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Donald Trump has reached a low-point among allies overseas. (Photo: NYI Collage)

Trump Overseas: Not Only Disliked, But Fears He’s Selling Out Europe to Putin

Keith GirardDecember 18, 2025

Donald Trump brags about his standing overseas, but the most steadfast U.S. allies are distancing themselves from the president...

FOREIGN POLICYNATIONAL SECURITYPOLITICS

Trump Latest Epstein Ties Intensify Focus Overseas on Russian ‘Kompromat’

Keith GirardSeptember 18, 2025

The latest Epstein revelation is adding fuel to claims -- heatedly noted overseas -- that the Russians have equally damning "kompromat" on the President of the United States....

ADMINISTRATIONDonald TrumpFOREIGN POLICYPOLITICSSpy vs Spy

Biden Must Let Long-Range Missiles Hit Targets Deep in Russia to Stop Civilian Attacks

Keith GirardSeptember 14, 2024

President Biden must act now to remove restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range. weapons....

DEFENSEMILITARYPOLITICS

Sen JD Vance (R-Ohio) has been branded a Putin Puppet for opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine.

GOP Lawmakers Who Block Ukraine Aid Are ‘Disgraceful’ and ‘Grotesque’ Putin Puppets

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2023

"I think it’s disgraceful. I think it’s grotesque,” says Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.. He's right, but not in the way he thinks....

COMMENTARYCONGRESSPOLITICS

Russian President Vladimir Putin bragged about the decline of America under Trump. (Photo: Getty)

GOP Plays ‘Useful Idiot’ in Putin Intense Ukraine Disinformation War

Keith GirardNovember 30, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s is counting on a wild card in its invasion of Ukraine –Republican sympathizers in Congress. ...

CONGRESSPOLITICSPOLITICSWORLD

An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the waist catapult during flight operations on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Persian Gulf on Nov. 11, 1997. The Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The Hornet is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking, short-range air-to-air missiles, RIM-7M Sea Sparrow radar-guided air-to-air missiles, Rockeye cluster bombs, and the AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation missile (HARM), used as an air-to-ground weapon to seek out and destroy enemy radar equipped air defense systems. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 147, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Mobley, U.S. Navy

Cluster Munitions Are Vital to Ukraine’s Defense, Will Shorten the War and Save Ukrainian Lives

Keith GirardJuly 14, 2023

President Biden's decision to dramatically increase the supply of cluster munitions is both necessary and justified by the exigencies of war. ...

MILITARYPOLITICS

A Ukrainian soldier launches an R-18 drone, used for reconnaissance and bombing Russian positions. (Photo: Аеророзвідка / Aerorozvidka)

Drone Wars: How Ukraine Is Redefining 21st Century Combat on the Battlefield

Keith GirardJune 2, 2023

From the outset, Ukraine was outgunned and out manned by Russia, forcing it to find force levelers -- small handheld drones are one of them...

DEFENSEPOLITICSPOLITICS

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flies with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). JASSM-Extended Range has more than two-and-a-half times the range of JASSM for greater standoff distance. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

The 10 Weapons Ukraine Needs Now to End the War With Russia

Keith GirardSeptember 17, 2022

Ukraine has demonstrated decisively that it's army has the discipline, leadership and courage to repel Russian invaders, and now only needs the tools to get the job done....

POLITICS

Meat Grinder: Russia Turns to All-Out Attacks in Brutal War of Attrition in Ukraine

Keith GirardMarch 9, 2022

Russia's Ukraine invasion has bogged down into a brutal war of attrition that could see civilian and military casualties multiply exponentially....

CRIMEPOLITICS

Putin Launches Ukraine Terror War; UN Charter Compels Intervention

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2022

The United Nations must intervene, starting with a no-fly zone and aerial attacks, if Vladimir Putin continues to commit widespread attrocities against Ukrainian civilians. ...

BREAKING NEWSCRIME

The U.S. MQ-1B Predator is remotely piloted aircraft that can take out tanks with precision-guided missiles. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

Ukraine Precision Weapons, Drones Will Test Russia’s WW2-Era Tank Warfare

Keith GirardFebruary 23, 2022

Precision weapons, drones and electronic command and control will be tested for the first time in large-scale combat and pose a serious threat to Russia should it attack Ukraine....

BREAKING NEWS

Vladimir Putin Must Face War Crimes Charges For Ukraine Invasion

Keith GirardFebruary 17, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin must be charged with war crimes if he launches an invasion of Ukraine that results in widespread death and destruction....

CRIME

U.S. air power must be deployed to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine. (Photo: Getty)

Ukraine: A Russian Invasion Must be Met by US Air Power

Keith GirardDecember 13, 2021

The second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia is under a dire threat of a full-scale military invasion at the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin....

DEFENSE

Joe Biden is being smeared by Republicans trying to defend Donald Trump. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

Impeachment Gives Trump What He Wants: Smearing Joe Biden

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2019

Joe Biden is being smeared by Republicans trying to defend Donald Trump in impeachment hearings. (Photo: U.S. Congress) Donald Trump may have failed to coerce Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden to give him an election talking point, but impeach...

NATIONAL SECURITYPOLITICS

William Barr being sworn in as U.S. Attorney General. (Photo: White House/ Tia Dufour)

Bill Barr Barnstorms Europe Looking for Dirt, Alarming Allies

Keith GirardNovember 3, 2019

Bill Barr has stepped outside the U.S. Attorney General’s traditional role to run political interference for Donald Trump, barreling through Europe, alarming U.S. allies, in a Quixotic quest....

NATIONAL SECURITY