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Republicans prepare early government funding bill to avoid election season shutdown

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Israeli navy reveals new details to 'Post' about assassinations against Iran, Hezbollah - exclusive

On March 26, the IDF said that naval intelligence had assisted with assassinating Iranian Naval Chief Alireza Tangsiri in the port city of Bandar Abbas, with eliminating key Iranian naval cruise missile production sites, and Iranian sites related to submarines and other underwater threats.

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The new triple crisis

FOR a brief period of time, there was hope that a tentative easing of tensions in the Persian Gulf would lead in the direction of the end of the global energy crisis caused by the Israeli-US war against Iran. In the past week, however, that hope has unraveled in the face of a volatile, multi-front disruption to the …

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Upcoming primaries crucial in Democrats' progressive vs. moderate tug-of-war

From left foreground, Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. join hands together foll…

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Lebanon has no option but to make the ‘pilot zones’ deal with Israel fly | The National

Last week, Lebanese and Israeli representatives met in Rome to discuss implementation of an important dimension of their recent agreement signed in Washington. The sides examined so-called pilot zones – areas in which the Lebanese army would be posted after an Israeli withdrawal. For now, they remain apart, but Leba…

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How Anduril's new 'Thunder system' could reshape the future of drone warfare - analysis

A new video by the US defense company Anduril has shown an interesting and exciting new possibility for unmanned aerial warfare and the concept of manned-unmanned teaming in war. The system is called Thunder, and the company calls it an “autonomous attack rotorcraft specifically designed to multiply the combat power…

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Lebanon’s pilot zones expose major gap between Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington - analysis

There appears to be a disconnect between what Beirut, Washington, and Jerusalem expect from the deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in proposed pilot zones in southern Lebanon. On paper, all three sides appear to support an increased role for the Lebanese army. However, they seem to have very different ide…

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