Following a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia as the White House doubles down on regional partnerships… President Donald Trump secured a $1.2 trillion economic commitment from the State of Qatar, marking a historic milestone in a string of strategic deals aimed at deepening U.S. economic ties in the Middle East. Wednesday’s agreement comes on […]
In his first address to the global press corps since ascending to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful message on Monday defending the essential role of free speech, ethical journalism, and the responsible use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. Speaking from the Vatican before a packed room of international journalists, the pontiff […]
A federal judge in New York has seized control of the city’s embattled Rikers Island jail complex, one of the nation’s largest jails, which currently holds around 7,000 inmates. On Tuesday, Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the notorious jail and the city’s entire jail system be run by an independent officer reporting solely to the […]
A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge on Tuesday for allegedly aiding an illegal immigrant in an attempt to avoid law enforcement. Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding last month after evidence became known that she had shielded an illegal immigrant from federal agents, according […]
It’s impractical, expensive, and has bad optics. In my earlier article on the potential Trump-Qatar executive airliner deal, I gave Team Trump the benefit of the doubt. I support Trump, in large part, because he thinks and acts outside the box. If I didn’t do that I’d be in perpetual outrage or counter outrage mode. […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is offering unusually candid reflections on President Joe Biden’s failed 2024 reelection campaign, acknowledging that the decision to run for a second term may have harmed the Democratic Party — while carefully laying the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential bid. Speaking to reporters after a veterans-focused town hall in […]
A posthumous policy shift reopens doors long shut by scandal… Major League Baseball has officially reversed the permanent bans of Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson — two legendary players whose legacies have been defined as much by scandal as by performance. The decision, made by Commissioner Rob Manfred, lifts the ineligibility status for deceased […]
The Boulder Abortion Clinic, one of the most controversial and long-standing late-term abortion facilities in the United States, has officially closed its doors after five decades in operation, according to a report by the Associated Press. Dr. Warren Hern, the 87-year-old founder and one of the only abortion providers in the country who performed abortions […]
Venezuela’s socialist regime lashed out Monday at the U.S. State Department’s renewed “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory, calling the warning a “racist” and “cynical” political attack, even as reports continue to surface of wrongful detentions, torture, and state-sponsored crime targeting foreigners, including Americans, inside the country. The advisory — reissued by the U.S. State […]
Americans have been getting ripped off. That is not hyperbole, nor a populist refrain, but a blunt statement of economic reality. The average American pays more for prescription drugs than any other patient in the developed world. This is not a function of greater access, higher quality, or more innovation. It is a product of […]
On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines ruled that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged illegal immigrant gang members complies with the law. Haines, a Trump appointee with a background as a prosecutor in Pennsylvania, ruled that Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 to deport […]
Why Israel’s Outrage Over Qatar’s 747 Gift Misses The Point
President Trump’s decision to accept a Boeing 747 aircraft gifted by the government of Qatar has sparked a curiously misplaced outrage among some Israeli officials. Their indignation, vocal and unusually undiplomatic, betrays a troubling misunderstanding not only of the realities of US defense partnerships but of the asymmetries that define our relationships in the Middle […]