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Transportation Sec Claims Gas Prices Will Drop Fast, Contradicting Fed Reports
Duffy’s comments come as Trump has described complaints on affordability as a “line of bullshit.”
Trump Bypasses Congress on $8.6 Billion Arms Deal
The deal sends weapons across the Middle East as outrage grows over unchecked war powers.
Poll Shows Most See Iran War as “Mistake,” Earlier Than With Iraq, Vietnam
The war has almost no constituency outside of Donald Trump's biggest fans.
Iran Isn’t Begging for Negotiations. It’s Setting the Terms for Ending the War.
“The [Trump] administration is desperate to find some form of an off-ramp,” says Drop Site News' Jeremy Scahill.
Hegseth Dismisses Testimony of US Soldiers Who Said They Were Put in Danger
The secretary combatively said troop deaths were “tragic” but the “consequence of conflict.”
“That’s Murder”: Democrat Grills Hegseth on Order to Commit War Crimes
Hegseth pledged that the military is showing “no quarter” to its enemies. Experts say that’s a war crime.
May 1 Marks a Crucial “War Powers” Deadline for Trump’s War in Iran
Trump can seek a 30-day extension, but would have to show Congress that the war is an “unavoidable military necessity.”
Netanyahu’s Testimony in Criminal Trial Cancelled Again for “Security Concerns”
President Donald Trump called for Netanyahu to be pardoned in a request to Israel’s president late last year.
UAE Says It’s Leaving OPEC, in Major Blow to the Cartel
The change is a major blow to the oil cartel that has long dominated the oil market.
US and Israel Claimed to Be Fighting for Iranian Minorities — While Bombing Them
Already marginalized, Iran’s religious minority communities are overlooked victims of the US-Israeli war on Iran.