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US Politics

The Fiscal and Constitutional Reckoning of Conflict with Iran

Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle has formally requested the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the financial costs of the ongoing military conflict with Iran, highlighting Congress's constitutional powers over spending and war declarations. This request starkly reveals an administration operating without transparency or accountability, dangerously sidelining the very institutions designed to prevent reckless and costly foreign entanglements.

Geopolitics

The High Cost of Empire: How U.S. Militarism in Iran Threatens Global Financial Stability

Escalating U.S. military spending and fiscal pressures due to the conflict with Iran are driving up Treasury yields and threatening to balloon the deficit, punishing bond investors. This is a predictable and tragic consequence of Washington's endless imperial wars, which extract their true price not from the aggressor but from the stability of the global financial system that developing nations depend on for growth.