South Carolina awaits major change in its representation after the death of Lindsey Graham, a powerful senator known for his zealous advocacy of military intervention, as every Republican candidate promises to bring a more domestic focus to the job.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, laid out the country’s key demands for the U.S. amid negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Iran and Oman are engaged in ongoing discussions around this key waterway, which carries a significant portion of the world’s oil supply and has been...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan clarified Saturday that the NATO-like agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not targeted at any particular country amid speculation that the pact was formed in response to the ongoing war in Iran. Fidan, in an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency conducted a day after the three countries...
Vice President JD Vance said on Saturday that there has been “some progress over the last few days” in negotiations between Iran and Oman over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. This critical trading passage has been a key sticking point in the negotiations to end this months-long conflict. However, Vance stressed to Fox News’s Kayleigh...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday said she would not run to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), citing “unfinished business” in the House. “I want to be straight with you. I'm not running for the U.S. Senate, not because I'm backing down from a fight, but because the one I'm already in matters...
The Houthis, the Iran-backed militant group based in Yemen, on Monday announced that they have set up a blockade on Saudi Arabia, ramping up the potential for tensions in the Red Sea. The Yemeni militia has not offered any specifics on what the blockade will entail, only that it declared a "maritime embargo against the...
Dr. Chris Fall, the director of the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) is resigning after just three months in the role. The exit of Fall, who was appointed to head the AI safety organization in April, comes amid a fluctuation in the Trump administration's AI policy. Staff at CAISI are directly...
Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, five days before early voting in the race begins. Warren, who previously backed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) before she dropped out of the race earlier this month, cited El-Sayed’s support of Medicare for All, unions and taking corporate...
President Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "will not be arrested" in the U.S. after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) floated the idea over the weekend, calling the Israeli leader "a war criminal." "Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States...
A judge in California has put Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on hold while the court considers a sweeping antitrust lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar transaction, which was brought against the company last week. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a request from California Attorney General Rob Bonta that the merger be paused for two weeks while...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of the Americans killed as a result of Iranian strikes over the weekend. “President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of our fallen heroes tomorrow evening at Dover Air Force Base. The President and the entire White House...
Former state Sen. Troy Jackson (D-Maine) has emerged as the frontrunner for Democrats in the Maine Senate race. Jackson has received endorsements from challengers Dan Kleban and former CDC Director Nirav Shah, who both dropped out of the race on Sunday. The two said Jackson was the most “electable” candidate and urged party members to...
Retired Lieutenant General David Harris argues that the United States must integrate strategic communication into military planning to ensure tactical successes translate into strategic advantages, drawing lessons from current conflicts.
