At the G7 summit in Evian last week, the leaders issued their first joint declaration since President Donald Trump returned to office, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called it “a real success.” After a year of trade friction, a drawdown of American troops from Germany, and open strain between the two men, the change in […]
A union leader recently announced he was leaving the Democratic Party. His stated reason was blunt: The party, increasingly influenced by the Democratic Socialists of America and aligned activist networks, is no longer primarily focused on working people. It has been captured by anti-capitalist ideologues and factions whose priorities are ideological transformation and foreign policy […]
Washington is about to hand a single agency responsibility for a trillion-dollar market. Whether that turns out to be a triumph or a debacle depends on whether the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ready. For years, regulatory uncertainty has hindered the development of the U.S. digital asset industry. Innovation has moved offshore, companies have faced […]
Iran’s leaders call survival a victory. After a year in which the United States and Israel dismantled the Islamic Republic’s military, gutted its nuclear program, and killed its supreme leader, the regime’s surviving officials insist that merely enduring is triumph enough. But surviving is not the same as living, and what Tehran has preserved is […]
In every sport played with a ball, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey (the puck counts), golf, volleyball, handball, the oldest piece of coaching wisdom is also the best: “keep your eye on the ball.” Look away for a moment, and the game slips through your fingers. Is Israel keeping its eye on the ball? Sadly, […]
On June 12, the U.S. government directed Anthropic to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for any foreign national, inside or outside the United States. The order forced the company to disable both models worldwide. Days later, Beijing-based Zhipu rolled out GLM-5.2, a near-frontier, open-weight system that users could download and run locally. […]
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) removed a post on social media in which she criticized the woman who accused Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) of rape. The post came hours after Jenny Racicot, 41, told Politico that Platner sexually assaulted her five years ago — an allegation that Platner has denied. In a story published Monday...
The Belgian national men's soccer team poked fun at President Trump as it defeated the United States in the World Cup on Monday night. Members of the team celebrated its fourth and final goal of the game on the goal line by performing what has become widely known as the "Trump dance" as American supporters...
Andrew Gillum, who was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Florida governor’s race, was arrested last week on drug-related offenses, according to jail records. Officers from the Daphne Police Department in Alabama arrested Gillum on July 2 at 10:44 p.m. CDT, according to booking records from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. Gillum, 46, was booked...
President Trump on Tuesday celebrated plans for Toyota to move manufacturing operations of its Tacoma truck from Mexico to Texas, a move aligned with his administration’s efforts to grow American manufacturing jobs. “A really big deal. Tariffs at work!” the president wrote in a Truth Social post, referencing trade policies that imposed taxes on imports...
Decertification is one of the strongest accountability tools available because it targets what officers value most: their ability to continue serving as police officers.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest Democratic lawmaker to say that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race, should drop out after a woman the candidate dated in 2021 accused him of sexual assault. "I believe that it's time for him to drop out of the race," Mamdani said of...
The Supreme Court declined to stop Texas from enforcing a state law that requires app stores and developers to verify users' ages and receive parental consent for children younger than 18 years. In a one-sentence order Monday, the nation's high court denied a request to pause enforcement of the law, the Texas App Store Accountability...
President Trump received a ceremonial welcome, complete with military salutes and a flyover, as he arrived Tuesday in Ankara, Turkey, for a two-day NATO Summit. He started the visit with a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, where he said he had no concerns over selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, adding the U.S. would...
