Tag: War

A type 094 Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 15 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

China prepares for submarine warfare against America

Sean Durns · March 25, 2026 4:00 pm

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, with seated from left, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House projects optimism hours after Iran rejects US peace plan

Christian Datoc · March 25, 2026 3:37 pm

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conduct a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Milton Hamilton)

Iran rejects US deal to end war as more US troops head to Middle East

Mike Brest · March 25, 2026 12:33 pm

President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Public remains unsatisfied with Trump’s explanation for Iran war: Byron York

Asher Notheis · March 25, 2026 10:30 am

An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fires rockets while flying along the border between northern Israel and southern Lebanon on March 18, 2026. The Israeli military said it planned to strike bridges and crossings over the Litani River in southern Lebanon on March 18 to disrupt what it said were Hezbollah arms-smuggling routes. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when militant group Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images) /

Beltway Confidential

Ending the Iran war without regime change will lead to slaughter

Michael Rubin · March 25, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The endgame in Iran may already be taking shape

Heyrsh Abdulrahman · March 25, 2026 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attends a news conference, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Schumer can’t praise Trump degrading Iran military due to ‘left-wing base’: Guy Benson

Asher Notheis · March 24, 2026 4:21 pm

Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia and clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India.

Iran holds Strait of Hormuz hostage with $2 million toll

Molly Parks · March 24, 2026 4:00 pm

gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar

Energy and Environment

QatarEnergy invokes force majeure on Iran strikes, choking LNG to Europe and Asia

Maydeen Merino · March 24, 2026 12:17 pm

Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026.

Congress should approve Iran war supplemental funds

Washington Examiner · March 24, 2026 5:00 am

FILE - President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

How does Israel fit in the US-Iran talks?

Mike Brest · March 23, 2026 5:22 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

Beltway Confidential

Congress must demand Iran war answers from Trump administration

Daniel DePetris · March 23, 2026 4:37 pm