Pentagon cracks open Biden’s botched Afghan withdrawal as sweeping report readies all the receipts

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EXCLUSIVE: A new Pentagon review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is set to declassify previously restricted materials from earlier investigations, reopening scrutiny of key decisions made during the Biden administration’s botched 2021 exit from the country.  The review will include interview transcripts, internal documents and prior findings that officials say were overclassified, according to … Read more

Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?

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Proposal said to be contained in internal Pentagon email is thought to be bid to punish European countries for failing to assist in war in Iran The White House is considering punishing European countries that have failed to assist Donald Trump wage his war in Iran, according to an official within the Pentagon. Keir Starmer, … Read more

The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges | Editorial

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Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability When Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, last month, he could not resist a gratuitous reference to Pearl Harbor. The US president is impelled to trash longstanding alliances. He has done … Read more

Trump admin steps up next phase of effort to protect children’s health

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FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is stepping up its response to childhood lead exposure, launching new EPA public-education tools while pressing states to use previously awarded lead-mitigation funds that had gone unused, Fox News Digital learned.  “There’s no safe level of lead exposure, and it’s well documented that children are more susceptible to the … Read more

Blue state residents ‘fleeing in droves’ after ‘insane’ progressive takeover, says top state attorney

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A top state attorney in Democrat-controlled Maryland says he has had enough and is throwing in the towel after saying the Old Line State has suffered an “insane” “ultra-progressive” takeover. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Haven Shoemaker, state attorney for Maryland’s Carroll County, said that after decades in public service, he is “sick … Read more

Trump psychedelics order largely symbolic, analysts say

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Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile push The Trump administration issued an executive order earlier this month to accelerate access to psychedelic medication for people with “serious mental illnesses,” but experts say the order is more likely to make a difference symbolically than legally. “Policymakers … Read more