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President Donald Trump demanded Monday that “countries of the world” reimburse the United States for its deeply unpopular war against Iran, which by some estimates has cost American taxpayers upwards of $100 billion.“Oil is flowing through the Hormuz Strait,” Trump claimed on his social media platform Truth Social, despite traffic through the Strait of Hormuz hitting its lowest levels since May earlier this month. “The Countries of the World, which have been no help to us whatsoever, should, and will, reimburse the United States of America when this SCAM Confligration (sic) is all over. We are doing it much more for others, than we are for ourselves, and we have been for Generations!”Trump’s demand comes as recent developments have threatened a second global shipping chokepoint in the Middle East. Gas prices in the United States continue to climb, with diesel costs reaching their all-time high this month.Apparently aware of the soaring energy prices, Trump, in a follow-up post, expressed his “hope” that voters wouldn’t blame him and would instead blame the past administration.“I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by ‘TRUMP,’” he wrote. “Even Oil was higher under Biden than it is right now, and we prevented Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon!”

A bombshell report from The Intercept revealed that United Airlines is resuming shipments of military equipment to Israel aboard civilian passenger flights, sparking several blistering condemnations from prominent figures.United previously used passenger flights to transfer military cargo to Israel between July 2025 and Feb. 27 of this year, just one day before President Donald Trump launched his deeply unpopular war against Iran, according to a new report jointly produced by Movement Research Unit, Palestinian Youth Movement, People’s Embargo for Palestine and the Democratic Socialists of America.The new development, uncovered by The Intercept after reviewing “shipping data” and other documents, appears to be, the outlet noted, a “return to status quo for United.”“We all get on our flights and have to worry about taking too much water in our water bottles, and meanwhile, there are ammunition handling systems and F-35 parts and tank sites that are being transported on these flights, without us actually knowing,” said Movement Research investigator Abdullah, speaking with The Intercept on the condition that only his first name be used “due to the sensitive nature of his work.”Craig Mokhiber, a former senior United Nations official and human rights lawyer, was taken aback by the report’s findings.“United Airlines has not only been shipping weapons components to the Israeli regime during the ongoing genocide in Palestine (itself the crime of complicity under the Genocide Convention), but it has been doing so by hiding them in the cargo of passenger planes filled with unknowing civilians,” Mokhiber wrote in a statement Saturday published on social media. “United Airlines is therefore using its passengers as human shields to unlawfully arm the Israeli regime. These arms onboard constitute an ‘effective contribution to military action’ under [international humanitarian law], violating the Geneva conventions, and potentially making these planes ‘military objectives’ under the law, eroding or stripping their protected status, and putting every passenger at risk.”Others, like journalist and activist Ali Abunimah, took a jab at United by mocking its slogan, “Fly the Friendly Skies,” with his own revised version: “Come Fly the Deadly Skies,” he wrote in a social media post on X.And Natali Morris, journalist and former CBS News reporter, questioned United’s recently increased bag fees given its presumably lucrative contracts to ship military equipment overseas.“If they're taking military contracts to ship weapons to the [Israel Defense Force], why do we have to pay $50 per bag?” she wrote in a social media post on X.When contacted for comment, a United spokesperson told Raw Story that the company had “nothing to share” regarding The Intercept’s report and the underlying allegations.United Airlines has not only been shipping weapons components to the Israeli regime during the ongoing genocide in Palestine (itself the crime of complicity under the Genocide Convention), but it has been doing so by hiding them in the cargo of passenger planes filled with… https://t.co/AXAwlFT7K2— Craig Mokhiber (@CraigMokhiber) September 12, 2026

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the weekend, with initial reports suggesting a father killed his two young children before taking his own life.The man, 57, and his two children, seven and four, who are also Indonesian citizens, were discovered deceased in a bungalow in Kuta on Sunday morning. Continue reading...

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board blasted the latest lecture President Donald Trump offered a global leader after a recent attack. Russia recently bombed a passenger train in Ukraine along the Polish border, which is a main travel route for civilians. Afterward, Trump lectured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about attacking Russia's energy infrastructure, showing just how sensitive the administration is to gas prices, according to the editorial. "Go ahead, make Vladimir Putin’s day, Mr. President," the editorial board wrote. The editorial board also argued that Trump's continued attacks against Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression continue to embolden America's enemies. "So Russia can fire away at any and all targets in Ukraine, but Ukraine must restrain itself in retaliating in Russia," the editorial reads in part. "Mr. Trump is clearly worried about the price of diesel fuel, but blaming Ukraine amid Iranian and Houthi attacks on Mideast (sic) oil production and transport is political excuse-making on a grand scale.""It’s also strategically misguided as Russia and Iran help each other in their respective conflicts," the editorial added. "Mr. Trump seems to think he can put these wars into separate boxes. Every time he does, he has adversaries in Moscow and Tehran smiling at their good luck."

President Donald Trump admitted to confusion Saturday when faced with a simple question regarding one of his own deals.Trump, asked by a reporter if he was considering a withdrawal from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement he negotiated and passed during his first term — and touted as "the best agreement we've ever made" — appeared not to remember it on Saturday."Are you considering withdrawing from the USMCA deal?" the reporter asked. "What does that mean?" Trump responded.The reporter paused for a beat, then explained the acronym, "Are you considering withdrawing from the USMCA deal with U.S., Mexico, and Canada?""That's a strange question to be asked over here," Trump replied. This exchange captured the immediate attention of Trump's critics on social media. "Sharp as a tack," progressive political commentator Molly Jong-Fast joked in a post on X."Truly a man at the top of his game right here," added media columnist Justin Baragona.Trump's administration declined to renew the USMCA in July, triggering annual reviews that keep the pact in force until 2036 unless a country moves to withdraw.Trump has previously said that he's considering withdrawing from the USMCA, but on Saturday, he denied plans to withdraw from it and talked up his relationship with Canada despite an ongoing trade war."No, I get along great. We're going to have a great relationship with Mexico," Trump said. "We actually have a good one with Canada but the United States has been ripped off for fifty years by Canada."Trump then claimed both Canada and Iran wanted to make a deal "very badly." This prompted political analyst and staff writer for The Atlantic Tom Nichols to warn of "cognitive decline" in Trump."His brain is now just a Mad Libs template with the same answers written in over and over. 'What do you think of [issue] and [country]?'" Nichols wrote. "'[Issue] is going great. [Country] is very eager to make a deal.' You can insert almost anything and get the same answer."

The powerful far-right leader of a neo-Nazi-backed political group — and recent new "crush" of podcaster Joe Rogen — publicly split with President Donald Trump Saturday over his off-the-cuff comment about a "very cool thing." Rupert Lowe, a member of the British Parliament and founder of the "ethno-nationalist" group Restore Britain, took to X on Saturday to lambast Trump over his recently professed support for Irish unification. "I want to be really clear in Restore Britain’s response," Lowe wrote. "The American President is talking about breaking up our country. This is unacceptable, this is insulting."Lowe's criticism stands in stark contrast to recent public messaging in which he has aligned himself with Trump to call for what critics describe as a deportation-led "ethnic cleansing" of Great Britain, the Atlantic recently reported. "He understands exactly what the modern American right wants to hear," wrote the Atlantic's Helen Lewis, "that the second Britain exists, and only Donald Trump is preventing the United States from heading in the same direction."Such rhetoric has caused frustration and fears abroad as critics warn his party has become "the new home for neo-Nazis," as it was recently described by the Daily Mail. Yet Lowe on Saturday reached for the moral high ground as he chastised Trump for suggesting it would be "cool" to force unification on the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to inflict pain on Great Britain's left-leaning governing party."I like Trump, I've backed Trump," Lowe wrote. "But he should not be aiming to permanently damage our country to get back at the current malign Labour Government."Then Lowe issued Trump a warning. "Do not irreversibly damage our relationship because of this Labour Government," he wrote. "It's not on."

Enormous and crude balloons cast a dark shadow over President Donald Trump's visit to Ireland on Saturday.Trump landed in Ireland on Saturday to visit the International Golf Links & Hotel, Doonbeg and meet with Irish leaders. According to reports, his arrival was met with demonstrations and outcry at both Doonbeg and central Dublin.Posts on X showed throngs of protesters holding up balloons depicting Trump engaging in sexual intercourse with Jeffrey Epstein and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.According to a Saturday article by The Independent, journalist and author Justine McCarthy said, "We don't want him here," as she went to protests in Doonbeg."The reasons I'm protesting are first of all as a woman, because he's a sex offender," McCarthy said. "Secondly, because of Palestine, America's collusion in the onslaught on Gaza...and because of America's unprovoked war on Iran...Also the third reason is climate change because he called climate change a hoax and he is damaging our planet."The Independent noted Trump was found liable for sexual abuse by a jury in 2023, but he's not registered as a sex offender. McCarthy added, "The rest of the world will know that we don't want him here," through the protests.Ailbhe Smyth, an Irish academic and feminist, told The Independent that she felt an "ethical and moral responsibility" to "stand up and say, 'No, we do not support you.'" Protesters would want "for the historical moment to be one of the people who stood up to this terrible man," Smyth added."One of the interesting things is that it does bring really political parties from the center right over to right across the left together," Smyth told The Independent. "They don't necessarily get out and all march together, but there is a general consensus...here in Ireland that is solidly 100% anti-Trump."According to reporting by The New York Times, a "No Kings" mural appeared in Dublin on Thursday. Siobhán O’Donoghue, the executive director of Uplift, the campaign group behind the display, told The Times it had to let the world know it opposes Trump.“We just can’t capitulate to that narrative that people in Ireland somehow or another are backing Trump,” she said. “All it takes is for good people to stay silent for an incorrect view to be drawn.”Another Ireland resident scrawled an enormous "F--- Trump" on her land under his flight path.

President Donald Trump's off-the-cuff comment about a "very cool thing" has created an international uproar embroiling multiple frustrated nations, reports show. Trump in Dublin on Saturday morning repeatedly told reporters and officials that he supported a unified Ireland. "I think it would be cool," said Trump. "I actually said it would, I think, be a very cool thing."Trump of course was referencing the centuries-long conflict between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over the latter's fight for independence from the United Kingdom. To simplify an extremely complex political conflict marred by famine, sectarian violence and civil war — the predominately Protestant Northern Ireland prefers to remain within the United Kingdom while the historically Catholic Republic cherishes its freedom. This perhaps is why the BBC reports Trump immediately created a "headache" for the Irish government and Taoiseach Micheál Martin.Former Democratic Unionist Party MP Ian Paisley, a close friend of the Trump family, reportedly argued Trump was suggesting the Republic return to the United Kingdom and "the crown." Asked for comment, 10 Downing Street did not align itself with Trump and referred the BBC to Prime Minister Andy Burnham's promise that he would stick "100 percent" to The Good Friday Agreement, which in 1998 ended 30 years of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland.Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson, whose party strongly supports Northern Ireland remaining in the United Kingdom, snapped back at Trump on X."Northern Ireland’s constitutional future will be decided by the people of Northern Ireland, not by commentary in London, Dublin or Washington," he wrote. "As unionists we are not interested in the destruction of our country by joining with the Irish Republic."Robbie Butler, the Northern Ireland unionist who serves as minister of health, also lambasted Trump for his comment on X."For years we have been told this President is beyond the pale: his character, his conduct, his position on Gaza," Butler wrote. "One sentence about a united Ireland and he is apparently a statesman of rare vision. It seems his judgement is sound only on the one subject where it happens to suit.""The President was at least candid enough to accept that the United Kingdom would have something to say about it," Butler added. "So would the people of Northern Ireland, who under the Belfast Agreement are the only people whose consent counts."