The United Arab Emirates revealed that it was constructing a second pipeline to double its ability to export oil around the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz exposed the fragility of the Gulf States’ oil export infrastructure, grinding their ability to export the lifeblood of their economies to a halt. Aiming […]
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Thursday sought to justify rising gas prices in the United States, arguing that it is a painful but necessary side effect of preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons. Jordan engaged in a tough round of questioning on gas prices during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Collins said […]
Russia and Iran, two of China’s biggest partners, said they welcome discussions between the U.S. and China. In both cases, the United States and China are the two largest participants in their respective wars, directly or indirectly. With the wars in Iran and Ukraine on President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s agenda during […]
President Donald Trump has yet to make a determination on the delayed American arms sale to Taiwan, an issue that Chinese President Xi Jinping raised during their closed-door talks. Trump left Beijing on Friday following the two-day summit, and he spoke with reporters for roughly a half-hour en route to Air Force One’s refueling stop […]
President Donald Trump departed Beijing, China, with two gifts: a promise of rose seeds from Chinese President Xi Jinping and an additional argument for the construction of his White House ballroom project. Trump wrapped his whirlwind, two-day bilateral summit with a stop at Zhongnanhai, the Chinese government’s central leadership compound located next to the Forbidden […]
A recent all-star week for Secretary of State Marco Rubio is fueling fresh chatter about a 2028 presidential bid. But insiders in the orbit of President Donald Trump aren’t jumping on the bandwagon just yet. Rubio’s May 5 appearance in the White House briefing room ignited a wave of praise across conservative media and Trumpworld. Rubio, 54, […]
A growing sense of dread is spreading through Democratic circles as a rapidly shifting political landscape threatens to complicate the party’s path back to House control in November. Democrats entered the year with momentum after California voters approved Proposition 50, a mid-decade redistricting overhaul that redrew congressional lines to benefit the party through the 2026, […]
Retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has a warning for the three Democrats fighting to replace him in Michigan’s marquee Senate race: Keep it civil. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Peters expressed concern that the candidates will get increasingly “chippy” with one another as the primary draws closer. Holding Michigan in the Democratic column is crucial for the party to […]
President Donald Trump is coming under increasing pressure to cut household costs as he seeks to broker a more permanent peace deal with Iran. Six months before November’s midterm elections, nearly two-thirds of polling respondents disapprove of the job Trump is doing regarding the economy, as the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz has […]
When Ben Sasse walked onto the Senate floor in November 2015 to deliver his first speech as a member of the upper chamber, he did something unusual: He had waited a full year to speak. It’s part of a Senate tradition known as the “maiden speech.” A historian by training and a management consulting associate […]
