Funds have been identified and will be used to pay military members on October 15 despite the government shutdown, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social Saturday. “I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our…
US President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim in sending troops to American cities is to seize control of elections in 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Sunday, calling such deployments an invasion. File photo of US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)(AFP) Trump — who has unleashed unprecedented military patrols in…
At its narrowest point, the Persian Gulf is only 55 kilometres wide. One coastline is dotted with US military bases, and the other bank is the border of Iran. The United States has a substantial military footprint across the Middle East, amassed over decades. Several permanent bases in the region house thousands of troops, advanced…