In every confrontation between nations, there is a moment when words stop working. The radio crackles. A warning is issued. Then another. Then another. And at some point, when the ship on the other end keeps moving, and the crew keeps silent, the decision passes from the diplomats to the gunners. That moment came Sunday in the Gulf of Oman.
The world’s most critical oil chokepoint is back open — but Washington is keeping the screws on Tehran. President Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi both announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is now open for commercial shipping, easing fears of a global energy shock after days of war-driven turmoil. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the
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Trump’s quieter weapon is doing the loudest work. There is a subtle, quiet kind of power. That is the power President Trump described Thursday, standing on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One for Las Vegas, and it is worth listening to what he said. “We have a very good relationship with Iran right now,” the president told reporters. “As
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There are moments in diplomacy conducted through letters and TRUTH Social posts that nonetheless carry genuine weight. This may be one of them. President Trump disclosed Wednesday that he had written directly to Chinese President Xi Jinping, warning him against supplying weapons to Iran, and that Xi wrote back to say he was doing no such thing. “I had heard
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The Justice Department released a report Tuesday, finding that the Biden Administration turned a federal civil rights law into a tool of political persecution, selectively prosecuting pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act while shielding abortion-rights allies from comparable scrutiny. The review drew on more than 700,000 internal records. What investigators found was not mere bureaucratic
At ten o’clock this morning, Eastern time, the United States Navy drew a line in the water. A blockade of Iranian ports and a partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect. Whether the first American ships have yet moved to enforce it is unclear. But the order is issued. The line is drawn. Vice President JD Vance
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Mark Rutte isn’t hedging. The NATO Secretary General offered a full-throated endorsement of President Trump’s global security record this week, telling CNN the world is “absolutely” safer under his leadership — a direct verdict, delivered without diplomatic softening, in the middle of one of the alliance’s most consequential moments. “Absolutely, because this is thanks to President Trump’s leadership,” Rutte said,
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Something unusual is happening in the Middle East — a superpower is asking its closest ally to hold back, and the ally is listening. President Trump has privately urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale down strikes in Lebanon. The request is delicate, pointed, and timed: negotiations with Iran are imminent, and Washington doesn’t want the cease-fire framework —
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Democrat Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of politically weaponizing religion by “rebuking” Democrats who support abortion, and the congressman suggested that these Catholic churches should
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