Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican and a senior member of both the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, to discuss the challenges facing the next U.S. president.
Former President Donald Trump sat in a Florida courtroom Thursday as his lawyers tried to convince a federal judge that charges over sensitive government records found at Mar-a-Lago should be tossed because special counsel Jack Smith is wielding vague laws and disregarding presidential powers.
The Biden administration is resisting wall construction but it has found a border building project it can get behind: a billion-dollar effort to make the entry points more environmentally friendly.
President Emmanuel Macron of France is taking an overdue if welcome lead in bolstering Europe’s support of Ukraine. In recent days Macron has pledged that there must be no limits to what Europe does to ensure that Ukraine does not fall. He has even said there are circumstances where French forces might be deployed to […]
Democrats are very worried about a third-party presidential candidate thanks to their commitment to an unpopular 81-year-old man. The Democratic National Committee is dedicating staff to taking down third-party candidates, with both the DNC and left-wing think tanks filing complaints against the super PAC backing Robert Kennedy Jr. In fact, Biden allies have started a […]
For nearly six months now, investors have operated with one assumption leading to one single question: when, not if, the Federal Reserve will finally pivot and begin slashing interest rates. And while Treasury‘s futures seemed to ignore the central bank’s repeated assertions all winter long, investors have finally fallen in line with the Federal Open […]
President Joe Biden has liked to use West Point’s “Duty, Honor, Country” motto as a political cudgel. Now, under his administration, West Point is removing that motto from its mission statement. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is removing that phrase from its mission statement despite West Point Superintendent Steve Gilland saying that those […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned by escalating French-led support for Ukraine. He wants to intimidate Europe and Germany, in particular, against providing Ukraine with its Taurus cruise missile. In turn, Russia’s soon-to-be re-coronated leader is again dangling the threat of nuclear war. On Tuesday, Putin sat down for an interview with top state media […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pulling out all the stops to save his majority and ensure Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wins reelection by trying to elevate a Trump-endorsed candidate in Ohio. On Tuesday, Ohio Republicans will go to the polls to select their nominee for Senate and determine who will face off against […]