Tom Cotton Says “The Butcher’s Bill Has Finally Come Due for the Ayatollahs”
Senator Tom Cotton declared “the butcher’s bill has finally come due for the ayatollahs” on February 28, 2026, as the United States and Israel launched…

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Senator Tom Cotton declared “the butcher’s bill has finally come due for the ayatollahs” on February 28, 2026, as the United States and Israel launched…
Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie are forcing Congress to confront a question it has dodged for decades: whether the president can take the country to…
Senator Bernie Sanders has formally declared the Trump administration’s military strikes against Yemen an “illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional…
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has become one of the most unpredictable figures in American politics, openly praising former President Donald…
On February 28, 2026, Iran launched a massive retaliatory strike against multiple Gulf Arab states, hitting Dubai International Airport — the world’s…
Despite widespread reports that Lebanon closed all airspace following the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, the reality is more…
In late February 2026, Iran launched a series of missile and drone strikes against targets in Oman, a Gulf state that had spent months quietly mediating…
On February 28, 2026, Vice President JD Vance sat in the White House Situation Room in Washington, D.C.
During a series of U.S. military strikes in March 2025, President Donald Trump monitored operations not from the White House Situation Room but from a…
On February 28, 2026, the U.S. military confirmed it had used low-cost one-way attack drones in combat for the first time ever, deploying the LUCAS…
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