On the anniversary of Bashar Assad’s fall, a small group of professionals gathered at Aznavour, a restaurant in Damascus’s Old City. Red light washed over stone walls as hookah smoke hung in the air and a television cycled through Arabic music videos. They had come to talk about what had changed in Syria — and […]
Playwright Peter Shaffer (1926-2016) chased the same idea for 30 years. A mild-mannered, rule-bound protagonist meets a counterpart who is wild at heart. Our hero is at first repelled but soon becomes fascinated, envious, even obsessed. Theatergoers who remember Five Finger Exercise (1958), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), and Lettice and […]
Like a shark hunter who has lost track of the shark, or an adventurer unable to locate the Ark of the Covenant, Steven Spielberg has been drifting for the better part of the decade. In recent years, Spielberg has seemed far removed from the glories of Jaws (1975) or Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), to say nothing of […]
President Donald Trump says he wants to avoid more lives being lost in Lebanon. But doing so will require reversing disastrous policy decisions and rhetoric he and his lieutenants have recently adopted. Trump and his administration should empower Israel, not restrain it. And the president should not give Iran and its proxies, such as Hezbollah, […]
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday predicted that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will beat state Rep. James Talarico (D-Texas) in the race to replace Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) but that the contest will be an uphill battle for the GOP nominee. “I just don't know if Texas is ready to vote...
Journalist Sharon Alfonsi is departing "60 Minutes," after criticizing CBS News leadership under its new corporate owner Paramount. Alfonsi's contract with the weekly news program ended over the weekend, she told The New York Times and argued the outlet's decision not to renew her deal was an intentional one. “It sends a chilling message to...
Cuba’s foreign minister has accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying about the island nation being a national security threat to the U.S. amid rising tensions between the two countries. “In all areas, however, he lies, he lies on and on,” Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s minister of foreign affairs, told Fox News in a...
President Trump on Wednesday teased taking a trip to New York to see the Knicks play in the NBA finals next week at Madison Square Garden. Trump told reporters at a Cabinet meeting at the White House that he was planning on going to a game this week, but then the team secured a championship...
More than half of Americans say they “definitely will vote” in November's midterms, according to a new survey. In the Economist/YouGov poll, released this week, 57 percent of respondents said they “definitely will vote” in the upcoming elections. Eleven percent said they “probably will vote,” another 11 percent said they “may or may not vote,”...
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published Wednesday that it will take years to replenish the advanced weapons used by the U.S. during the Iran war. CSIS predicted it would take three or more years to replace the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM), Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile...
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) said Tuesday that his campaign for Senate is attracting some support from previous President Trump voters who are becoming more disillusioned with the president’s policies, saying they whisper to him at rallies “like they’re in the witness protection program.” Talarico argued during an interview on MS NOW that Trump...
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it was launching a trial review on the safety and efficacy of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study will also focus on the impact of MDMA usage for people with severe mental health disorders and alcohol use disorder, according to a press...
President Trump hosted the 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term Wednesday. It's the second such meeting since the Iran war began, and a deal to end that conflict is in limbo. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the meeting did not offer new details on peace negotiations with Iran, but he did tout "some...
President Trump on Wednesday trolled Rep. Al Green (R-Texas) following his loss Tuesday in a Texas primary, with an added message of congratulations "to the Dumocrat Party!" Green, who for two years in a row has been escorted out of Trump addresses to Congress, lost the Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District to...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) updated their guidelines on Wednesday to include two new screening options for colorectal cancer, including a first-ever blood test. The ACS already recommends that adults take colonoscopy tests every 10 years beginning at age 45 and ending at age 75. However, the medical association noted that a sizable proportion of...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) scored a proxy win in Tuesday’s Texas primary runoffs over state Rep. James Talarico (D), who beat her out in the initial Democratic race for Senate. Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), endorsed by Crockett, won Tuesday's runoff for a Dallas-area House seat — besting Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas), who was supported...
