Paul Dragu is a senior editor at The New American, award-winning reporter, and writer of Defector: A True Story of Tyranny, Liberty and Purpose.
Paul Dragu
The United States won’t hesitate to bomb Iran again. President Donald Trump made this crystal clear on Monday during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at...
The fog of war is thick in Eastern Europe, where Russia accuses Ukraine of sending kamikaze drones to strike one of Putin’s houses. ...
Outside the United States, most of the Western world generally thinks it’s crazy that regular American citizens are allowed to own firearms. The “civilized” Anglosphere sees this as a...
America’s top intelligence chief recently said that Western warmongers are trying to inflame a wider war with Russia and drag the United States into it. Director of National Intelligence...
The Trump administration announced the approval of a massive weapons sale to Taiwan. Not surprisingly, China is not happy about it. ...
Trump is determined to make Venezuela's dictator cry uncle. On Tuesday, the president ordered a blockade against sanctioned oil tankers. ...
There’s a flurry of activity in Europe. Some of it appears to be geared toward attempts at peace. But other activity suggests something else. ...
President Trump just pardoned “election denier” Tina Peters. But she isn't likely to be released immediately — if at all. ...
The 2026 NDAA comes with a total sticker price of just over $900 billion. Hundreds of millions of that is for foreign military aid. ...
Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) doesn’t trust the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On Tuesday he introduced a bill to get the United States out of NATO. And although it...
The Trump administration’s recent peace proposal for the Ukraine war appears all but dead. It barely had a chance to begin with. On Monday, Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr...
The Trump administration’s recently released National Security Strategy provides a window into how the president and his team think about domestic and foreign policy. On an encouraging note, this...
Russian head of state Vladimir Putin told reporters that his country is ready for a fight with NATO if that’s where the war is heading. ...
An operation that started out as strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers is being unveiled for what it really is. It’s now obvious that the Trump administration is determined...
While it appears that the Trump administration is negotiating in good faith for a peace deal, Europe’s top leaders may not be. ...
There’s been a lot of hubbub about a working peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. The plan is reportedly gaining traction. Recent statements by officials suggest Ukraine...
If the Trump administration decides to invade Venezuela, the backlash from the MAGA base will be so intense that the movement will implode. ...
Ukraine and Russia are mulling over a 28-point peace plan drafted by the Trump administration. Will they agree? ...
After a grueling, months-long battle to get 218 discharge petition signatures, the House voted 427-1 to pass a resolution to release the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein. The...
In another sign that the MAGA coalition is imploding, Trump pulled back his endorsement of MTG, who was one of his most devoted supporters. ...
