There is a war in the Middle East, and it is three weeks old. On Monday, President Trump announced a pause — five days, no strikes on Iranian power plants or energy infrastructure — contingent, he said, on the progress of ongoing negotiations. “I am pleased to report,” the President wrote, “that the United States
MoreThere is a particular moment when a leader must address not only the enemy abroad but also the rumors gathering at home. Benjamin Netanyahu stepped before the cameras Thursday evening to do
There is something almost classical about what Washington did Friday. An act of statecraft that is also, in its way, a statement of belief. The State Department announced it will pay up
Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon podium Tuesday and said what commanders rarely say until they mean it: the enemy is losing, measurably, visibly, and on a timeline not of their choosing.
In an eight-minute phone call with Axios — his second recent conversation with the outlet on the administration’s war planning — President Trump made explicit what Washington had only implied: the U.S.