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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.
Israel Is Dropping 2,000-Pound Bombs on Densely-Populated Tehran, Reports Say
Israeli forces said last week that they have dropped 3,600 munitions on the Iranian capital alone.
Jeremy Scahill Debunks Trump’s Lies About US Strategy and Negotiations With Iran
Scahill also discusses possible avenues of US escalation and what he’s learned in conversations with Iranian officials.