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
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
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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
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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
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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
Continue ReadingIn time of ancient gods, warlords and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power. The passion. The danger. Her courage will change the world.
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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