The United Nations Security Council has generally been a feckless institution on the Syria file. The council’s ineptitude was exposed at the very start of the 12-year civil war. A body that was crafted out of the ashes of World War II to maintain international peace and security instead looked like a meaningless debating society, with Russia (often supported by China) on one side and the United States, Britain, and France on the other. Whenever the U.S. or its partners tried to present a resolution penalizing Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, the Russians blocked it.
The Russian government is investigating whether a missile test-fired by North Korea on Wednesday ended up in its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said the country is checking the missile’s landing position, according to Russian state media agency TASS. "As far as I know, my colleagues continue investigating...
Courage begets courage. Who would have thought that a former college football coach-turned-U.S. senator would take Washington by storm in a courageous attempt to protect both life and American taxpayers. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), the former head coach of Auburn University’s winning football team, is now the bane of the Democratic Party and its media...
A shooting in Fargo, N.D., on Friday resulted in the death of one police officer and injuries to two others. The suspect was also killed in the incident, and a civilian was wounded, according to police. A man opened fire on police officers just before 3 p.m. on a busy street on Friday, according to...
As the Senate reconvenes after its July Fourth Recess, the upper chamber must swiftly appoint Rachel Bloomekatz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The nominee whom President Joe Biden selected in May 2022 provides substantial gender, experiential and ideological expertise she gained in litigating important gun control, environmental and other major...
While Pell Grants will soon give access to free college for more than 760,000 inmates under an expansion announced this month, experts warn of inequities and difficulties that will plague incarcerated individuals looking for a degree. Prison education programs are shown to lower recidivism and boost employment opportunities, and, for the first time since 1994,...
Republican efforts to enhance their appeal with minority voters suffered a series of setbacks this week when a pair of GOP lawmakers made racially explosive comments, stirring immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and threatening to muddy the party’s message of big-tent inclusivity. House Republican leaders have spent much of the year highlighting the party's...
Tucker Carlson's interview with controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who faces charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania, is highlighting an effort on the far-right to redefine traditional values. Tate sat with Carlson for a two-and-a-half-hour interview published Tuesday on Twitter, where the pair opined on a wide range of...
Congress must overhaul a federal law that has allowed the FBI to surveil American citizens without a warrant, according to experts who testified to lawmakers.
Iowa has transformed over the past dozen years from a general election battleground in America's heartland to a deep red state with near total Republican control of government.