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Ben Finley

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U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany as Trump feuds with Merz over the Iran war

Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by the Iranian leadership and criticized Washington’s lack of strategy in the war.

01.05.2026 4

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Ben Finley

Mine warfare and mind games: ‘You just have to make people believe that you’ve laid mines’

“And even if the U.S. sweeps the strait and says everything’s clear, all the Iranians have to do is say, ‘Well, actually, you haven’t found...

25.04.2026 4

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As Trump says military has plenty of munitions for Iran war, Democrats point out U.S. didn’t give Ukraine more interceptors because of low supply

Lockheed Martin posted on X late Friday that it had agreed to “quadruple critical munitions production” and “began this work months ago.”

07.03.2026 10

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Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’

“We already removed well over 1,000 people, and as of Monday, Tuesday, we’ll remove several hundred more,” Homan said.

15.02.2026 20

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U.S. military tracks down a sanctioned oil tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and ‘shut it down’

“The vessel tried to defy President Trump’s quarantine — hoping to slip away,” the Pentagon said.

15.02.2026 20

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Ben Finley

Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats...

03.01.2026 20

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The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean as Trump adds to the growing fleet of warships near Venezuela

“Operation Southern Spear" already includes nearly a dozen Navy ships and about 12,000 sailors and Marines.

17.11.2025 9

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Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

The U.S. joined Israeli strikes on Iran in June and has engaged in some of the most intense combat operations since World War II against Yemen's...

29.10.2025 10

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Trump says U.S. cities should be ‘training grounds’ for the military to fight an ‘invasion from within’ during unusual speech to generals

The military leaders sat mostly stone-faced through Trump’s politicized remarks.

01.10.2025 10

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Ben Finley

Before Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a cult classic. Now they’re reuniting for a reissue

“It's one of those records that everybody has heard of but not that many people have actually heard,” said music historian Brian Mansfield.

25.07.2025 10

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Ben Finley