Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker warned European nations against criticizing President Trump’s military operations against Iran. “You might think that this is a huge folly and going to have terrible consequences, but you don't have to say it,” Volker said on the Friday episode of Politico’s "EU Confidential" podcast. “By saying it, you...
The U.S. military killed two “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). The military unit announced the strike by posting a video of the boat exploding on the social platform X on Friday evening. Southcom commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) announced on Friday that he will call a special session to consider new voting maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a landmark redistricting case. Reeves said state legislators will return to Jackson, Miss., 21 days to redraw electoral maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Louisiana v....
Every day, Americans depend on the Global Positioning System far more than they realize. Positioning, Navigation, and Timing services such as GPS underpin nearly every aspect of modern life — from emergency response and aviation safety to financial transactions and power grid synchronization. A disruption to GPS would be catastrophic, which is why the United […]
Divorce, once shrouded by shame and the tarnishing of one’s social reputation, has undergone a drastic makeover in the past four decades. Marriage, in turn, is no longer emblematic of a shiny, celebratory rite of passage. It is now viewed as an unnecessary luxury at best, and an entirely preventable, soul-sucking disaster at worst. The […]
Loudoun County teenagers and their families are fighting back against the transgender authoritarianism of county Democrats, proving that the future is bright even in Democrat-leaning states such as Virginia. Teenagers in Loudoun County are meeting voters at the polls to encourage them to support Loudoun County Public Schools board candidates who will ensure that boys’ […]
Bureaucrats in Brussels are at it again, this time tag-teaming with publishers to use harmful regulation to shake down America’s most successful companies and destroy America’s lead in AI development. For years, the European Union has been rolling out a tangled web of acronyms — the DMA, or Digital Markets Act, the DSA, or Digital Service […]
COURT SHOWS WHY TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD. The anti-Trump world celebrated earlier this month when a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon. In ruling against the president, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut complained that Trump’s descriptions of anti-government agitation and violence in Portland were so […]
No two states voted more alike and closer to the national average in last year’s presidential election than the two states that have gubernatorial elections in this odd-numbered year, New Jersey and Virginia. New Jersey voted 51.8% for Kamala Harris and 45.9% for Donald Trump. Virginia voted 51.8% for Harris and 46.1% for Trump. Aside […]
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. Venezuela‘s regime is coming under increasing pressure from the Trump […]
Shortly after arriving in Washington, D.C., 25 years ago, I learned something about the professional Republican class, the folks who made their money working for the party or its politicians. While most congressional staffers were pretty conservative, there were plenty of people working as political professionals who didn’t really hold any beliefs very strongly at […]
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, now locked in a public feud with his own church, is confronting a domestic institution defined by decades of Russian influence. The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the country’s most powerful institutions. Over the past several months, the confrontation between the state and the clergy has been marked by […]
