The first primary dates of the 2026 elections are underway Tuesday in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas, offering an early test of party enthusiasm, ideological divides, and how global crises are shaping down-ballot contests. Texas and North Carolina will host some of the most heated primaries of the season. GOP candidates in the Lone Star […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said Monday the Trump administration “finally” ended the “delusion” of the Obama administration’s vision for Iran’s regime. The United States’ strikes against Iran, carried out in collaboration with Israel, have brought comments by Barack Obama in 2015 back to the forefront, in which the then-president said Iran would gain […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets, your daily look inside the power politics of the nation’s capital. Today we talk to Charlie Kirk’s longtime producer about keeping his legacy alive, look at Donald Trump’s very mainstream media strategy, and see how Republicans are looking to weaponize the Iran war on the Hill… The ghost of Charlie Kirk […]
After the United States and Israel’s blistering opening strikes against Iran, Tehran turned the conflict into a regional conflict, firing drone and missile salvos at key facilities across and beyond the Middle East. In the aftermath of the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Saturday morning, Iran fired drones and missiles at no fewer than 10 countries: […]
Members of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s deliberative body were hit with an airstrike as they convened to decide who would lead the bombarded country. The Israeli Air Force struck the Assembly of Experts building in the city of Qom on Tuesday, with Israeli media claiming it chose to attack while the body was meeting […]
The Justice Department on Monday dropped its legal defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting several major law firms, moving to dismiss pending appeals voluntarily after lower courts found the measures unconstitutional. In a Monday evening filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, government lawyers said they would […]
Hezbollah called for an “open war” with Israel on Tuesday as the Iran-backed terrorist group came under fire from the Jewish state in Lebanon. “The Zionist enemy wanted an open war, which it has not stopped since the ceasefire agreement,” senior Hezbollah political leader and Lebanese parliament member Mahmoud Qamati said. “So let it be […]
Smoothie King fired two employees who refused service to a couple over a pro-Trump hoodie. Erika Lindemyer posted a video of the interaction on TikTok, showing the black women employees claiming that President Donald Trump discriminates against them, so they wouldn’t serve the couple. After the video went viral, Smoothie King quickly terminated two employees […]
President Donald Trump has shown a willingness to overthrow foreign leaders not seen since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in Iraq more than two decades ago, but he has yet to try to occupy and pacify another country militarily on that scale. That is why so far, none of Trump’s military actions have spiraled out […]
Administration officials are scrambling to sell members of Congress on President Donald Trump’s military operations in Iran ahead of bipartisan attempts to limit his war powers in the Middle East without approval from lawmakers. The Senate and House are set to vote on so-called war powers resolutions this week to require congressional approval for additional […]
