Bessent: The so-called Supreme Leader is hiding in seclusion while his regime crumbles.

Would likely be sold to Gulf states...

We've come a long way from any Constitutional check on war whatsoever, clearly.

Mali's military junta is meanwhile aligned with Russia...

Trump’s departure from the NATO summit in Turkey aboard the old Air Force One was a “distraction and misdirection” intended to address threats against him...

More major deals to come out of NATO summit...

Meanwhile the US says it is still engaged in 'technical talks' with Iran despite days of tit-for-tat bombings.

Savages are capturing and consuming UK wildlife...

Turkish leader seen positively beaming...

The time has come for Europeans to declare their independence from ruling-class tyranny...

Kremlin: "disaster not only for the alliance, but for the entire world."

Fears mount that no matter who wins, Paris could burn...

"Hormuz recovery stalls. Oil has rebounded as renewed...." 

 

If Tehran deescalates, they cede control of Hormuz. If they escalate, their options are to hit Hormuz more. triggering more US counter strikes; or GCC energy.  triggering a larger war; to use (battered) proxies like Hezbollah, triggering wider war.

Trump: "This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!"

No Syrian leader - and certainly not one with Sharaa's past as a US-designated terrorist - had been in the White House in decades. 

Coordinated global campaign against personal mobility and privacy...

The 21st century has introduced a form of confrontation that rarely appears on TVscreens, is seldom announced through diplomatic declarations, and almost never begins with the spectacle traditionally associated with war...

Walz claimed in a speech there is no American blockade on Cuba.