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The Strait of Hormuz: Calm in the Storm

March 13, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that worries about a closed Strait of Hormuz are overblown, claiming the U. S. has plans to keep oil moving even while Iran’s forces threaten shipping. He brushed off reports that the Pentagon had no strategy before the recent conflict, noting that Iran has long u

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Plane crash in Iraq kills six U. S. crew

March 13, 2026

The United States military announced that a KC‑135 refueling plane crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members. The incident was reported by U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which confirmed that the loss was not caused by enemy fire or friendly fire. The crash comes amid a two‑week conflic

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U. S. Congressman Says Trump Will Keep Fighting Iran Over Oil

March 13, 2026

Rep. Austin Scott, a Republican from Georgia, told a news show that he believes President Trump will not back down from the war with Iran. He said the fight started because Iran keeps enriching uranium and that the U. S. must keep up its military actions. Scott is on two important House committees:

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School Strike Sparks U. S. Accountability Calls

March 12, 2026

The United States is under scrutiny after a missile attack on an Iranian elementary school killed more than 165 people, most of them children. A U. S. official and another briefed on the preliminary military probe suggest that outdated intelligence from the Defense Intelligence Agency led U. S. Cent

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Storm in the Gulf: What’s Really Happening?

March 11, 2026

The war near the Strait of Hormuz has entered its twelfth day, and the world is watching closely. A drone strike on a U. S. operations center outside Kuwait killed six soldiers and left many others with serious injuries, such as brain trauma, shrapnel wounds, burns, and amputations. One survivor tol

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Social Media Turns War Into Meme‑Time

March 11, 2026

The Trump team turned a serious conflict into internet jokes. On February 28, they began military action against Iran, and the next week the White House started posting short videos that mixed war footage with popular culture. Characters from movies, TV shows and video games appeared in clips on Tik

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New Thriller Partnership Fires Up

March 3, 2026

The Dazey Phase, a New York‑based company that handles production, sales and distribution, has teamed up with Bahamian filmmaker Kareem J. Mortimer on his next psychological thriller called House On Fire. The collaboration brings together Jake Casey, co‑head of Dazey Phase, who will also serve as a

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Four U. S. Soldiers Killed as Iran’s Weapon Breaches Air Defenses

March 3, 2026

The United States lost four service members after an Iranian missile slipped past its air‑defense systems, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He explained that although most attacks are intercepted, occasionally a “squirter” can penetrate the shield and strike a target. In

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Trump’s Iran Plan Compared to Venezuela: A Questionable Blueprint

March 3, 2026

President Trump recently told a Fox News host that his strategy against Iran is modeled after U. S. actions in Venezuela, even though the Venezuelan leader remains alive. He claimed that the approach used there—capturing the head of state and sending him to the U. S. —could be replicated in Tehran.

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AI Company Hits Back After Pentagon Declares Supply‑Chain Risk

February 28, 2026

Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, slammed the U. S. Defense Department’s recent label of the company as a “supply‑chain risk” in an interview with CBS News. He described the move as retaliatory and punitive, arguing that it was a first‑time sanction against an American firm. The label ca