The insurrection in Iran might be the most consequential global event so far this century. Yet from Western liberals, there’s been little more than pursed lips.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. may lift some sanctions on Venezuela in order to facilitate oil sales. Bessent also said that nearly $5 billion in Venezuela’s frozen International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights monetary assets could be used to rebuild its economy. The IMF has not engaged with...
Two individuals were injured Sunday after a person drove a U-Haul truck into a crowd of demonstrators protesting the Iranian regime in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Sunday that the incident occurred at roughly 3:30 p.m. local time, in the Westwood neighborhood near the Wilshire Federal Building. The LAPD said that...
President Trump said Sunday the U.S. military is considering “strong options” on Iran as the country’s regime cracks down on growing nationwide protests. When asked on Air Force One whether Iran is crossing a red line, the president told reporters “they’re starting to, it looks like.” “There seemed to be some people killed that aren’t...
Nikki Glaser was cracking jokes about CBS News and the Epstein files within moments of taking the stage for her Golden Globes monologue. "There's so many A-listers," Glaser told the audience Sunday at the awards show in Los Angeles. "And by A-listers, I do mean people who are on a list that has been heavily...
“Shattering the job security once afforded to the permanent government” will be one of President Trump’s “signal and lasting achievements,” predicts Semafor’s Ben Smith.
Zohran Mamdani vows to rigorously enforce the lunatic Local Law 97, the pointless carbon-emission mandate that could force thousands of condo and co-op residents...
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. They are called fighters. Presidential contenders. Possibly the 48th president. […]
Friends, As a member in good standing of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, I am simply appalled by our beloved organization’s resolution declaring the conflict in Gaza a “genocide.” Our elite association of academics, researchers, and randos, which costs upward of $125 to join yearly, has allowed its once-sterling reputation to be forever tainted. […]
President Donald Trump made a claim on Tuesday that should raise red flags for every person in the country. He called out Chicago for its horrifying number of homicides each year. As usual, Democrats rebuked Trump’s comments. They categorized them as unnecessary, hyperbolic, and untrue. They said Trump’s comments were divisive. They did everything possible […]
The best, most concise statement of how people ought to think about Israel came from veteran national security reporter and analyst Eli Lake on Friday when he told me on my program that the world needs to understand the Jewish state as an “intelligence superpower.” Lake is the equal of any American reporter assessing U.S.-Israel […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Wednesday’s military parade in China garnered international media attention. Held […]
Each year, Americans are passengers on the same political train wreck. Instead of Congress doing its main job of passing annual budgets, we get incremental, temporary extensions of what we are already doing. Called continuing resolutions, these funding stopgaps put us on autopilot, wasting an average of four months and 8% of our buying power every year. […]
As someone who represented New York in Congress and worked closely with both Main Street and Wall Street, I know firsthand how important it is to balance innovation with responsibility. New York is home to the world’s financial capital, and decisions about how we regulate digital assets have ripple effects that go far beyond Wall […]
In 2008, the tea party was born in opposition to Washington’s bailout of Wall Street. Those bailouts were sold as one-time responses to an emergency, yet they became a blueprint for deeper federal entanglement in private markets. Now, less than two decades later and with no crisis underway, the Trump administration is not only bailing […]
President Donald Trump does not have the power to fire Federal Reserve governors at will, as he does members of the National Labor Relations Board. But he has fired governor Lisa Cook for cause, which is allowed under statute, alleging she made false statements on a mortgage application in 2021. The evidence that Cook made […]
