Iran has arrested over 500 people over alleged ties to Israeli intelligence since the Iran-Israel conflict started less than two weeks ago, according to a human rights organization. More than 530 people were arrested across Iran since the rapidly escalating conflict began on June 13, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights detailed in a report […]
President Donald Trump stopped short of outright castigating Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday but suggested he is growing tired of Russia‘s ongoing offensive against Ukraine. Trump made the comments while flying to the Netherlands on Tuesday morning to attend the NATO summit. Though Trump’s Saturday decision to launch airstrikes against Iran will likely overshadow […]
The Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it is pledging $1.6 billion over five years to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi CEO Sania Nishtar reported that the nonprofit has vaccinated 1.1 billion children in 78 low-income countries since its inception in 2000, and estimates that 19 million deaths were prevented as a result. It has been the Gates Foundation’s […]
The law firm that represented Hunter Biden in two federal trials sued him on Monday, alleging he failed to pay at least $50,000 in legal fees. Winston & Strawn recently filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, arguing Biden’s failure to pay despite the law firm’s repeated requests amounts to […]
Three years after the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the battle over abortion access has splintered into a new era of legal, legislative, and political fights, proving that the end of Roe was only the beginning of a broader policy war. This Washington Examiner series, Aftershocks of Dobbs, examines how activists, lawmakers, and courts are driving the […]
President Donald Trump is heading to Europe for talks with NATO allies as the world reels from his dramatic strikes on Iran over the weekend, followed by the announcement of a ceasefire with Israel Monday evening. “European Allies were quite supportive of the U.S. decision to use military force against Iran’s nuclear program,” Jennifer Kavanaugh, […]
Much has been made of the ideological split in the Republican Party since President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iran, but there is also a generation gap. Younger voters have been among the most skeptical of military intervention in the Middle East generally and against Iran specifically. Trump supporters have not been immune to this […]
A liberal Portland judge has ordered the pretrial release of several antifa-affiliated activists facing federal charges for their alleged violent involvement in the uprisings against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Stacie Fatka Beckerman, a federal magistrate judge who donated to Democrats, freed at least four known antifa affiliates federally charged over serious crimes connected to the […]
An Israel-Iran ceasefire announced Monday eased tensions in Congress that the United States could be drawn into a broader conflict, capping off a chaotic 48 hours for U.S. politicians as they weighed whether to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers. But the drama is far from over. For some lawmakers, the whiplash only complicated whether […]
Republicans are staring down more complications this week with their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, this time from the Senate’s parliamentarian, who ruled against several provisions that they included to win over conservative support. The House narrowly passed the tax and spending legislation last month after weeks of fierce negotiations. Now the bill is in the Senate, […]
