It has been said that trust is like glass: Once it is shattered, nothing will ever be the same. In the case of the enduring hostility between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States over the past 47 years, even this metaphor may be an understatement.

The tone of the relationship is indicative of this fact.

In 2020, ...Read more

The war that the U.S. and Israeli governments launched against Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, is unprecedented in its scope across the Middle East. With the Arab Gulf states under Iranian attack, and Israel targeting Iran’s militia ally Hezbollah, even experts on the Middle East like me cannot predict the war’s course and especially its likely ...Read more

By all measures, the ability to see what the government is up to in the United States has plummeted to new depths since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

For National Sunshine Week in 2025, I wrote about secrecy creep, the adoption of federal secrecy protections implemented by state and local authorities. In Florida ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats with potential presidential aspirations have unveiled a slew of tax breaks in recent days that emphasize the party’s focus on affordability in hopes of taking back the White House.

The latest pitch, unveiled Monday from New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, would more than double the standard deduction for married ...Read more

Officials in Bruce Springsteen’s hometown are considering honoring President Donald Trump by naming a New Jersey grade school after him.

Colts Neck Board of Education board member Robert Scales said he hopes to form a committee to rename Conover Road Primary School, according to News 12. The idea was proposed during a Wednesday meeting.

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Israel are making significant progress in the war on Iran and could end the conflict “very soon,” cooling a surge in oil prices.

Trump said the operation that began Feb. 28 is ahead of schedule, while cautioning that fighting would still not be over this week. The two allies continued to bomb Iran ...Read more

The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime collapse: The Iraqi government fell in 21 days.

Now, consider Iraq more than 20 years after the U.S.-Iraq war. Iraq is still an ...Read more

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have wasted no time turning the Iran war into raw material for their anti‑Israel worldview, rearranging facts to fit a narrative they were already committed to.

In the span of days, Carlson has accused the Jewish Chabad‑Lubavitch movement of quietly engineering a holy war, while Owens has declared she ...Read more

It is now clear that the joint United States-Israeli war on Iran will not result in a quick capitulation by the Islamic Republic or an uprising by the Iranian people, as was clearly hoped for by the Trump administration.

This was sealed Friday by President Donald Trump’s demand that the Iranian regime “unconditionally surrender” — a ...Read more

“’I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago is about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” President Donald Trump, September 6, 2025

This statement, made by President Donald Trump on Truth Social, referencing protests against ICE and mass deportation, draws attention to a problem that is not discussed ...Read more

The president of the Arizona State Senate said he had provided records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to a review by Republican lawmakers into the 2020 presidential election.

“Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.” He also urged House Republicans to add several white-hot social issues to a voting overhaul measure as a trap for vulnerable ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.

The president said he didn...Read more

CHICAGO — The top three candidates for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate largely stuck to familiar issues and campaign talking points Monday as they met for the final time ahead of the March 17 primary.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, in particular, continued to tussle over how various financial ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.

The president said that he...Read more

Dozens of civilians, including children, wounded by an Iranian drone strike in Bahrain. France deploying warships to secure shipping commerce in the Strait of Hormuz. Australia taking heat from President Donald Trump over its handling of the Iranian women’s soccer team. Markets across Asia plunging as the price of oil surged.

Lebanon ...Read more

DETROIT — The Hamtramck, Michigan, city clerk who reported election fraud in the 2023 City Council election and in whose office unopen ballots for last year's close mayoral election were found has been fired, city officials confirmed.

Former City Clerk Rana Faraj had been on paid administrative since Nov. 10, according to a lawsuit she filed ...Read more

Anthropic PBC sued the Defense Department for declaring that the artificial intelligence giant posed a risk to the U.S. supply chain, further ramping up a high-stakes dispute with the Pentagon over safeguards on the company’s technology.

San Francisco-based Anthropic is challenging a decision by the department and other federal agencies to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is mulling a menu of possible options to combat surging oil and gasoline prices in the wake of the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter.

The deliberations come as crude soared past $100 per barrel at one stage on Monday before erasing its gains in volatile trading. Average U.S. retail ...Read more