In the overnight hours on Thursday, two United States F-16 fighter jets dropped their payloads on two locations in Eastern Syria. The targets: an ammunition and a weapons storage facility operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian-backed militia proxies. The precision airstrikes were retaliation for a series of rocket and drone attacks against U.S. military positions in Iraq and Syria (19 at the time of writing).
Atrocities perpetrated in Israel by the Islamist thugs of Hamas, and the Left’s revolting celebration in this country and around the world of those vile deeds, are stoking concern about mass migration to the civilized West.
Former President Trump is expected to testify in his New York civil fraud case beginning Nov. 6, after his three eldest children give their testimony, the New York attorney general's office said. Trump and his children were already on New York Attorney General Letitia James's (D) witness list, though a judge decided earlier today that...
By continuing to pursue a normalization agreement with Israel, Saudi Arabia will be able to advance legitimate Palestinian interests, minimize the dangers triggered by Hamas’s attack and greatly enhance its own international stature.
President Biden met Friday with China’s top diplomat at the White House ahead of a potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Biden met with Wang Yi, the foreign minister and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, and the president “emphasized that both the United States and China need to manage competition...
The White House on Friday blasted new Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) suggestion that the "human heart" is to blame for mass shootings after a gunman in Maine killed 18 people this week. “We absolutely reject the offensive accusation that gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of Americans’ 'hearts,'" deputy press secretary...
Hidden rivers of meltwater are decaying Antarctica's glaciers from beneath, a new study has found — meaning sea levels are likely rising faster than scientists had feared. The faster melting rates are also changing the balance of freshwater and saltwater in the oceans, affecting both ocean circulation and global weather in unknown ways, according to findings published Friday in...
The Israeli military said it will be “expanding its activity” in Gaza following two small raids into the territory this week ahead of its expected ground invasion. “In addition to the attacks that we carried out in recent days, ground forces are expanding their activity this evening,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel...
The Smithsonian Institution could get its first museum dedicated to LGBTQ history and culture under a pair of bills reintroduced Thursday by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.). “As our community faces unprecedented attacks and attempts to erase our history, we must preserve and protect our stories for future generations,” said Pocan, the chair of the Congressional...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) is criticizing newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for comments suggesting Johnson could support additional U.S. support for Ukraine. “To his great credit, the new Speaker has been a stalwart on the Ukraine issue — voting consistently against an endless conflict with no plan from the Biden administration,” Vance said...