The escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is often discussed as a global energy shock. Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply normally passes through this narrow maritime corridor, meaning any disruption immediately rattles markets from Asia to Europe. But beyond the global headlines lies a quieter and potentially more dangerous story: Iraq […]
“There is a deep anti-military bias in the media, one that begins from the premise that the military must be lying, and that American projection of power around the world must be wrong.” When former ABC reporter and anchor Terry Moran told me this in an interview in May of 2006, his assertion elicited quite […]
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday’s overnight strikes in Tehran also took out Iran’s intelligence minister. Iran has yet to confirm Esmail Khatib’s death, which would mark the third killing of a high-ranked official in the Middle East nation in the latest attacks. The regime confirmed on Tuesday that Ali Larijani, the secretary of...
The U.S. military dropped multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs on “hardened” Iranian anti-ship missile sites on Tuesday along the country’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait,” the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said. The employment of the munitions, known as Coastal...
As evidence mounts regarding the former Prince Andrew’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Prince William, Andrew's nephew, and Princess Kate are voicing their concern for the victims of the disgraced financier. “I can confirm that the Prince and Princess of Wales have been deeply concerned by the continued revelations,’’ a spokesperson...
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer questions during a deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Monday, asserting her Fifth Amendment right. Maxwell previously indicated her plans to do so, saying she would testify under oath only if she was given criminal immunity. Lawmakers exiting...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) lead their respective parties’ U.S. Senate primary races in Texas, according to a new survey released just over a week before early voting begins. Paxton leads incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), 38 percent to 31 percent, among likely GOP primary voters, in the latest...
In the world the Declaration of Independence envisions, no human being should ever be treated as worthless. That is why the Trump administration’s policies are so dangerous and destructive.
Conservative activist Laura Loomer on Sunday said the NFL should apologize for Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl, which featured a tour of Puerto Rican culture and flags from Latin American countries. “The @NFL should apologize to the American people for flooding the Super Bowl with foreign flags. Totally disgraceful,” Loomer wrote in...
Last month's daring capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro demonstrated the lengths to which the White House will go to execute on its vision of ensuring American security and shaping the country’s role in the Western Hemisphere. Beyond putting Maduro’s reign to an end, the operation sent a message to the rest of the region:...
“The Super Bowl is in my district, but I was not in the suites,” Ro Khanna tweeted. “I was with activists in my district demanding no new funding for ICE.”
Pop star Bad Bunny’s performance during halftime of Super Bowl LX is being received by many as a dramatic and unique expression of Latin culture around the world but is angering President Trump and other conservatives who say the show fell flat for them. The highly anticipated performance came midway through a defensive struggle in San Francisco that ended with the Seattle Seahawks taking home the Lombardi Trophy and capping a...
Republican senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are coming to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s defense after some of their GOP colleagues called for a White House shakeup. GOP senators rattled over their party’s prospects in the midterms and unhappy with Miller’s public comments on Greenland and immigration enforcement view the deputy White...
Congress is running out of time to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an effort that is increasingly fraught as bipartisan negotiations fizzle. A funding package passed earlier this week included a two-week stopgap measure for DHS, funding it at 2025 levels through Feb. 13. Lawmakers have until that deadline to...
