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President Donald Trump is approaching the November midterms with approval ratings holding at a record low, with voters evidently concerned that the war with Iran is unlikely to end any time soon.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just 31% of Americans support U.S. military action against Iran, down from 34% earlier in August and 37% in March, shortly after the conflict began.
The U.S. Navy is looking to add a new “standoff” anti-submarine warfare weapon system to its arsenal and is reaching out to industry to see what capabilities companies have to offer.
The market research effort, which kicked off Tuesday with the release of an RFI, is in support of the service’s Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo (SAA-LT) program.
SAA-LT is billed as a next-generation delivery system being developed to counter emerging threats in undersea warfare and “expand the range” of drones and manned aircraft that can conduct anti-submarine operations.
Air Force 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich was one of eight people killed when a plane carrying her team crashed while trying to land in foggy conditions at a remote radar site in western Alaska, service officials announced.
Borsich, 23, was a project programmer with the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force news release says. She was assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Britain has said it will give Kyiv access to confidential missile technology. On a visit to Kyiv for Ukrainian Independence Day on Monday, August 24, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the new plans.
The catch: the proposals are unlikely to bear much fruit until 2027 at the earliest, and what Ukraine requires right now is existing missile stockpiles with projectiles capable of intercepting Russian ballistic attacks.
The U.S. State Department is drawing up plans to return diplomats to embassies across the Middle East.
Embassies that were previously evacuated at the beginning of the war with Iran include countries that have been targeted during the conflict, such as Israel.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a meeting of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. (Official White House photo by Joyce N.
The Trump administration’s threat to inflict secondary sanctions on countries engaging with Iran has prompted outrage in Beijing.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled “Operation Economic Outcast,” a campaign to isolate Iran from the global financial system. Such a shake-up comes as peace talks have ground to a halt, almost six months into the conflict.
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.
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Throughout 2026, the Trump Administration has pursued a variety of strategies to deal with Iran.
Much of that time has been consumed by full-on war, sometimes interrupted by negotiations and ceasefires.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, signs an Executive Order approving the Ambler Road Project in Alaska, Monday, October 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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Last week, the White House vowed to unleash an “economic D-Day” on Iran amid the ongoing war.
Yet when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled the campaign on Monday, a New York Times analysis suggested that Washington’s offensive amounted to a sanctions package, warning that much harsher measures could be around the corner.
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and wife Jennifer Hegseth, signs an executive order creating a new White House commission focused on military families, Monday, August 3, 2026, in the Oval Office.
British factories manufacturing weapons for Ukraine may face attacks from “unknown sources,” a top Kremlin adviser said on Monday.
Andrei Fedorov, who served as Russian deputy foreign minister in 1991, issued the warning following the news that Britain would release classified information to aid Ukrainian manufacturing of long-range SCALP cruise missiles.
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Neptune Missile. Image Credit: Government of Ukraine.
Two Killed in Overnight Drone Attacks on Russian Oil Refinery – Two people have been killed after Ukraine struck an oil refinery in southern Russia in an overnight drone attack.
The Afipsky refinery, located in Russia’s Krasnodar region, was targeted in the latest assault by Kyiv on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure.
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Kremlin Speech by Putin. Image Credit: Creative Commons.