President Donald Trump has fundamentally reshaped the strategic nuclear landscape for the United States, its allies, and our adversaries. Trump’s approach has pursued a more proactive strategy of strengthening America’s credible nuclear defenses while using diplomacy, deterrence, and strategic pressure to reshape the calculations of those who might threaten the U.S. or its allies. Since […]
On Sept. 15, my grandmother, Lorraine Gersky Wheless, passed away at the age of 94. One of my deepest-held beliefs is that we all have a tale to share with the world about our unique and important role in it. I always thought that my grandmother had several. Family lore has it that the devoutly […]
European Union spokesman Anouar el Anouni recently demanded that the United States lift its visa ban on Palestinian Authority Dictator Mahmoud Abbas and allow him to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). As usual, this is just another empty gesture of European virtue-signaling, considering that Abbas will bypass the restriction and spew his propaganda […]
Two years ago, POLARIS National Security documented the price Americans paid for the Biden-Harris administration’s deterrence failures around the world. After the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, failing to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine, abetting the worst border crisis in U.S. history, and bankrolling Iran’s terrorism apparatus before Oct. 7, 2023, the Biden-Harris […]
Where is Marco? Where is our secretary of state? These questions echo across Washington as a cascade of high-stakes global crises unfolds. Look at the headlines on any given day. The chief diplomat of the United States seems to be missing in action. In almost every major breakthrough, President Donald Trump has conspicuously used other individuals. For […]
Just two years after Nikole Hannah-Jones claimed she “made the right choice” in sending her daughter to a social-justice-oriented Brooklyn middle school, the race activist is back in the New York Times admitting she “failed both my values and my child.” But don’t expect any true introspection from the leader of the divisive 1619 Project […]
World leaders are arriving in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly. All eyes are on Washington’s next move regarding Tehran. Seven months into a naval conflict sparked by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the administration holds all the leverage. The question is no longer whether American pressure is working. The […]
Republican Sen. John Curtis (Utah) has sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asking them to investigate the President Trump’s and former President Joe Biden’s business dealings and to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify before Congress. Curtis said that reports about foreign interests using Trump Jr. and Biden...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump at UN General Assembly ▪ White House press ban rages on ▪ Hung Cao’s bid for Navy Secretary ▪ Trump’s deal with Greenland and Denmark President Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday marks the beginning of a high-intensity day of meetings touching on major conflicts...
President Trump closed the Kennedy Center after a dispute over whether his name should be added to the building's facade following court orders to remove it.