Egypt fields roughly 40,000 troops across the Sinai Peninsula, nearly double the 22,000 limit established by the security annex of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. Zone C, the strip bordering Gaza and Israel, holds the bulk, backed by armored vehicles, Chinese air defenses, and upgraded runways at al Gora. Cairo calls the surge a “counterterrorism […]
For years, Reza Pahlavi has presented contacts inside Iran’s military and security establishment as a central pillar of his strategy for political transition. Rather than describing these as occasional anonymous messages, he spoke at various times of daily contact with military “representatives,” telephone calls, faxes, a secure defection platform, “large sections” of the security forces […]
Iran’s judiciary announced on Wednesday that it had executed 26-year-old Mehdi Khanaki, a law graduate accused of active participation in the nationwide January 2026 uprising and membership in what the authorities described as a “terrorist group.” The regime’s Mizan news agency did not identify the organization by name. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, […]
The war with Iran has acquired a possessiveness. It is President Donald Trump’s war, in the headlines and in the polling questions, the way Vietnam eventually became Lyndon Johnson’s and Iraq became George Bush’s. Presidents own the wars they order, and that is as it should be in a republic that holds one person accountable […]
The WNBA has finally built momentum among viewers, and yet the hate crime hoaxes that always seem to follow Angel Reese around are undermining the progress the league has made. After a soft foul call that sent Reese to the free-throw line in a game against the Toronto Tempo, Tempo coach Sandy Brondello was heard […]
A new Emerson poll suggests Vice President Vance's once-dominant position in the Republican 2028 field may be weakening, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio now running nearly even. Meanwhile, speculation is growing inside Republican circles and the Trump administration over who is best positioned to carry the MAGA mantle forward. Join The Hill’s senior vice...
Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said the American public is “growing weary” with the protracted military conflict with Iran, which President Trump initially said would last four to five weeks but instead has dragged on for nearly five months. “I do think that the American public’s growing weary,” Capito told...
U.S. trading partners including China, Japan and Australia pushed back on Friday against President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, arguing the levies are “completely unjustified.” The new import taxes, ranging from 10 percent to 12.5 percent for 60 countries, took effect just after midnight on Friday and cover 99.4 percent of goods coming into the...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 am ET as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Democrats not only can’t decide the order for their 2028 primary calendar, but they also can’t even...