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Daily on Defense

Hegseth’s war on critical press coverage hits venerable ‘Stars and Stripes’

Jamie McIntyre · August 24, 2026 7:06 am

Demonstrators carry posters of Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, during a protest in Paris, Friday Feb. 8, 2019, as Iran marks the 40th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution.

The West’s favorite Iranian ‘opposition’ is loved by everyone except Iranians

Ehsan Mousavi · August 24, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump

Trump is setting himself up to fail in Iran for the same reason he won in Venezuela

David W. Wang · August 24, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Aug. 21, 2026.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats need to offer alternatives rather than just partisan opposition to Iran war

Michael Rubin · August 24, 2026 6:00 am

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions

Associated Press · August 24, 2026 5:57 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Bessent says US is ‘entering the endgame’ in Iran ahead of ‘economic D-Day’

Carter Schroppe · August 23, 2026 9:54 pm

General view of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottingham, England, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The UK's last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, will close, marking the end of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Iranian hackers disabled UK power plant for four days: Report

David Zimmermann · August 23, 2026 10:12 am

U.S. sailors taxi aircrafts to a staging point

What’s happening on the USS Abraham Lincoln is more complicated than partisan politics

Mackubin Owens · August 23, 2026 5:30 am

The USS Abraham Lincoln conducts blockade operations.

America’s commitments have outrun its fleet

Henry Olsen · August 21, 2026 4:00 pm

President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sons of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Masoud, center, and Mostafa

Iran’s president calls for peace ‘today’ in acknowledgment of economic warfare

Emily Hallas · August 21, 2026 3:37 pm

EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury in the Mediterranean Sea on March 2. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Number of troops injured in Middle East since start of Iran war surpasses 750

Mike Brest · August 21, 2026 2:53 pm

President Donald Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Washington Secrets

White House report card: Even our Republican strategists say there’s no good news this week

Rob Crilly · August 21, 2026 11:45 am