The Syrian government under President Ahmad al Sharaa has moved to reassert control over Kurdish-held territories in the country’s north and northeast. Kurds facing pressure both from Damascus and from their former Arab allies against ISIS were pushed out of Aleppo and Raqqa. The Syrian government subsequently took control of oil and gas fields in […]
“You see George, you really had a wonderful life, don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it all away?” These words still fresh in mind from the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” always hits hard, the angel Clarence pleading with George Bailey not to take his own life. The concern […]
The Houston Independent School District announced a large drop in student enrollment this year, as did most major cities, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Denver. While many blue states are just losing population entirely, even some red state cities, such as Houston, are losing children to surrounding suburbs. If cities are going […]
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order barring DHS and related agencies from "destroying or altering evidence" tied to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is among the world leaders who have been invited to join President Trump’s “Board of Peace,” formed to implement the U.S.-brokered peace plan between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “Putin received an invitation through diplomatic channels to join the Peace Council. We are studying all the details of this proposal, including...
Trump frames the takeover as an enormous opportunity for America’s oil companies, the American people and Venezuelans. In reality, he has doubled down on a dead-end energy policy fraught with profound and dangerous problems.
President Trump’s decision to suspend naturalization ceremonies is leaving residents across the country in an unusual position, now stuck in limbo after they were on the verge of gaining U.S. citizenship. Critics say the pause is the Trump administration’s latest form of collective punishment for migrants, who have seen their hopes of citizenship dashed following...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has never been shy about speaking his mind — and the past few weeks have given him plenty to talk about. He's spoken out about President Trump's rhetoric on Greenland, the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and how White House aides are steering Trump in what he views as...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I still hope it works...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest. “When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump, for being single-mindedly focused on America First, on U.S. economic interests, and U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said during an appearance on...
President Trump said Saturday he would sue JPMorgan Chase over the company’s decision to close his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “A front page Article in The Fake News Wall Street Journal states, without any verification, that I offered Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, the job of Fed Chairman,” the president wrote...
GOP Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas) said Sunday that the United States’s invasion of Greenland would mean “war” with NATO. “The fact is, the president has full military access to Greenland to protect us from any threat. So if he wants to purchase Greenland, that's one thing." McCaul said during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s "This...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday, saying it needs “dramatic reform” after recent turmoil surrounding the agency. “ICE agents are the ones breaking the law, not the peaceful protesters. So, I believe we should not be funding an ICE operation that is completely lawless. It needs dramatic reform....
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland on Sunday and said it is “not about security.” “This is not about security, Jon. This is about a land grab. Donald Trump wants to get his hands on the minerals and other resources of Greenland, just like the real reason he went...
President Trump is facing signs that his immigration crackdown is losing popularity with American voters as fallout grows from the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer this month. Recent polling has found Trump’s approval on immigration at a low point and shown that even some Republican voters are critical...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Sunday he spoke with President Trump about the “security situation” in Greenland. “Spoke with @POTUS regarding the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic. We will continue working on this, and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” Rutte wrote in a post on the social...
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, knocked President Trump for letting Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado give him her Nobel Peace Prize when she visited the White House on Jan. 15. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warner also questioned the president’s long-term strategy in...
