2024

<!-- category --> December 31, 2024 As we close out 2024, War on the Rocks reflects on the stories and analyses that resonated most with our readers during a year marked by evolving geopolitical tensions, transformative military…

Hamas has transformed Gaza’s healthcare system into a military apparatus, John Spencer, a leading international expert on urban warfare, revealed in an exclusive interview with Maariv on Monday.Spencer also explained why IDF operations…

Elon Musk has reportedly been paying rent while he resides at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in order to have "easy access" to Trump before his move to the White House, the New York Times reported…

The Ford Motor Company’s X account was “compromised,” and pro-Gaza posts were made without authorization, the company confirmed on Tuesday morning. “Our X account was briefly compromised, and three posts were made that were not…

Over 271K migrants were deported from the US in 2024 — a paltry 9% of the 2.9M encountered at borders: More than 271,000 migrants have been deported from the US in 2024 — a paltry 9% of the 2.9 million encountered this year at the…

War update: 153 clashes on front line, AFU eliminate 190 invaders in Pokrovsk sector: On December 30, a total of 153 combat clashes occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders at the front, with the hottest…

End the Secret Service: It's a failed organization. Time to shut it down. In 2014, a mentally unstable man jumped over the White House fence, overpowered an armed female Secret Service agent, and made it to the East Room before an off-duty…

Cocaine for moody rats and climate-focused drag show-on-ice top Rand Paul’s annual ‘Festivus’ list of outrageous government waste: The US government wasted more than $1 trillion on kooky frivolous projects this past year — including by…

Retail theft surges 93% since before COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Retailers have not been crying wolf’: The average number of shoplifting incidents jumped 93% in 2023 compared with pre-pandemic times and monetary losses for retailers have risen…

With the recent nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the nation’s premier federal health agency, it’s important to remember that Kennedy’s star began to rise decades ago by exposing…