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The Trump administration’s attempt to rebrand its faltering forever war hasn’t slowed the mounting toll of U.S. casualties.
An additional 66 U.S. personnel were wounded in action this month, pushing the official count of Iran war casualties above 850.
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
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“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
A government official accused the Pentagon of “an accounting trick” in its slow tally of Iran war casualties.
When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.”
Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke.”
Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond.
U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war.
As the U.S. runs short of interceptor missiles, Iran is carrying out strikes with a mix of attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles.
The secretary of war’s obsession with testosterone reveals the anxieties he harbors about himself and the military he leads.
The Department of War disclosed a massive spike in U.S. military casualties, but it’s still not showing in the official count.
Iran's strikes caused dozens of casualties and the first deaths in action since the ceasefire collapsed, a U.S. official said.
An unreleased Pentagon report says its center devoted to protecting civilians cut most of its staff and scrapped a records database while developing...
Turning on our allies has always been the American way.
The Pentagon said there were “zero reports” of deaths over the weekend — then announced a new death on Monday.
“He must be trying for the record of how many times you can lose the same war.”
Reversing a red card against U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun isn’t FIFA’s only unusual concession to Trump.
President Donald Trump is trying to whitewash America’s past. Could rebellion offer a brighter future?
Twenty years ago, U.S. military officials condemned terrorist “snuff films.” Now our top officials post them.
In January, Trump said “we’re in charge” of Venezuela. Amid a humanitarian crisis, they’re merely “our new and great friends.”
The official count of U.S. personnel hurt or killed in the war on Iran inched up, but it still omits hundreds of known casualties.
To end his war on Iran, Trump was forced to return to the status quo with the Strait of Hormuz open and no nuclear deal in place.
None of Trump’s stated goals in his war with Iran have been achieved.
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
After cutting its support for frontline healthcare workers in Central Africa, the Trump administration is pointing fingers.
Despite rising terror attacks in Somalia, Trump counter-terror czar Sebastian Gorka is taking a victory lap.
The Trump administration’s aggression in the Americas has resulted in cartels fragmenting and embracing new strategies.
Despite a pause in hostilities during the rickety ceasefire U.S.-Iran ceasefire, the number of American casualties has ticked up to 423.
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“It’s got no anything,” President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. “All they do is run around shooting each other.”...
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“The outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus in the past two weeks show why international threats need an international response.”
A damning Department of War report finds that the Pentagon didn’t fully implement any required civilian harm mitigation measures.
The Intercept annotated the White House document to show how the U.S. government is bringing its war on terror home.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth insists “the ceasefire is not over,” despite renewed combat between U.S. and Iranian forces.
The Trump administration falsely claims that boat strikes target fentanyl and have halted 97 percent of cocaine shipments to the U.S.
While testifying to Congress on Wednesday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth lobbed threats and brushed off queries about civilian harm.
It’s not cheap to attack Venezuela and capture its president or conduct dozens of strikes on civilian boats.
The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.
Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab.
The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department...
Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East.
With automatic Selective Service registration, it would be harder for Americans to dodge a potential military draft.
After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.
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