Perhaps the greatest legacy of President Donald Trump’s first term was ending the debate about whether China would be a cooperative power or competitor. In hindsight, it appears naive that any Republican or Democrat would believe that China wanted to do anything other than overthrow the post-World War II U.S.-led democratic international order. President Bill […]
Russia’s claim that Ukraine launched aerial attack drones at President Vladimir Putin’s Moscow residence follows a familiar pattern of false Kremlin claims. This latest one surfaced as United States and Ukrainian officials reported progress in peace negotiations. Moscow is using the purported attack to cite new grounds for revising its negotiating position. Ukraine quickly rejected the […]
President Donald Trump’s national strategy document “upends” America’s long-standing policy toward European nations, which have been this country’s closest allies for a century or more. The president and his lieutenants focus on Europe’s feckless immigration policies, chronic unwillingness to pay for its own defense, its weakness in defending the Western values that undergird democratic freedom, […]
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong stated that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Today, Communist China’s military power has never been greater. A new Pentagon report warns that the United States is “increasingly vulnerable” to attack. Worse still: China, well aware of its growing strength, is flexing its muscles. China’s People’s […]
We are gratified that President Donald Trump held what he described as a “terrific” meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. The two leaders say that about 90% of the work toward reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine is now completed. This is welcome news. This war is the […]
UFC fighter Sean Strickland said Friday that he will not participate in the White House fight next year, citing the Trump administration’s controversy around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I think I’d wanna do the White House… if there was some kind of inclusion for fans,” Strickland told video streamer Adin Ross and...
President Trump's conflicting approach to China has led to Republican legislation to prevent the Trump administration from liberalizing regulations that limit China's access to advanced computer chips, which could have devastating consequences for U.S. AI supremacy.
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday warned against making early endorsements in the 2028 presidential race, pushing the GOP to seek a competitive primary instead. “I think it’s very important that the Republican party have a competitive primary,” McEnany, who served at the end of President Trump's first term, told Fox New's...
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) on Friday said the Justice Department (DOJ) violated the law by releasing only a portion of information tied to its probe of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by President Trump last month, required officials to produce files, images, flight logs and...
President Trump's approval rating has plummeted due to rising prices, wages not keeping up, and his increasingly erratic behavior, leading to a grim Christmas season for American families.
(KTLA) - Nick Reiner, son of the late Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia and was being treated by a psychiatrist in the weeks leading up to his parents’ murders. The Reiners were found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home. Their bodies were reportedly discovered by...
Whoopi Goldberg on Friday took a page from President Trump's playbook, accusing Trump of suffering from “Obama and Biden Derangement' Syndrome. Trump addressed the nation earlier this week in a late-night speech, touting his accomplishments since returning to the Oval Office and declaring that he inherited a mess, including affordability issues and economic woes, from...
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom has stolen much of the attention in Democratic conversations about the next presidential race, another governor is quietly garnering some buzz among strategists and top Democratic donors: Andy Beshear. The Kentucky governor has been able to win elections in a fiercely red state as a measured, moderate Democrat. He’s not...
The State Department on Friday restricted the visas of two Honduran officials over national security concerns, claiming they tried to impede on a special vote count following the nation's election last month. The Trump administration revoked a visa for Mario Morazán, a magistrate of the Electoral Justice Tribunal. Marlon Ochoa, a member of the Honduras...
President Trump, while speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, boasted about his claim against the federal government requesting a large payout in taxpayer money over legal battles he faced after leaving office in 2021. Turmp submitted two claims against the Justice Department (DOJ) seeking up to $230 million in damages, The New York...
More than five years ago, I wrote in these pages of a growing trend on the left toward compelled speech — the forcing of citizens to repeat approved views and values. It is an all-too-familiar pattern. Once a faction assumes power, it will often first seek to censor opposing views and then compel the endorsement of...
