Trump wants $87.6 billion to pay for his war in Iran, etc.

June 25, 2026
Jennifer Shutt

Of the total, $61.5 billion would go to the Pentagon, but Democrats are skeptical

Drones and decomposing babies: What's in UN report on Israel's genocide of Palestinian children

June 25, 2026
Sondos Asem

Israel has killed over 20,000 Palestinian children since 7 October 2023. The UN has detailed instances of torture, rape and murder in a landmark report

Wounded children wait for medical care at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 25 May 2026 (AFP)

Release the Minab Report: Did Grok Help Kill 168 Children?

June 24, 2026
Thom Hartmann

The Pentagon has finished investigating its bombing of an Iranian elementary school. Congress still hasn’t seen the results. The families deserve answers—and so do we.

A man works on his smart phone in front of a mural honoring schoolchildren killed in a Feb. 28 strike in the southern Iranian city of Minab that was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes, in northern Tehran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hundreds of Bedouin left homeless as Israel ramps up Naqab expulsions

June 24, 2026
Oren Ziv

Residents of two unrecognized Palestinian villages were forced to dismantle their own homes — the latest chapter in a decades-long cycle of displacement.

پیشرفت

 بزرگترین عواملی که ما انسان‌ها را به جلو هدایت می‌کنند، حسّ پیشرفت کردن، همواره تکامل یافتن، و ترقی‌ خواهیِ ماست. بدین لحاظ است که ما همواره در تلاش هستیم که از نسل پیشین خود پیشی‌ بگیریم، و در مسیری که قدم می‌گذاریم، نگاه و اندیشهٔ ما به سمت جلو و بالا است. در هر برنامه‌ای که طرح می‌کنیم و در هر تدبیری، پیشروی شرط نخست است.ا

Losing the War of the Future

June 23, 2026
Paul Scharre

How New Technologies Threaten America’s Military Advantage

 

Iran to set up Hormuz hotline with US

June 23, 2026

The new channel will help resolve incidents in the strategic waterway amid conflicting guidance for shipowners

 
Cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz ©  Getty Images/quantic69

What if the Peace Memorandum between the U.S. and Iran were a trap?

June 22, 2026
Lorenzo Maria Pacini

With Russia and China watching, and the Axis of Resistance at stake, Pezeshkian’s tense signature hints: “We hope we’ve done the right thing.”

 

Iran makes World Cup statement just hours after Donald Trump threatened to blow it up

 June 22, 2026
Iran continued their impressive showing at the World Cup amid heightening tensions that left Donald Trump warning he would “blow the s---“ out of the country.

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz

June 21, 2026

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz once again over Israeli “violations” of the peace deal agreed with the US, Tehran’s military has said.

People search for victims under the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Qannarit village, southern Lebanon on Saturday - (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari

Trump May Be Drawing Down Iran War, But He’s Demanding Billions More for Bombs

June 20, 2026
By Mike Ludwig

The GOP is souring on Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget as the president pushes for yet another reconciliation bill.

Donald Trump leaves after announcing the U.S. Navy's new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images

Trump takes aim at critics of US-Iran MoU, says Iran ‘finished’

June 19, 2026
Joseph Stepansky

Trump says deal amounts to Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’; Negotiations thrown into doubt as Vance delays trip.

US President Donald Trump speaks at a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2026. [Ken Cedeno/AFP]

Meet the biggest winner of the war with Iran

June 18, 2026
Muhammad Sahimi

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf began the conflict as a controversial speaker of parliament. He ends it as a leading presidential hopeful.

At Iran's World Cup opener, a banned flag became a flashpoint at the stadium gates

June 18, 2026
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Two hours before Iran's national soccer team opened World Cup play against New Zealand on Monday night, an Iranian American man and his teenage daughter got in line to enter SoFi Stadium.

Fans hold up pre-revolutionary Iranian flags as Iran played New Zealand in a FIFA World Cup 2026 match at Los Angeles Stadium on June 15, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)

Inside the US-Iran Memorandum: The 14 Points Released by IRNA

June 18, 2026

Iranian state media have published the full text of a 14-point memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington.

Back to Bad Beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding

June 17, 2026
Binoy Kampmark

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (Screengrab from video posted to YouTube.)

The U.S. and Iran have struck a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz, but Israel may prevent an end to the war

June 16, 2026
Mitchell Plitnick 

The U.S. and Iran have reportedly signed a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and to begin negotiations to end the war. It is a hopeful sign that this disastrous war of choice may soon be over, but once again, Israel stands to be the spoiler.

President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, December 29, 2025, at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

خالق

یکی‌ از موضوعاتی که همواره بشر را به تفکر واداشته است دنیای خارج از زندگی‌ روزمره است. پیش از آنکه ما به این دنیا قدم بگذاریم چه بودیم، و پس از اینکه این دنیا را ترک می‌کنیم چه خواهیم بود؟ چگونه این جهان شکل گرفت و آیا پایانی برای آن متصور است، و اگر پایانی دارد، این پایان در چه زمانی‌ و چگونه است؟ آغاز دنیا در چه زمان و چگونه بوده است، و آیا کسی‌ و یا نیروئی در ایجاد و کنترل این جهان نقش داشته است؟ا

Vance Says US-Iran MOU Has Already Been Signed ‘Digitally’

June 15, 2026
Dave DeCamp

The vice president said that Tehran could eventually gain access to a major Gulf-funded reconstruction fund

Will Israel Blow Up Trump’s Deal? Jeremy Scahill on Iran Talks, Strait of Hormuz, Nukes & More

June 15, 2026
More than 100 days into hostilities, Iran and the United States say they have reached a preliminary deal to end the war. Israel, however, is not a party to the tentative deal and says it plans to keep occupying areas of southern Lebanon — a position still contested by Iran and the key sticking point to the partial ceasefire deal agreed to by the U.S. and Iran in April. Although the new agreement is set to be signed Friday, Israel’s unrelenting assault on Lebanon could once again spoil any deal.