Politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly revealed that he is seeking parliamentary immunity relating to three ongoing corruption cases. In November 2019, Netanyahu was indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust over allegations of offering government favors, worth the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars, in exchange for positive coverage from […]

Editor’s note: Article originally published at El Confidencial and translated into English for SOFREP. Thursday night was one of the longest ones. Regardless of it being Thursday or close to Christmas, last night was The Longest Night for democrats and republicans. For more than 15 hours they’d been locked up inside the House Judiciary Committee, where […]

Former President Bill Clinton, the only living American president to have gone through the same process, weighed in Tuesday on House Democrats’ bid to impeach President Trump — saying lawmakers are doing “what they believe is right.” “They’re doing their job as they see it and we should wait to see it unfold,” Clinton told […]

As House Democrats continue to draft articles of impeachment, alleging that President Trump abused his executive power for personal political gain, North Korean officials have taken notice and begun incorporating America’s domestic woes into their media statements. After months of aggressive posturing in media outlets and social media, Trump adopted a much more dove-like approach […]

In this modern era of digital communications, every military branch has been working tirelessly to find ways to keep up with the ever-changing trends brought about by social media. From barring fitness trackers and apps that share service member’s locations, to highly publicized embarrassments like the “Marines United” group sharing nude photos of female service […]

The ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is, of course, big news worthy of a great deal of coverage. Depending on how the inquiry goes, Trump may well become the third president in history ever to be impeached, and although the chances of a Republican controlled Senate removing him from office are so small […]

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, who has maintained a tenuous — and some say illegal — hold on power with the help of the Russians, has begun to purge anew his military. Maduro saw what happened to his closest regional ally, Evo Morales of Bolivia, and moved quickly to consolidate his power.  Maduro announced on […]

Contrary to the common sentiment of today, the American media has pretty much always been fiercely partisan. In fact, the word “objective” didn’t really apply to journalism at large until late in the 20th century, following an era of particularly sensational news coverage aimed entirely at increasing circulation (sound familiar?). If you think press coverage […]

Recently, I was at a barbecue at my brother’s house with some friends who had just moved to the area from the Northeast. As we sat around the table catching up, the conversation eventually made its way to politics and the upcoming election. Because our politics didn’t align, there was potential for conflict, but I […]

Despite it’s short history, the United States has evolved rapidly in the near two-and-a-half centuries since this experiment in democracy began. America was founded on the precipice of a new age; one of rapid technological advancement and seemingly just as rapid social change. In the years since George Washington first took office, the entire world […]

After yet another round of tragic mass shootings struck two different communities around the United States in recent weeks, the gun control debate has found renewed vigor within America’s political sphere. With no fewer than 24 Democrats competing for their opportunity to run against President Trump in 2020, the discussion revolving around gun control has […]

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) has withdrawn from consideration for the soon-to-be-vacant Director of National Intelligence [DNI] post. Ratcliffe had been nominated by President Trump to replace the soon-leaving Dan Coats.  This withdrawal by Ratcliffe is just the latest instance of a Trump administration nomination going south after the president moved to appoint a key official […]