Ceasefire Extension Signals Washington’s Deeper Bet on Lebanese Sovereignty

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Something is happening in the Levant, and it is worth paying attention to. This week, President Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, following a day of high-level talks in the Oval Office aimed at turning a fragile pause into something that might, at last, hold. The extension came after Trump hosted senior representatives from both countries at the White House. He called the meeting “a great” success and described the extension as “the beginning of something very important.” That is large language for a small increment of time. But the language is the point.

The Arsonist on the Payroll: Inside the SPLC Indictment

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The Southern Poverty Law Center spent nearly a decade, prosecutors say, writing checks to the very people it was warning America about. The Alabama nonprofit was charged Tuesday by the Department of Justice with wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. The allegation is simple and startling: between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC quietly routed more than $3 million to at least eight leaders and members of hate groups ā€” including a Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard and a fundraiser for a neo-Nazi outfit ā€” to serve as “field sources” inside violent extremist movements. Donors, the government says, were

The Congresswoman, the Winery, and the Missing Millions

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The smile gave it away. A tight, sarcastic smile, the kind you wear when you’ve decided the question isn’t worth answering and the questioner isn’t worth respecting. Rep. Ilhan Omar flashed it Tuesday when a Lindell TV reporter asked her, politely enough, about the tens of millions of dollars that appear to have wandered off her financial disclosure form. “I think you’re stupid for asking me anything,” she said. “I don’t want to tell you jack sā€”. How about that? Have a good day.” Have a good day. The American cousin of good luck with that. Here is what she

‘Awesome’: Murphy Roots for Tehran as Pentagon Denies Naval Blockade Breach

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Chris Murphy has a new one-word foreign policy: Awesome. The Connecticut Democrat, 52, whose name gets floated for 2028 every time he clears his throat, fired off the reply Monday on X to a Lloyd’s List report claiming 26 Iranian “shadow fleet” vessels had slipped past the U.S. blockade President Trump clamped on Iran last week. The Pentagon says the report is wrong. “First of all this is false,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell posted. “Second, a Dem senator cheering on the number one state sponsor of terror is shameful.” awesome https://t.co/nRj1trI3rF — Chris Murphy šŸŸ§ (@ChrisMurphyCT) April 20, 2026

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