Oman’s strategy of calculated neutrality has run out of road. Long celebrated as a quiet diplomatic bridge between Washington and Tehran, Muscat has shattered its careful balancing act. A desperate attempt to revive a paralyzed shipping economy has transformed Oman into a central participant in a military conflict between the United States and Iran. The […]
I would love to think that Mark Zuckerberg saw the light. Meta, Zuckerberg’s massive tech company that owns Facebook and Instagram, agreed to a $17 billion settlement with 47 state attorneys general who had sued the company for deliberately addicting children to its products. In addition to the financial penalties, Meta agreed to implement features […]
Handsome Jack Schlossberg — only grandson of JFK and Jackie and son of Caroline and Ed Schlossberg — joined the Lexington Democratic Club’s Fall Social.
In a letter shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) notified Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and newly appointed IRS CEO Frank Bisignano about the severe threats multiple antisemitic, Chinese Communist Party-backed, terrorist-linked organizations pose to U.S. national security and pressed for the revocation of their tax-exempt statuses. […]
You can always count on Democrats to take the side of terrorist supporters over Israel, even the supposedly sensible Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Israel arrested members of deranged left-wing activist Greta Thunberg‘s boat convoy, which claimed to have been trying to get aid to Gaza and break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Arrested […]
Bassem Youssef once made the West swoon. A heart surgeon turned comic, he burst onto YouTube a decade ago with biting skits mocking Egypt’s Islamist rulers. The international press dubbed him the “Jon Stewart of the Arab world.” Jon Stewart himself even flew to Cairo to sit on his couch. That’s the legend. The reality […]
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. Lawrence Krauss, a renowned theoretical physicist and outspoken atheist, is not […]
The Internal Revenue Service wields one of the most intimidating powers the federal government possesses: the ability to audit any American at any time. This is a power that can upend lives, cripple businesses, and tarnish reputations, not through conviction in a courtroom but through the mere process of scrutiny. Such immense authority demands impartiality […]
In the world of opinion journalism, you’ve got to be wary of arguments meant solely to churn out clicks, reactions, and responses by throwing a rhetorical cat into a crowd of rhetorical pigeons. Most of the time, it’s best to ignore these traps and get on with your life, but every now and again, something […]
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Chiles v. Salazar, a case challenging Colorado’s ban on certain forms of counseling for youth experiencing gender dysphoria. The stakes couldn’t be higher for vulnerable young people and their families. We make unlikely co-authors. Tyler Deaton leads American Unity Fund, which advocates for LGBT rights within […]
Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general in Virginia, fantasizes about murdering Republicans and their children and urinating on their graves, we recently learned. We only know what Jones texts to one state lawmaker, and so we don’t know the breadth of the folks he would like to kill and exactly what sort of […]
Mental health irregularities, acts of crazed violence, and unhinged political activism have arguably become synonymous with the contemporary political Left. This radical and concerning behavior has escalated in recent years, mainly propelled by an irrational hatred of President Donald Trump, often referred to as Trump derangement syndrome, and an inability to process these emotions, culminating […]
GAZA CITY — Just hours before President Donald Trump urged Israel on Friday to stop bombing the Gaza Strip, I gained access to the besieged city of Gaza, where the last main vestiges of the Hamas terrorist organization are holding out. Israel’s political echelon ordered the Israel Defense Forces to stop operations while preparations started to […]
