Napolitano* – Consortium News The question is not whether a president is strong enough to exercise power, but whether the president is restrained enough to obey the laws he has sworn to uphold, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano. A failed war does not end when the drones stop…
The article argues that the Trump administration has implemented mechanisms to manipulate midterm elections through federal control of voting, voter suppression, and deployment of federal forces to Democratic-leaning polling stations. The author contends that only nationwide strikes can prevent election rigging, as Congress and courts offer no protection against what he characterizes as an emerging authoritarian system.
The Trump administration announced a major oil deal with Venezuela to secure control of over 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, promising lower gas prices for Americans. However, energy analysts and experts warn that any price benefits would take years to materialize due to infrastructure costs and legal uncertainties surrounding the agreement’s constitutionality.
Argentine political operative Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia for allegedly hiring hitmen to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Cerimedo ran sophisticated election manipulation campaigns across Latin America using bot networks and disinformation, with deep ties to the Trump administration.
Prime Minister Takaichi’s July visit to India marked a major milestone in Japan-India relations, with both nations signing 129 cooperation agreements targeting semiconductors, critical minerals, clean energy, and AI to build supply chains independent of China while addressing India’s structural economic challenges including employment generation and energy vulnerability.
Major world powers increasingly compete through unrestricted warfare—cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and hybrid threats—that traditional military rankings fail to capture. The UN must develop concrete operational frameworks to enforce accountability across these domains or risk a chaotic international order where no nation remains secure.
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies* – CounterPunch Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, US leaders have never…
Pakistan and China have rejected new US sanctions on Iran, undermining Washington’s “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign. Experts argue the sanctions lack international legal basis and will likely fail given historical precedent and geopolitical complications, particularly involving China’s rare earth exports.
The US has withdrawn from 31 UN-related entities under a January 2026 presidential directive, fueling debate about the world body’s future and whether it should relocate from New York as the host nation increasingly obstructs UN operations and Palestinian representation.
Two pre-conflict war games warned of catastrophic risks from escalation in the Middle East, but Netanyahu and Trump rejected de-escalation in favor of military confrontation, resulting in regional destabilization, 6 million displaced persons, and severe global economic disruption through Strait of Hormuz constraints.
