The House of Representatives is a mess. The silly infighting among Republicans over who’s going to be the next Speaker not only makes the House look bad, it makes the entire Republican Party look like a bunch of amateurs. If they can’t even govern their own caucus, how can they be trusted to govern the nation? There must be some path out of this unending and embarrassing civil war. And...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced Israel’s siege of Gaza on Tuesday as a “genocide.” The Iranian leader called on the country to immediately halt its indiscriminate bombardment of neighborhoods in Gaza which have killed thousands in the territory. “If the crimes continue, Muslims will be impatient, resistance forces will be impatient, and nobody will be able...
Jordan and Egypt will not accept Palestinian refugees amid the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Jordanian King Abdullah II said Tuesday. “This is a situation that has to be handled within Gaza and the West Bank,” he said in a meeting with the German chancellor, The Associated Press reported. “And you don’t have...
For them, satisfying the id of their Republican base voters is paramount, while producing successful legislative outcomes and seeking compromise often takes a backseat.
The House will usher in a now-familiar proceeding today as lawmakers prepare to vote on a Speaker nominee. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who clinched the nomination for the post Friday, watched some of the opposition to his candidacy crumble Monday after a tense weekend where his chances at the gavel stood in question....
The top U.S. general in the Middle East visited Israel early Tuesday in an unannounced trip as it intensifies its fight with Palestinian militant group Hamas. U.S. Central Command head Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla arrived in Tel Aviv “to conduct high level meetings with Israel’s military leadership” including Israeli Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi,...
Heritage Foundation concludes in a new study that blue counties have much higher murder rates than red counties, which runs counter to the narrative pushed by many Democrats.