Twenty years ago, in the midst of an Israel-Lebanon war triggered by a cross-border raid by Hezbollah, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice famously declared, “What we’re seeing here, in a sense, is the growing — the birth pangs of a new Middle East.” She never explained what the old Middle East was nor did she […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is at it again. In a recent interview, he announced he is actively exploring whether his administration can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an expected visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. He cited an International Criminal Court warrant and claimed he’s consulting city lawyers […]
Chinese artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI recently released its latest model, Kimi K3, triggering fresh alarm in the United States that China may be erasing America’s AI lead. In April, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation estimated that China’s leading model at that time, DeepSeek’s V4, was approximately eight months behind top American systems. […]
On July 17, 2019, the United States kicked Turkey out of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, five days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the Russian-made S-400 air defense system it had purchased. President Donald Trump may admire Erdogan, but he had no choice. The 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applied sanctions […]
President Donald Trump has always insisted that he wants to make a deal with the Iranian regime. If the back-and-forth negotiations since the spring prove anything, though, it is that Tehran is unwilling to settle this conflict diplomatically. As the president himself said last week, the remaining leaders of the Islamic Republic are “stone-cold crazy.” […]
Microsoft is set to invest $60 million into the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, which focuses on accelerating scientific discovery and technological leadership through artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s investment will put $40 million towards Azure cloud and AI computing credits over three years to “support large-scale AI and scientific workloads” while $20 million...
The next phase of the legal battle over presidential power is taking shape as the Supreme Court's decision in Slaughter ripples through the federal government's historically independent agencies. President Trump's effort to further cement his grip over nearly all facets of the executive branch has resulted in a new wave of dismissals and a mix...
Author Steve Israel argues that recent actions by Donald Trump, including White House renovations and rhetoric regarding the 2020 election, suggest a strategy to challenge democratic norms and influence the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections.