by Chris Walker | Apr 9, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, iran war, Karoline Leavitt, News, Strait of Hormuz
Despite insinuating that a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran was still in place late on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. military would remain in the region, amassing more weaponry there to start the war up again if the temporary truce was broken. The ceasefire was announced earlier this week, and ostensibly allows both countries…
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by Ashley Smith | Apr 9, 2026 | Authoritarianism, Capitalism, ceasefire, China, Displacement, Donald Trump, economic crisis, Economy, Energy, Finance, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Global Financial Crisis, Global South, India, Interview, Iran, iran war, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Russia, Strait of Hormuz, War, war in Iran
On February 28, the U.S. and Israel expanded their joint genocidal war on Gaza onto Iran as well as Lebanon. After weeks of assassinations and bombing, President Donald Trump agreed to a ceasefire on April 7. This war of aggression by the U.S. and Israel is part of a continued attempt to wipe out any and all opposition to their dominance over the Middle East and its strategic energy reserves.
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by Sasha Abramsky | Apr 9, 2026 | big beautiful bill, Budget, Child Care, Donald Trump, Food Assistance, Food Assistance Programs, health care, Iran, iran war, LIHEAP, MAHA, Medicaid, Medicare, Military Spending, News, One Big Beautiful Bill, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Pentagon, Pentagon budget, Republicans, Safety Net, War, war in Iran, WIC
Last week, at a private Easter lunch, Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic saying that with the country at war, the federal government should offload Medicaid, Medicare, and child care expenditures onto the states. “We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars,” the MAGA leader said. “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.”…
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by Chris Walker | Apr 9, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, News, Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump is expressing optimism for the two-week ceasefire deal that has been reached between the U.S. and Iran. However, on many aspects of the supposed deal — including management of the Strait of Hormuz — the president appears to still be at odds with Iran, despite implying the country’s leaders are open to his ideas about the waterway. Trump announced the tentative ceasefire…
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by Nermeen Shaikh | Apr 8, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, Interview, Iran, iran war, Middle East, Trump Administration
The United States and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also part of the agreement, but it has said it will continue its attacks and occupation inside Lebanon. The deal was reached less than two hours before President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline Tuesday for Iran to reopen the strait under threat of…
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by Chris Walker | Apr 8, 2026 | Brendan Carr, censorship, CNN, Donald Trump, freedom of the press, iran war, News
On Tuesday evening, following the announcement of a tentative ceasefire agreement with Iran, President Donald Trump accused the news network CNN of falsely reporting a statement from some of Iran’s leaders that claimed victory over the United States in the war that has been waged over the past month. Earlier on Tuesday, Trump made a promise to engage in additional war crimes and genocidal…
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