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Trump Asks for Taxpayers to Shell Out $200B to Fund His Deadly, Cost-Raising War
This is “more than enough” to cover Medicaid for 16 million people kicked off the program by the GOP, an expert said.
Oil and Gas Experts in State Department Fired in DOGE Efforts Prior to Iran War
The administration laid off people responsible for modeling scenarios like the Strait of Hormuz closure, reporting says.
Tehran Residents’ Social Media Offer Nightmarish Glimpse of Humanitarian Crisis
Oily smoke. Black rain. Destroyed apartments. Loved ones killed by airstrikes. Iran will not recover soon from this.
Israel Has Killed or Wounded Classroom’s Worth of Children Every Day in Lebanon
Israel has forcibly displaced 350,000 children from their homes in southern Lebanon since March 2.
The Pentagon Is Using Palantir AI to Bomb Thousands of Targets in Iran
The system, known as Project Maven, also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic.
Israel Urges Iranians to Rise Up While Privately Saying They’d “Get Slaughtered”
Israeli officials told US diplomats that the Iranian government is “not cracking” in a State Department cable.
Trump Adviser Says War-Induced Pain to Consumers Is “the Last of Our Concerns”
“If [the war] were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the US economy very much at all,” Hassett said.
Trump’s Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest Over Iran War
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said.
Israeli Forces Killed Parents, 2 Kids in West Bank and Beat Surviving Children
Israeli soldiers also reportedly prevented Red Crescent workers from reaching the family.
As US Bombards Iran, Trump Opines: “Maybe We Shouldn’t Even Be There at All”
“We don’t need it. We have a lot of oil,” Trump said. “It’s almost like we do it for habit.”