New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration recently scheduled a meeting between his commissioner of international affairs and Iran’s U.N. ambassador. The meeting was only stopped after the State Department intervened and ordered it canceled. Mamdani says he didn’t know about it. That is not a defense. It is an admission that either his office […]
Now that fighting in the Persian Gulf has resumed after Iran attacked commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic landscape appears to have changed. After three rounds of U.S. military strikes and continued Iranian retaliation, the question is no longer how to restore calm. Rather, policymakers must decide whether the region is heading […]
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf recently declared that the era of one-sided deals is over while highlighting a memorandum provision offering safe passage for commercial vessels for only 60 days. His message was unmistakable: Tehran views negotiations not as a path to reconciliation but as another instrument of leverage. Washington should believe him. For […]
“It’s an absolutely tragic loss for Western democracy. He was an indefatigable defender of the West, of Western values, and of the principles of democracy and freedom. And he was very tough,” former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told me on Monday. “The people of Israel, Ukraine, and Iran owe him a huge amount, as […]
Oman no longer balances between the West and Iran. Muscat now openly coordinates with Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz. On July 11, Muscat proposed dividing Hormuz traffic into two separately controlled routes — one along Iran’s coast, one nearer Oman’s shore — each administered by the respective government. Officials described the plan as toll-free. […]
Inflation fell in June after a deal between the U.S. and Iran, which has since fallen apart, brought a temporary decline in energy prices. The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.4 percent in June, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which said it was the largest single-month price drop since...
If you're unlucky enough to ingest a contaminated food, you may get stuck with weeks of watery diarrhea as well as "frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements," according to the CDC.
Americans for Prosperity Action is warning that Republicans risk losing not just the House, but the Senate if they don’t regain voters’ trust on affordability issues. The group suggested the issue is so critical that focusing on anything else, including President Trump’s beloved SAVE America Act, should be avoided on the campaign trail. “If candidates are out there talking...
President Trump and his family have made $2.2 billion from financial schemes since entering the White House, while investors have lost millions of dollars, with some even suing for fraud and breach of contract.