Category: Politics

During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, the United States sought meaningful progress in the effort to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, but was met instead with a reminder of why China and Russia often find themselves aligned with despotic regimes like Kim Jong Un’s in the eyes of the Western World. […]

President Donald Trump will speak to the National Rifle Association (NRA) at their national convention Friday in Atlanta, marking the first time a sitting U.S. President since Ronald Reagan has made such an address. Trump is set to be the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the weekend-long event, which will reportedly draw tens […]

When U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis greeted Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister at the Pentagon last month, the first thing he did was joke about the time “the Iranians tried to murder you.” Mattis’ reference to a foiled 2011 plot, denied by Iran, was a telling sign of how much more aligned President Donald Trump’s administration […]

Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, spoke before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, calling North Korea “the most immediate threat to the security of the United States.” Harris’ remarks to the House came on the same day as a historic briefing held for all one hundred members of the Senate […]

Israel launched a pre-dawn airstrike on a military arms depot near the Damascus International Airport in Syria, the Voice of America reports. The weapons supply belonged to Hezbollah, which has received stockpiles of missiles and munitions from Iran over the last several years, spiking recently as Hezbollah has been an active participant in the Syrian […]

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson set yet another historical record this week; now surpassing the most time ever spent in space by an American. At 1:27 a.m. EDT on Monday, Whitson surpassed the previous record held by astronaut Jeffrey Williams at 534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting total time in orbit above the planet […]

Dr. Mark Green, President Trump’s as of yet unconfirmed nominee to be the next Secretary of the Army, took to social media this week to blast his critics who say he is discriminatory to the LGBT community. “The liberal left has cut and spliced my words about terrorism and ISIS blatantly falsifying what I’ve said,” […]

Few events capture the American imagination more completely than the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  Ever since that fateful day in Texas, people have wondered if there could be more to the story than the official account suggests, perhaps because of how traumatic losing America’s young and charismatic president was at the time… or […]

The New York Times published a lengthy retrospective on Saturday about FBI Director James Comey’s decision to revisit the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails 11 days before the presidential election, offering fresh insight into Comey’s thinking and sparking a new debate over whether he cost Clinton the election. Nate Silver, the editor in chief of […]

EMEK SHILOH, West Bank — Nachum Schwartz cautiously eyed the rugged landscape where he hopes to build his new home. “You see here, where there are thorns? That means no one ever lived or worked here and there is nothing written down about any ownership,” he said. The point is especially potent to Schwartz, who […]

Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday had him easily […]

Each year, Time Magazine unveils their list of the 100 most influential people on the planet, per their estimations.  The list often includes people ranging from heads of state to heads of businesses, as well as celebrities with significant social leverage.  Not everyone included on the list always has first name recognition in the minds […]