When President Donald Trump accepted the April 2026 ceasefire, I knew he had committed the gravest political blunder of his career. America and Israel had cornered Iran, shattered its leverage, and battered its proxies. Instead of forcing permanent concessions, the White House now appears ready to rescue Tehran and rebrand retreat as a “peace crusade.” […]
The critical minerals powering the U.S.’s defense systems, semiconductors, and electric vehicles are being extracted by forced labor. As the world’s democracies gather for the G7 summit this week, President Donald Trump has the opportunity and strategic interest to do something about it. Reducing dependence on Chinese critical minerals, which are tainted with state-imposed forced […]
American citizenship is a sacred bond between an individual and a nation, and not to be confused with a souvenir collected during a temporary visitor or a loophole through a plane ticket, a tourist visa, or a strategically timed hospital stay. The Supreme Court is poised to rule on one of the most consequential constitutional questions of […]
Iran’s internet access has partially returned after nearly 90 days, the longest blackout in the country’s history. Yet authorities continue to throttle the available bandwidth, with Iranians reporting they are unable to upload or download videos and other content. Even this fragile connectivity could be cut at a moment’s notice, and people wonder when the […]
Elections are akin to horse races. Like a bettor with a large bankroll, a political party has a vested interest in backing the right horse. And while political consultants are thick on the ground in Washington, and while the sophistication of their tools — polls, demographic analyses, social media operations — trumps that of touts […]
The Trump administration is turning off the money tap to end federal financing of the Los Angeles homeless industrial complex. This is an important first step toward reclaiming America’s streets and its tax dollars. On June 11, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it was suspending federal funding for the LA Homeless […]
Over the decades, whether we paid attention or not, one thing has remained constant: Our failure to get global warming under control is the greatest betrayal that any generation has ever imposed on its children. We are letting oil oligarchs get rich by robbing our children’s future.
President Trump is pressing for an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to include the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “A few Dumocrats are against FISA, with or without Bill Pulte going to DNI, as Acting. What kind of a deal is that. Besides, I’m against FISA if...
It was a spectacle, with a presidential birthday and an Iran peace deal as context and background. “UFC Freedom 250,” a primetime fight night that played out just steps from the White House on Sunday night, combined sports and the office of the president in a way never seen before. Reactions to the event fell sharply along partisan lines, but the event...
Ukraine is no longer merely a buffer state, an aid recipient or a candidate country trapped in procedural limbo. Rather, it has become central to Europe's future security.
