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17.04.2026 - 17:37 [ MainePublic.org ]

Rep. Golden casts pivotal vote against resolution limiting Trump‘s war powers in Iran

In a statement, the Marine Corps veteran said the U.S. and Iran are currently negotiating „over critical questions of national security and international order“ during a tenuous ceasefire.

„I believe we must maintain a strong negotiation position over Iran’s nuclear program, freedom of movement in the international waters at the Strait of Hormuz, and how to achieve a durable peace between our two nations,“ said Golden, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee. „At this moment, a resolution like this would weaken our hand.“

17.04.2026 - 17:32 [ Antiwar.com ]

House Narrowly Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution as Thousands More US Troops Head to Middle East

The bill failed in a vote of 213-214, with just one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (ME), joining Republicans to kill the legislation. Only one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), voted in favor, while Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), who supported a previous War Powers Resolution, voted “present.” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who previously suggested she might support the bill, didn’t vote.

16.04.2026 - 17:04 [ Reuters ]

US military: ‚locked and loaded‘ to strike Iran‘s power plants, energy industry if ordered

„We are reloading with more power than ever before, and better intelligence,“ Hegseth ​said at a Pentagon news briefing. „We are locked and loaded on your critical dual-use infrastructure, ⁠on your remaining power generation, and on your energy industry. We‘d rather not have to do it.“

01.04.2026 - 12:54 [ Reuters ]

Pentagon declines to reaffirm NATO‘s collective defense, says up to Trump

The remarks by Hegseth at a Pentagon briefing were extraordinary, given that collective defense lies at the heart of the NATO alliance, which was formed in 1949 with the primary aim of countering the risk of Soviet attack on allied territory.

24.03.2026 - 12:56 [ theHill.com ]

Trump says Hegseth ‘first one to speak up’ in support of Iran war

“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up and you said let’s do it because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,” the president said at a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable in Tennessee.

Hegseth was sitting beside Trump at the roundtable in Memphis.

24.03.2026 - 12:49 [ Rolling Stone ]

Trump Tries to Spread Blame for Iran War

As the conflict increases in complexity and decreases in popularity with the American public, Trump is trying a new tactic: throwing his Cabinet under the bus.

At a Monday roundtable event with national military and law enforcement leaders, Trump told the audience and reporters that his Secretary of Defense and self styled Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, was actually the person responsible for pushing him to go to war.

19.03.2026 - 13:51 [ Semafor.com ]

Exclusive: FBI investigates intelligence aide who resigned over war

Trump aides and allies denounced Kent as a leaker immediately after his resignation became public.

Kent wrote in his resignation letter that Iran poses “no imminent threat to our nation” and accused Trump of initiating the war “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”

The FBI and the White House declined to comment.

19.03.2026 - 13:17 [ Tucker Carlson / Youtube ]

Glenn Greenwald: War Updates, False Flags, and Netanyahu’s Desperate New Attempt for Power

Throughout the west, criticizing the Netanyahu government is now a crime punishable by imprisonment. Glenn Greenwald on the end of free speech.

19.03.2026 - 12:58 [ New York Times ]

On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump

Ms. Gabbard does not quickly turn on her allies, and she showed little desire to throw Mr. Kent under the bus or attack him. But she has remained in her position by being a careful student of Mr. Trump, and knows how to stay on his good side. And critiquing the president’s view of the threat from Iran was clearly not the way to keep your job.

So she came up with her line that it is Mr. Trump, not the intelligence community, that determines what constitutes a threat.

15.03.2026 - 22:43 [ The Young Turks / Youtube ]

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson Might be Arrested! Find Out Why!

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15.03.2026 - 22:24 [ Tucker Carlson / X ]

When you discover the CIA has been reading your texts in order to frame you for a crime.

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15.03.2026 - 21:54 [ Glenn Greenwald / Substack ]

CIA Prepares Criminal Referral of Tucker Carlson, as Israel and its Loyalists Demand His Arrest

On Friday morning, I taped an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s program to discuss the ongoing Iran War, growing Israeli influence in the U.S., and proliferating attacks on free speech in the West in the name of shielding that one foreign country from critique (I presume it will air in the next few days). Perhaps the most notable part of our conversation was what Tucker told me prior to the cameras rolling.

Tucker said he had learned from several high-placed sources — and he obviously has many within the Trump administration — that the CIA was preparing a criminal referral about him to the DOJ. The subject of the agency’s report of suspected crimes: conversations he allegedly had with Iranian officials and others in Iran prior to the start of the Trump/Netanyahu war. The clear implication was that Tucker had committed acts of subversion or even treason by speaking to Iranians in advance of the war that was about to be launched on their country.

15.03.2026 - 21:28 [ theHill.com ]

FCC chair threatens networks’ licenses after Trump complains about Iran coverage

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” Carr wrote in a post on the social platform X.

“The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not,” he warned.

15.03.2026 - 21:26 [ Mother Jones ]

FCC Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over Iran War Coverage

Amid surging oil prices and an unpopular war of choice in Iran, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is threatening not to renew the licenses of broadcasters for “running hoaxes and news distortions.” The Saturday post from Carr on X is not subtle: It explicitly warns broadcasters that they “have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.”

Carr’s missive came in response to a Truth Social post on Saturday from President Donald Trump, which the FCC chair included in full as a screenshot.

04.03.2026 - 12:17 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Der freundliche Herr Merz

Völkerrecht? War da was? Stärke des Rechts? Zweifel am Erfolg eines Militärschlags als probates Mittel zum Regimewechsel? Leerstellen allesamt. Im Oval Office saß der deutsche Kanzler überwiegend schweigend und lächelte. Ein stummer Gast eines wie stets gedanklich mäandernden US-Präsidenten, der ansonsten genau weiß, dass er das Recht des Stärkeren definiert.

04.03.2026 - 11:44 [ Daily Beast ]

Red-Faced Little Marco Cornered on Trump’s Muddled War Plan

(March 3, 2026)

The exchange took place after Rubio made a jaw-dropping admission on Monday: the U.S. struck Iran because Israel was planning to strike first, and Washington feared Tehran would retaliate against American forces.

But asked on Tuesday if Israel forced his hand, Trump rejected this explanation outright, telling reporters in the Oval Office: “No. I might have forced their hand.”

Asked to explain this a few hours later, a defensive Rubio said: “I was asked a very specific question, so you guys can misrepresent it, but I was asked a very specific question yesterday.

“The bottom line is this: we, the president, determined we were not going to get hit first. It’s that simple, guys, we are not going to put American troops in harm’s way.”

02.03.2026 - 17:59 [ Reuters ]

German Chancellor Merz heads to Washington in shadow of war in Iran

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a delicate task on Tuesday when he visits Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump, now overshadowed by the U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the weekend.

Merz will be the first European leader to meet Trump since the start of the operation, which has blocked one of the world‘s key oil shipping lanes and thrown global air transport into chaos.

05.02.2026 - 22:01 [ Politico.com ]

‘Weak,’ ‘whiny’ and ‘invisible’: Critics of DNC Chair Ken Martin savage his tenure

(June 19, 2025)

Other Democrats cited what they described as Martin’s ham-handed approach to the DNC’s influential rules and bylaws committee, which is charged with setting the 2028 presidential primary calendar. Martin purged members of the panel, including Weingarten and Saunders, who had supported Martin’s top opponent in the February election for DNC chair.

Of the 15 Democrats he took off the panel, 13 of them hadn’t voted for Martin, according to an internal record obtained by POLITICO.

05.02.2026 - 21:36 [ Democrats.org ]

Ken Martin Elected as New DNC Chair, Commits to Build Democratic Party to Win, to Expand, and to Last

(February 1, 2025)

Today, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) President Ken Martin was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with overwhelming support from DNC members on the first ballot.

05.02.2026 - 21:32 [ Democrats.org ]

DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Votes to Recommend 2025 Rules of Procedure for Election of DNC Officers

(December 12, 2024)

Today, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) voted to recommend the Rules of Procedure that will guide the election process for the next DNC Chair as well as National Committee Officers.

24.01.2026 - 15:25 [ Common Dreams ]

FBI Agent Resigns in Protest as Trump DOJ Investigates Renee Good—Not the ICE Agent Who Killed Her

As the New York Times reported Friday, FBI agent Tracee Mergen, acting supervisor of the office’s Public Corruption Squad, resigned after senior FBI officials in Washington pushed her to end a civil rights probe into the killing. The agency is focusing on investigating Good and her wife, who were legally observing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, instead of determining whether ICE agent Jonathan Ross used excessive force.

An FBI source told CBS News that Mergen “would not bow to pressure” from the agency’s leaders.

21.01.2026 - 21:06 [ english.NV.ua ]

German troops exit Greenland abruptly after secret Berlin recall

(January 18, 2026)

A German military team of 15 soldiers, led by Rear Adm. Stefan Pauli, abruptly left Greenland with no explanation, Bild reported.

The group flew out of Nuuk Airport aboard an Icelandair Boeing 737, according to the outlet.

Just a day earlier, reports had suggested that the German soldiers would extend their stay. Instead, they quietly left the island without notifying local authorities or making their departure public, Bild said.

21.01.2026 - 21:02 [ Times of India ]

Germany BOWS After Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat? Army’s Dramatic Retreat Within 44 Hours

(Januar 19, 2026)

Germany’s show of military resolve in Greenland was short-lived. A German reconnaissance team deployed to the Arctic island returned home after just 44 hours, even as tensions rose over US President Donald Trump’s push for control of Greenland.

04.01.2026 - 22:14 [ LA Times ]

U.S. national intelligence director is silent on Venezuela operation

Her silence on the operation surprised some in the U.S. intelligence community, which laid the groundwork for the mission over several months, and which had assets in harm’s way on the ground in Venezuela as the operation unfolded.

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Gabbard, a native of Hawaii who, according to her X account, spent the holidays in her home state, made a name for herself as a member of Congress campaigning against “regime change wars,” particularly the U.S. war in Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.