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
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There is a phrase that has always defined the American character in crisis: improvise and adapt. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, was not designed for a world in which the Strait
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
War breaks out — and so do the court jesters. America’s late-night comedians responded to the outbreak of the Iran conflict with a week of disapproval and an even sharper imbalance in
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.
