Yemen’s Houthis Announce ‘Ban’ on Israeli Shipping in the Red Sea

Watch Live: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran There has been a lot of conjecture as to what President Trump will say this evening as he addresses the nation (due to begin at 2100ET) amid mixed signals from the administration (mainly Trump appearing to argue with himself), European allies distancing themselves from the conflict (sparking Trump rage at NATO), and concerns about escalation or a prolonged quagmire (did Pezeshkian really sound like he is ready for a ceasefire). Oil has been selling off heading into Trump’s address, with traders looking...

Lutnick Eyes Crackdown On Chinese Humanoid Robots One day after the House Select Committee on China sounded the alarm over China-based Unitree selling humanoid robots on Amazon to U.S. consumers, a new Politico report states Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick held a closed-door meeting with top U.S. executives and signaled that the Trump administration is considering strong action against subsidized robotics imports from China. Unitree was recently designated as a Chinese military company and its products are a threat to our national security, yet here is @Amazon selling a Unitree robot...

What Decades Of Academic Literature, Military Doctrine Says About Effectiveness Of 'Decapitation Strikes' Authored by José Niño via The Libertarian Institute The United States has long operated under a seductive strategic fantasy. Remove the leader of an adversary organization, whether a drug cartel, a terrorist group, or a sovereign state, and that organization will collapse, enabling American interests to fill the resulting vacuum. However, decades of academic literature, hard empirical data from Mexico’s drug war, and the lived consequences of America’s post 9/11 targeted killing campaigns all tell a damning story many...