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Why Independent Media Matters More Than Ever
The slow unraveling of legacy media continues. First it was the Washington Post. Then CBS News. Now CNN appears to be moving in the same direction — increasingly shaped by…
Trump Delayed Start of Iran Attacks
Senior U.S. and Israeli officials said their countries’ opening strike on Iran was originally planned to take place a week earlier, but delayed for operational and intelligence reasons, Axios reports….
Labor Secretary Creates Toxic Workplace
New York Times: “The agency’s inspector general has opened an inquiry into allegations of professional misconduct by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and her closest aides. Investigators have spoken with several dozen witnesses…
America’s Allies Watch Fitfully From Sidelines
“As American and Israeli warplanes continue to bombard Iranian cities, European allies have been left in a familiar place: on the sidelines. President Trump cut them out of planning for…
Pentagon Worries Conflict Could Spiral Out of Control
Washington Post: “The vast number of retaliatory attacks — and the array of sites being targeted, including nonmilitary sites in Arab nations across the Middle East — is concerning after…
Trump Has a Lot of Questions to Answer
Playbook: “Trump and his top military advisers will finally face the media this morning as the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran enters its third day. This will be the first time…
Trump Buries the 20th Century
Alexander Burns: “With a roar of rockets and bombs, a gasp of international outcry and the death of Iran’s supreme leader, President Donald Trump’s legacy became clearer than ever.” “He…
Iran Strikes Risk a Trump Priority: Low Gas Prices
“President Trump took the stage Friday against a backdrop of crude storage tanks at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas and touted low fuel prices to a small crowd…
Trump’s Shifting Goals for Iran Complicate Mission
“The length of America’s military commitment to its confrontation with Iran depends on what the goals are. And they keep changing,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “On Sunday alone, President…
U.S. Jet Fighters Mistakenly Downed by Kuwait
“Three U.S. jet fighters were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, U.S. Central Command said. The six crew safely ejected from the F-15s,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Save…
Even John Bolton Is Worried
“President Donald Trump has long been interested in regime change in Iran, but his appetite for risk means he may not have fully prepared for what’s coming next, according to…
An Era of Unrestrained American Power
“President Donald Trump has long said the US is done with nation-building. Now, he’s embraced a form of intervention that hearkens back to an earlier American era: openly targeting adversaries’…
Oil Prices Surge, Stock Futures Fall
“Oil prices were sharply higher and U.S. stock futures pointed to sizable losses on Wall Street as investors brace for the economic fallout of an extended regional war,” the Wall…
Trump’s Lethal Presidency
“No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump,” Axios reports. “He’s attacked seven nations, three of which — Iran,…
Mideast Conflict Widens Across Multiple Fronts
“Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, traded strikes early Monday after the breakdown of a fragile yearlong truce, opening another front in the widening war in the Middle East following…
Three House Democrats In Trouble This Week
“A trio of House Democrats are at real risk of losing reelection in the Texas and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday,” Punchbowl News reports. “Reps. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.), Al Green…
Congress Now Faces the War Over the War
Punchbowl News: “With President Donald Trump plunging the United States into its riskiest military gamble in two decades — overthrowing the Iranian regime — Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill…
Trump Seeks Distance from War He Started
Washington Post: “Trump has taken an approach to selling U.S. citizens on military action in Iran that sharply contrasts with his predecessors: He devoted three minutes of his 108-minute State…
Inside the Push to Pass a Billionaire Tax
Wall Street Journal: “California’s proposed billionaire tax has rattled its wealthiest residents and spurred fears the state could lose some of its most valuable taxpayers. It has divided Democratic leaders…
Talarico and Paxton Hold Edge Heading Into Primary
The final Emerson College poll of Texas likely primary voters finds James Talarico (D) with a narrow edge over Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) in the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate:…
