The Trump administration — which calls itself the “most transparent administration in history” — is once again under fire for its lack of transparency after The Washington Post on Friday published a report in which US officials said more American troops have died during the Iran War than the Pentagon has disclosed. Five officials familiar with the Pentagon’s internal casualty accounting told…
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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers who were killed in the U.S.’s unauthorized and unprovoked war on Iran, which Trump launched in February and has recently escalated. Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before the ceremony began that he was attending the event to “honor” the fallen servicemembers. The ceremony came just a day…
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President Donald Trump took part in celebrations following the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup final soccer match, just minutes after CENTCOM announced another U.S. fatality in the Middle East, the result of his illegal, unprovoked war on Iran. Trump, who appeared jubilant despite the large crowd booing and jeering him, showed up on the field alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino after…
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Less than a week before Memorial Day weekend — a federal holiday that aims to recognize members of the U.S. military who have died in combat zones — President Donald Trump sought to downplay the U.S. casualties of his ill-defined and unauthorized war on Iran. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, Trump was asked about servicemembers’ deaths. “We lost 13 people.
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On Thursday, the head of CENTCOM denied reports of U.S. attacks damaging civilian sites in Iran — despite evidence that the U.S. has repeatedly bombed Iranian schools and health care facilities. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Brad Cooper, the standing commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the…
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Testifying before both houses of Congress on Wednesday, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) head Russ Vought refused to provide lawmakers with estimates of how much the war on Iran is costing the U.S. financially. Vought — one of the main proponents of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-backed blueprint for how President Donald Trump should run the government that was published and…
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