Trump’s troop pullbacks, Gaza UN vote, and Ukraine’s new Rafale jet deal lead news. Here’s what’s making headlines this Monday evening.
A crooked carnival where narco boats explode for pocket change and everyone smiles through the smoke is the kind of sick joke the war on drugs tells without ever bothering to set up a proper punchline.
A young lieutenant on Cemetery Ridge refused to fall back even as his own body failed him, choosing to stand by his guns and hurl steel into the teeth of Pickett’s Charge until the last breath left his lungs.
US expands Caribbean forces, Iran halts nukes, Trump backs Epstein release. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, November 17, 2025.
When China pushes warships toward Japan, a Newark street turns into a killing ground, and a ghost of Ecuador’s narco-wars is dragged out of hiding in Spain, you can see the world’s pressure points tightening all at once and none of them give you any comfort. It’s Sunday, November 16th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
A cartel kingpin is dancing through a blizzard of cash and skulls, blissfully ignoring the Trump-branded sword overhead that says his winning streak has already expired.
As Trump boots Marjorie Taylor Greene out of the MAGA family photo, federalized Guard units quietly file out of Portland and Chicago, and Chileans cast mandatory ballots with crime and migration front and center, you can see the same story stretching from Georgia to Santiago: fearful publics, strained institutions, and leaders turning security into the sharpest political weapon in the room. It’s Sunday morning, November 16th, 2025. Here is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Border agents tightening the net in Charlotte, Iran is yanking tankers off the sea lanes, and Michelle Obama is saying America still flinches at a woman in charge all point to the same truth: pressure is building at home and abroad, and the country’s fault lines are getting harder to ignore.
Rob O’Neill’s $25 million defamation suit is more than self-defense; it is a hard line in the sand against the vet-on-vet outrage economy that treats brotherhood like clickbait.
As Trump scrambles to ease grocery costs by cutting food tariffs, South Carolina presses ahead with another firing squad execution, and Europe’s $200 billion Ukraine rescue package stalls in Belgium, three very different fronts show how political pressure is reshaping hard choices at home and abroad. Welcome to Saturday, November 15th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Trump’s Pentagon rebrand stirs debate as new AI, drone, and defense shifts reshape warfare. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
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