Iran Iran has announced this week they will be enriching Uranium to 5%, which is over the 3.67% cap agreed to in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed under the Obama administration in 2015. Most mainstream news outlets are running headlines like, “Iran Announces Further Uranium Enrichment in Breach of Deal,” but the…
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78% of Voters Support Trump’s Decision Not to Strike Iran
The majority of US voters support President Donald Trump’s recent last minute decision not to strike Iran over their downing of an unmanned drone. According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll online survey of 2,182 registered voters, 78 percent believe that the president did the right thing by not conducting a retaliatory action that would have…
What AOC and her Critics are Missing About the Border Crisis
U.S. House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines this week after her visit to migrant detention facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border. AOC pointed out the bad conditions at the facilities, and recently sparked an outcry when she referred to them as “concentration camps.” Whether you want stricter immigration laws or open borders, there is no denying…
Weekly U.S. War and Foreign Policy Roundup 6/30/19
North Korea President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot in North Korea on Sunday, in an effort to reopen talks with North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un. The two met in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. The impromptu meeting was Trump’s idea, “We were in Japan for the…