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![President Joe Biden holds a news conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Aims to Stay in Race Until Polls Say He Can’t Win, He Says During Presser
Dozens of Democrats are planning to announce their calls for Biden to drop out this weekend.
![An Air Force F-35 Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, A-10C Thunderbolt II and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during the 2018 Heritage Flight Training and certification course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, on March 4, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-jets-400x300.jpg)
As NATO Members’ Military Spending Surges, So Do Emissions
The sharp uptick that exacerbates climate breakdown serves only to enrich weapons manufacturers, says a new briefing.
![President Joe Biden speaks on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-biden-ang-400x300.jpg)
Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes
The Anglo-Saxonization of US foreign and military policy has become a distinctive feature of the Biden presidency.
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Global Military Spending Reached an All-Time High Last Year at $2.4 Trillion
The US was by far the largest military spender at $916 billion in 2023, up 2.3 percent compared to the previous year.
![Firefighters of the Ukrainian emergency service extinguish a fire at the Kostiantynivka railway station, after a Russian missile, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-2030765733-400x300.jpg)
Peace Activists and Policy Experts Call for Talks as War on Ukraine Turns Two
Those pushing for the diplomatic path acknowledge it will be a hard path, but say war cannot be the permanent choice.
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Trump Warns NATO Nations: No Protection Without Payment Against Russian Attack
“You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?” Trump said. “No, I would not protect you.”
![Turkiye's State Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), along with the teams from Russia, Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and UAE conduct search and rescue operations after the severe flood caused by Storm Daniel in Derna, Libya, on September 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0930-libya-400x300.jpg)
Disastrous Flooding in Libya Is Result of Both Climate Crisis and 2011 NATO War
Richard Falk discusses Libya's vulnerability to disaster due to internal and external forces.
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Libyan Youth Climate Activist Says Flooding Disaster Was Not a Surprise
“I’m hoping that this tragedy could be the turning point” to take the climate crisis more seriously, says Nissa Bek.
![Kurdish women hold aloft the flag of Kurdistan while celebrating outdoors](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0719-kurdish-new-year-400x300.jpg)
In Bid to Join NATO, Sweden and Finland Back Turkish Repression of Kurds
NATO’s July summit betrayed the Kurdish people. The left must stand with both Ukraine and the Kurds — and against NATO.
![The West Cannot Ignore Role NATO Expansion Played in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/NATO1-400x300.jpg)
West Ignores Role of NATO Expansion in Driving Russia’s War on Ukraine
The illegal invasion of Ukraine was not solely caused by Russian internal politics, says Stephen Wertheim.