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Nov 18, 2025
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What US military deployments are active in the Middle East and what are their missions?

The United States has significantly expanded its military footprint across the Middle East since 2023, with roughly 40,000–50,000 troops regionally and increased naval, air and missile‑defense assets ...

Nov 15, 2025
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what trump said about starting a war

Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to avoid “endless” wars while also making forceful public comments that suggest willingness to order strikes without formal declarations of war; his inaugurat...

Jan 20, 2026
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What is the full roll-call list of House members who voted for and against the State Department funding bill containing $3.3B for Israel?

The House passed the State Department/foreign-operations funding minibus (H.R. 7006) that includes $3.3 billion in annual foreign military financing for Israel by a decisive bipartisan margin; multipl...

Nov 19, 2025

Which military conflicts were active when Donald Trump became president and what happened to each under his administration?

When Donald Trump first became president (January 2017), the United States was involved in ongoing conflicts including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the campaign against ISIS, the Saudi-led war in...

Dec 14, 2025

Does Israel pay 7000 dollars to influencers

Reports center on a $900,000 contract tied to an influencer campaign for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and say roughly $552,946 was allocated for influencers between June and September, leading...

Nov 30, 2025

does israel pay 7000 dollars to influencers to do propaganda?

Documents filed under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act show the Israeli Foreign Ministry allocated roughly $900,000 to an “Influencer Campaign” running June–November 2025, managed by Bridges P...

Jan 20, 2026

Are Americans citizen soldiers being trained in Israel?

Yes — Americans are being trained and serving in Israeli military units, but the phenomenon covers distinct categories: U.S. citizens who join the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as immigrants or voluntee...

Jan 12, 2026

How has Lindsey Graham's stance on Israel evolved over his career?

Lindsey Graham has been a persistent, high-profile champion of Israel for decades, moving from legislative, institutional backing to increasingly vocal, interventionist and sometimes transactional pre...

Nov 10, 2025

Israel paga influencers

Israel has funded organized influencer activity aimed at shaping pro‑Israel narratives online, with multiple reports citing a roughly program that recruited paying up to and operating under project na...

Jan 4, 2026

In which countries did the Biden administration conduct airstrikes or bombings since 2021?

Since taking office in 2021 the Biden administration authorised and carried out airstrikes in multiple countries, most prominently Syria, Yemen (including strikes tied to Red Sea/merchant-vessel prote...

Nov 24, 2025

Did Tucker Carlson publicly cite October 7, 2023 as a reason for changing his views on Israel or Hamas?

Available reporting shows Tucker Carlson voiced skepticism about broad U.S. involvement on the heels of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack and urged restraint in the immediate aftermath, but the sources h...

Nov 17, 2025

How did the Abraham Accords, brokered in part by Jared Kushner, impact Israel's relations with Arab states?

The Abraham Accords—signed in 2020 and brokered by the Trump administration with heavy involvement from senior adviser Jared Kushner—normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states (the UA...

Jan 28, 2026

What documented instances exist of U.S. special operations forces operating in Israel since October 2023?

Since October 2023 multiple government officials and reputable outlets documented small teams of (SOF) present in in roles focused on planning, intelligence-sharing, hostage identification and conting...

Jan 22, 2026

How have other House Democrats explained votes that combined Israel aid with humanitarian funding for Gaza?

who voted for combined packages pairing with and other crises justified their votes as a choice to preserve life-saving aid while using diplomatic leverage to press Israel on humanitarian access; othe...

Jan 5, 2026

Have U.S. regulators or journalists investigated Qatar-related payments to Tucker Carlson in 2023 or 2024?

U.S. journalists have scrutinized Qatar’s lobbying and its connections to American conservative media, including coverage of Tucker Carlson’s high-profile interview with Qatar’s prime minister, but th...

Jan 2, 2026

Laura Loomer Israeli and AIPAC ties and financial support

Laura Loomer presents as an outspoken pro‑Israel influencer whose public posture mixes hardline support for Israeli sovereignty with populist critiques of pro‑Israel lobbying in Washington; reporting ...

Dec 21, 2025

Is trump selling arms to the Soviet Russia

There is no evidence in the reporting provided that President Trump is “selling arms to the Soviet Russia”; the recent and well-documented U.S. arms activity under his administration has been announce...

Dec 16, 2025

Did putin once favour joining eu

Vladimir Putin publicly said in 2025 that “Russia has never opposed Ukraine’s potential membership of the European Union,” comments reported by Reuters and picked up across media amid peace-talks dipl...

Dec 7, 2025

Did changes in Fox News' leadership or Carlson's departure influence his stance on Israel?

Tucker Carlson’s turn to blunt criticism of Israel and U.S. support for it has multiple, overlapping explanations in available reporting: long-running ideological evolution toward populist, non-interv...

Dec 3, 2025

How much do social media influencers get paid to promote Israeli tourism?

Documents filed under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and reported by Responsible Statecraft and others show a roughly $900,000 influencer campaign run for Israel from mid‑June to late...