President Trump announced Saturday that a draft of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran to end weeks of fighting has been negotiated and the Strait of Hormuz will be opening up to shipping traffic.
Republicans are rushing to redraw congressional districts to their advantage ahead of the midterm elections following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act.
New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart made a surprise appearance Friday to introduce President Trump at a campaign rally for Rep. Mike Lawler in Suffern, New York -- and the appearance quickly divided the Giants' locker room.
Halfway into the second episode of the (likely final) television series produced for Netflix by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, viewers can witness the exact moment Mindy Kaling regrets agreeing to Markle’s eleventh-hour attempt to salvage her and Harry’s $100 billion deal with the streaming giant. Kaling, the celebrated comedienne who has spent the better […]
Following President Donald Trump’s freeze on aid to Ukraine and as he prepares to address a joint session of Congress tonight, America finds itself at a hinge point for foreign policy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lack of gratitude and grace in the Oval Office on Friday must not derail peace talks that are in the […]
Honda announced Monday that it will produce its new Civic model in Indiana instead of Mexico, as originally planned, likely due to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on the country. Manufacturing in Indiana will likely start in late 2027, and Honda expects to produce more than 200,000 vehicles per year in the state. For a […]
The Oval Office blowup last Friday was not some sort of “ambush” or setup. Nor was it a temper tantrum. The deal between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky collapsed amid recriminations because the minerals deal Trump was offering and the implicit security it would provide Ukraine wasn’t what Zelensky came to Washington […]
For the better part of a week, President Donald Trump’s opponents have been misrepresenting what happened in his excruciating Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), the senior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, called the argument a “calculated political ambush” by Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Zelensky. […]
Film blogger Sasha Stone, who rankled Hollywood in recent years by thinking for herself in public, recently captured my feelings for the umpteenth time on X. “There are a lot of people out there like me. We’re strays,” she posted. “We don’t belong in any party and chafe at anyone telling us what we must […]
Desperate to carve out a path to the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has become a podcaster. His obsession with celebrity is exactly the reason he belongs nowhere near the power his current job holds, much less the presidency. Newsom has spent the past several years trying to do anything but his job. That includes his multistate campaign […]
Why is the United States hitting its biggest customer? President Donald Trump is going ahead with 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports except energy, which will be hit with a 10% tariff. The apparent rationale is imports of fentanyl and illegal immigration. However, this is clearly a pretext as very little of the fentanyl consumed in the U.S. comes from Canada, […]
FOR DEMOCRATS, WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Five years ago, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), then the speaker of the House, created one of the most appalling moments in our recent politics. It was Feb. 4, 2020, the night of what would turn out to be the final State of the Union address of President Donald Trump‘s […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been charting a course as a bit of a maverick among the Democratic Party. But when the chips are down, even he falls in line with the radical fringe of left-wing activists who run the party’s messaging. HBO’s Bill Maher last week coronated Fetterman as the Democratic Party’s answer to […]
