as if they are a military problem, if they talk about them at all.
US Killed Children in Iran Using New Missile That Explodes Into Pellets
The PrSM detonates just before contact with its target, exploding into a spray of tungsten pellets.
Trump Touts “Hand-Carved” Columns on Ballroom as War Costs US 10k Jobs a Month
Amid blaring warnings about the economy, Trump said the Corinthian columns are “top of the line.”
Houthis Strike Israel, Expanding Trump’s Illegal War on Iran
Experts say Yemen’s Houthis could escalate pressure by targeting Red Sea routes and key infrastructure.