Author: Mike Brest

President Donald Trump decried Russia’s massive aerial barrage on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight as “not necessary” and urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “STOP!” Ukrainian officials said Russia launched 70 missiles and 145 drones in its attack on Kyiv. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said the attack resulted in at least eight deaths and more than 70 people being…

Pete Hegseth, whose tenure as secretary of defense has been mired in a series of events raising questions about his ability to lead the Department of Defense, defended his performance during an address to the U.S. Army War College on Wednesday. “From Day One and each 100 of those days, our overriding objectives have been…

Two senior U.S. military leaders focused on the Indo-Pacific detailed to lawmakers what Russia is offering to their partners — North Korea and China — in exchange for aid for the war in Ukraine. “It’s a transactional symbiosis where each state fulfills the other state’s weakness to mutual benefit of each state,” Admiral Samuel Paparo,…

The people of Greenland are set to vote on Tuesday in what may be their most internationally watched election, given President Donald Trump’s frequent overtures toward acquiring the island. Voters will elect the 31 representatives to Greenland’s parliament, known as the Inatsisartut. The country, which gained self-rule in 1979, remains a Danish territory. Denmark controls…

President Donald Trump‘s nominee to serve as the deputy secretary of defense declined to clearly acknowledge that Russia invaded Ukraine during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Stephen Feinberg, who was the co-founder and co-CEO of Cerberus prior to his nomination to be the Pentagon’s No. 2, is the latest member or nominee of the administration…

Egypt will produce a “comprehensive vision” for how to reconstruct Gaza that does not include the removal of Palestinians from the enclave, the foreign ministry announced. Leaders from Egypt and Jordan have rejected President Donald Trump’s idea that both countries take in hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians while the United States leads a reconstruction…

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence, repeatedly refused to call Edward Snowden a “traitor” during her Senate confirmation hearing. Gabbard’s previous comments about Snowden, the former NSA contractor responsible for one of the most damaging leaks of sensitive U.S. intelligence, were the focal point of her hearing…

Israeli leaders delayed the release of more than a hundred Palestinians as agreed over concerns with how the eight Israeli hostages were released earlier on Thursday. Seven of the eight hostages were released from Khan Younis. As they were handed over to the Red Cross, videos showed a chaotic scene unfolding with the hostages surrounded…

President-elect Donald Trump‘s effort to save TikTok after it briefly went dark in the United States is setting his administration up for what could be an early dispute with the China hawks in his own party. “I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!” Trump said on TruthSocial over the weekend. “I will issue…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a broad cooperation agreement Friday, deepening their already growing partnership. The agreement, which Pezeshkian called a “solid foundation,” covers a wide range of subjects including “culture, economy, and humanitarian relations; will provide a great boost to the development of bilateral relations; and serve as a solid foundation for further progress,” he said. Russia and…