by Jake Johnson | Jun 25, 2026 | Bill Cassidy, Congress, Donald Trump, GOP, Iran, News, Rand Paul, Republicans, War Powers Resolution
Two Senate Republicans who supported a previous resolution calling for an end to the US war on Iran changed their votes late Wednesday after President Donald Trump publicly and privately berated GOP lawmakers, calling them “losers” who provided “aid and comfort to the enemy.” In Wednesday’s procedural vote, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) — who reportedly got into a shouting match with Trump over…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 23, 2025 | Caribbean, CIA, Colombia, Donald Trump, Drug War, International Law, Interview, Latin America, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Trump Administration, Venezuela, War, war on drugs
Tensions are escalating between Colombia and the United States as President Trump conducts deadly airstrikes on supposed “drug boats” in the Caribbean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of committing murder for killing a Colombian fisherman in one attack in mid-September and just recalled the country’s ambassador, Daniel García-Peña. “Even if they were in fact carrying drugs…
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