Qatar Expels Iranian Diplomats After Strike On LNG Hub; Israel Attacks Iran's Navy In Caspian Sea

Saudi Aramco Targeted, Including Sprawling Abqaiq Facility, As Tehran-Aligned Militants Test US-Iran 'Pause' Saturday saw a final break in what was 13 consecutive days of tit-for-tat attacks between the United States and Iran, with US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz having confirmed to Fox News Sunday that President Trump is trying to give peace talks "some space". "He's giving it a little bit of room," Waltz said. "We’ve had both Oman and Iran and a number of our other negotiators engaged at every level, from the most senior levels all the way down to the technical level, over the past few weeks and particularly in the past few days." via CENTCOM Walsh...

"You Should Be Preparing Your Criminal Defense": Becerra Feels The Heat In Final California Governor's Debate Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Seven candidates vying for California’s governorship squared off Thursday in their fifth and final debate, with frontrunner Xavier Becerra facing down an onslaught of attacks from the right and the left over his policy record, a campaign fraud scandal, and what rivals described as a deceptive flip-flop on healthcare policy. “This is what happens when you take the lead in polls,” remarked the former Biden Health and Human Services secretary...

Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Christopher Yeaw said that there was no informal agreement between the US and Russia to maintain the limits on nuclear weapons imposed by the New Start Treaty. The pact expired earlier this month. During an event at the Hudson Institute on Monday, Yeaw was asked if […]