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Lara Seligman

ARTICLES BY LARA SELIGMAN

President Trump arriving in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 27, hours before the attack on Iran.

Trump knew the risk of Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He still went to war.

9 min read . 14 Mar 2026

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (File Photo: AFP)

Hegseth finds his footing as Epic Fury’s front man

5 min read . 06 Mar 2026

A woman walks past the flag and map of Iran painted on a wall in Tehran on February 25, 2026. (File Photo: AFP)

Iran is far from building ICBMs, experts say

4 min read . 27 Feb 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor during takeoff.

US gathers the most air power in the Mideast since the 2003 Iraq invasion

7 min read . 19 Feb 2026

El Paso International Airport.

A laser weapon targeted suspected drones. It hit party balloons instead.

5 min read . 13 Feb 2026

Crews worked aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea in early February.

Pentagon prepares second aircraft carrier to deploy to the Middle East

1 min read . 12 Feb 2026

Ahmed al-Sharaa assumed Syria’s presidency after leading the rebellion that toppled the Assad regime. (REUTERS)

Syrian President called the US’s bluff—and it paid off

5 min read . 24 Jan 2026

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Major US oil executives expressed caution about President Donald Trump's push for them to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela, with the head of Exxon Mobil Corp. calling the nation currently 'uninvestable'. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Trump was told attack on Iran wouldn’t guarantee collapse of regime

3 min read . 16 Jan 2026

A Venezuelan Navy patrol boat sails off the Carribean coast amid hightened tensions with the U.S., in Puerto Cabello. (REUTERS)

Trump’s military buildup in Caribbean limits his options in Iran

4 min read . 15 Jan 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi

Trump administration draws up new legal justification for Maduro operation

3 min read . 08 Jan 2026

During the briefing, Rubio played down the idea that the U.S. could seize Greenland by force, according to the people familiar with the briefing. (Getty Images via AFP)

Rubio tells lawmakers Trump aims to buy Greenland, downplays military action

3 min read . 07 Jan 2026

Putin told Trump in a phone conversation recently that Ukrainian drones had targeted his residence. (AFP)

US finds Ukraine didn’t target Putin in drone strike

1 min read . 01 Jan 2026

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flying over Puerto Rico last week.

Coast Guard tracks down a runaway oil tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela

5 min read . 26 Dec 2025

President Trump has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro in recent days, ordering a blockade of oil tankers going in and out of the country. (AFP)

US moves troops and additional special- operations aircraft into Caribbean

2 min read . 24 Dec 2025

Hegseth felt Holsey didn’t move quickly enough to develop the plans, the people said. (AP)

Hegseth asked top admiral to resign after months of discord

5 min read . 04 Dec 2025

An Iranian Shahed-136 attack drone. (AP)

Pentagon deploys new Kamikaze drone copied from Iranian design

3 min read . 03 Dec 2025

A separate U.S. initiative to break the diplomatic deadlock between Ukraine and Russia that was already under way shifted to include the newly-drafted plan. (AFP)

How the US drafted a Russia-friendly peace plan for Ukraine

5 min read . 25 Nov 2025

The department summoned top missile suppliers to a June roundtable at the Pentagon to kick off the industry effort. (REUTERS)

Pentagon pushes to double missile production for potential China conflict

5 min read . 29 Sept 2025

Israel had also successfully completed military and intelligence operations outside its borders that highlighted its prowess and appetite for using it. (REUTERS)

Inside Israel’s audacious airstrike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, a US ally

6 min read . 10 Sept 2025

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, 28 February. (AFP)

Pentagon has quietly blocked Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes on Russia

5 min read . 24 Aug 2025