On Wednesday, Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced a bill that would give the Philippines $2.5 billion in military aid over five years as the US is boosting military ties with Manila as part of its strategy against China in the region. The...
President Biden on Wednesday walked back a call for Israel to declare a six-to-eight-week ceasefire in Gaza, saying the truce must be tied to a hostage deal and that it was "up to Hamas." The comments came a day after an interview aired in which Biden appeared to say...
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas's political bureau, said Israeli airstrikes killed three of his sons and four of his grandchildren in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Israel confirmed targeting Haniyeh's sons but said it did not have "information" about the killing of...
The US and its allies believe Iranian retaliation for the Israeli bombing of Iran's consulate in Syria is imminent, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Sources told Bloomberg that, based on US and Israeli intelligence, Iran or its allies in the region could launch a...
Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that President Biden has "totally abandoned Israel" and said any Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats this November should "have their head examined." Trump has been critical of Israel for sharing images and videos of...
The Biden administration has admitted that it massively undercounted what it has spent on the proxy war in Ukraine, The American Conservative reported on Tuesday. The report said the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had previously estimated the US...
President Biden on Wednesday said he's considering a request from Australia to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who's being targeted for exposing US war crimes through standard journalism. The Australian government has recently stepped up its...
President Biden said in an interview with Univision that aired on Tuesday that Israel should call a six-to-eight-week ceasefire in Gaza and appeared not to condition a truce on a hostage deal with Hamas. "So what I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has contradicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by saying Israel has not set a date to launch its invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Axios reported on Tuesday. Netanyahu made the claim on Monday that "there is...
The State Department announced on Tuesday an "emergency foreign military sale" to Ukraine for $138 million worth of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems. The deal is being paid for by US military aid for Ukraine that was included in the US's...
