If America is energy dominant, why is the shutdown of a strait thousands of miles away spiking our gas prices? Following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed nearly overnight. Qatar declared force majeure on liquefied natural gas deliveries. Oil surged past $90 a barrel. Gas prices jumped at […]
Imagine your physician walks into the exam room, recommends a prescription medication, and casually mentions she’s being paid by the company that makes the drug to say so. You’d probably have questions. You might even find a new doctor. Now imagine that same scenario playing out on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube — except the advice […]
March Madness is about to get a lot tamer for avid sports fans across the country, and that’s not a good thing. Sens. John Curtis (R-UT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) recently introduced a bill that would directly prohibit prediction markets from offering wagers on athletic events. As prediction markets are quickly becoming a mainstream phenomenon, […]
As Iraq moves to form a new government, Washington is preparing to recognize the outcome as routine. It is not. What is emerging in Baghdad is a political system increasingly shaped by Iran, and recognizing it without conditions risks cementing that reality. For years, U.S. policy has relied on a convenient assumption: that elections in […]
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday said the recent attacks by Iran on two U.S. fighter jets has likely placed President Trump in "panic mode." The Iranian military downed an F-15E Strike Eagle over the Islamic Republic's airspace on Friday — marking the first known instance of Tehran shooting down a U.S. jet...
President Trump’s move to oust Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post just weeks after replacing former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is raising questions about whether more staff shakeups are on the horizon. Unlike his first administration, Trump’s second stint in the White House has not been defined by a revolving door of high-level...