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President Donald Trump speaks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, May 22, 2026. Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 16, 2026

Trump Rules Out Nukes Against Iran, Says MOAB Remains Option for Pickaxe Mountain

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran in a Thursday interview with Newsmax, saying the United States “doesn’t have to” and that the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, known as the “Mother of All Bombs,” is not nuclear. “The mother of all...

President Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House before his Alaska trip. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RapidResponse47 X page.
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 14, 2026

Trump Says U.S. Continues Sharing Intelligence with Ukraine While Working to End the War

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine and is working with both Kyiv and Moscow to bring the conflict to an end. He made the remarks to reporters outside the White House before departing for a campaign rally...

Western Intelligence Warns Russia Is Targeting European Defense Executives for Assassination
World NewsOctober 11, 2026

Western Intelligence Warns Russia Is Targeting European Defense Executives for Assassination

By Tommy Flynn

Western intelligence agencies have warned executives at European defense companies that Russia is intensifying efforts to assassinate them as part of a broader expansion of sabotage and hybrid operations aimed at weakening support for Ukraine. Officials from five different...

Video is circulating on social media reportedly showing the moment a drone struck King Khalid International Airport. -- Image: Screenshot from the @Real_JFK_Jr_ X page (Commentary account)
World NewsUS NewsOctober 11, 2026

Houthis Kill 12 Including American in Riyadh Airport Attack; Trump Says U.S. May Join Saudi Response

By Tommy Flynn

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi forces attacked Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, killing at least 12 people—including one American citizen—and injuring more than 300, Saudi officials said. It was the deadliest such strike on the kingdom in more than a decade...

Compilation of images. President's Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 11, 2026

Trump Says Ukraine Should Get a New President After Zelenskyy Criticizes Russia Diesel Deal

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump said Saturday it is “time for Ukraine to get a new president,” responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s criticism of a limited diesel supply arrangement Trump announced Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters...

Marco Rubio stands with arms crossed and JD Vance also with arms crossed in the background. Black and white photo.
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 10, 2026

U.S. Sanctions International Criminal Court Itself After Nobel Award to Former Judge

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution on Friday, hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures will ban transactions with the court, cut...

President Trump smiling with two thumbs up
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 10, 2026

Trump Announces Russia Diesel Supply Deal

By Tommy Flynn

, October 10, 2026 President Donald Trump said Friday he concluded a discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Russia agreed to supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel fuel immediately to the American and global marketplace, another 500,000 tons in November, and...

Gulf Oil Is Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Claim That It Controls the Strait Is Not.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 9, 2026

Gulf Oil Is Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Claim That It Controls the Strait Is Not.

By Tommy Flynn

An adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that Iranian forces have “full control” of it. Tanker-tracking data for September say the opposite about everyone except Iran. Mohammadreza Naqdi told the Fars news...

President Trump watches the start of Operation Epic from Mar-a-Lago.
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 8, 2026

Trump Draws a Line: No Iran Strikes Before Nov. 3, Blockade Stays

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump said Thursday the United States will not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, while the naval blockade of Iranian ports stays in place. “We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social. “I want to make...

Rubio speaking at the Acropolis. -- Image: Screenshot from the @SecRubio X page.
World NewsUS NewsOctober 8, 2026

Rubio at the Acropolis: The West Is at a Crossroads, and America Will Not Manage Its Decline (Video)

By Tommy Flynn

Secretary of State Marco Rubio used the hillside above the Acropolis on Wednesday to tell Europe that the West is at an inflection point and that the Trump administration intends to reclaim what he called the classical understanding of politics and statecraft. The speech was...

Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at a Sports Council announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 31, 2025.
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 4, 2026

Vance Chairs Unannounced Camp David Meeting on Iran and Yemen

By Tommy Flynn

Vice President JD Vance chaired an unannounced Camp David meeting Friday on the war with Iran and the Saudi-Houthi fight in Yemen, three U.S. officials told Axios. Accounts differ on whether President Donald Trump was in the room. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense...

FlyDubai Captain Smit Machchhar, who was injured in the attack, on right, an injured passenger and what appears to be a crew member on left. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RealBababanaras X page.
World NewsOctober 3, 2026

Flydubai Co-Pilot Named in Reports as Omani Who Had Been Grounded Over Extremist Material

By Tommy Flynn

Investigators have identified the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and trying to crash a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani citizen who had already been pulled from flying in Oman over extremist material, according to officials and people...