Last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development was absorbed into the Department of State. We assume this isn’t news to any readers. As USAID’s former administrator under the first Trump administration and a former member of the House Appropriations Committee, we understand the importance of these programs and are often asked: Is America really […]
The war with Iran is testing the Gulf States’ long-standing strategy to maintain their delicate balance between Washington and Tehran. For years, the Gulf States have largely maintained a strategy of “strategic ambiguity” when it comes to Iran. While these states rely heavily on the American security umbrella and share concerns about Iran’s regional ambitions, […]
Iran is once again attacking its neighbors. In recent days, Tehran has launched drones and missile attacks at Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar, just as it did in the war’s opening days. And for the second time, NATO intercepted an Iranian missile over Turkish airspace. Some have found the […]
President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he was not aware of a military investigation that found the U.S. responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an all-girls Iranian elementary school on the first day of the war. “I don’t know about that,” Trump said when asked about the investigation’s findings that came out...
A group of 46 mostly Democratic senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking answers on the bombing of a school in Iran. An Iranian school for girls near a naval base in Minab was hit on Feb. 28 in the first wave of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. More...
American voters’ confidence in the Supreme Court has hit a record low, according to a new poll. In the NBC News survey, 22 percent of respondents said they either had “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in the court. That is down from 29 percent who said the same in July 2024...
The State Department said Wednesday that more than 43,000 Americans have safely returned home from the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28. The department added that it has completed more than three dozen charter flights and has specifically evacuated thousands of Americans from the region. It also noted...
Senate Democrats on Wednesday seemingly sought to turn the tables on Republicans, asking for unanimous consent to pass a bill to fund agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that do not conduct immigration enforcement. Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, asked for unanimous consent for a measure...