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White House Flips Out Over FBI Warning of Iran Attack on U.S. Soil
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (1761+ words) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is demanding that ABC News retract reporting on a potential Iranian retaliatory attack on California because it was based on an "unverified" tip'even though the FBI alerted law enforcement to it in the first…...
Transcript: Trump’s War Takes Unnerving Turn as Damning New Leaks Hit
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (1321+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 4 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your…...
Troops Suffered Brain Trauma, Burns From Iran Strike Hegseth Dismissed
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1786+ words) It appears that the Defense Department downplayed the severity of the retaliatory strike that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait. In addition to those killed two weeks ago, more than 30 military members were hospitalized by an Iranian drone strike on…...
Trump Humiliated as Viral Exchange with Journo on Iran Backfires Badly
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (13+ words) Trump Humiliated as Viral Exchange with Journo on Iran Backfires Badly'The New Republic...
Trump’s Iran War Is Already Weakening Military Operations Elsewhere
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1781+ words) Donald Trump's war in Iran is weakening U.S. military resources and weapons surpluses around the world. An unnamed official told the Post that the moves were precautionary to defend against a possible increase in Iranian retaliatory attacks, and not due to…...
Top Democrat Leaves Iran Briefing Worried About Ground Invasion
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1761+ words) Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal offered an alarming message regarding the growing likelihood of U.S. boots on the ground in Iran and the looming prospect of yet another forever war in the Middle East. "I emerged from this briefing as dissatisfied and…...
Trump Made Massive “Tactical Error” on Iran During Ukraine Talks
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1808+ words) The U.S. could have had the schematics for Iran's Shahed drones, but the Trump administration said no. The decision to snub the offer is now being discussed as one of the biggest miscalculations thus far in the Iran war. "If there's…...
Trump Is Just Making Stuff Up About Strike on Iranian Girls’ School
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1742+ words) President Donald Trump was caught in an obvious lie about the military strike on a girls" primary school in Iran that killed 175 people, many of them children." Speaking at a news conference Monday evening, Trump floundered when asked whether the…...
This War With Iran Will Cost More Than We Can Afford
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1468+ words) With "affordability" the Democrats" watchword of the moment, I"m surprised more haven"t pointed out that President Donald Trump"s undeclared war on Iran costs more than Americans can afford. By this I don"t mean American soldiers killed…...
Trump Contradicts His Own Defense Secretary on Iran War Timeline
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1733+ words) Donald Trump doesn't appear to be on the same page as his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when it comes to a timetable on the Iran war." On Monday evening during a press conference, a reporter asked Trump about his comments…...