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Netanyahu discloses prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 76, disclosed that he quietly underwent treatment for prostate cancer after publicizing the results of his annual medical examination on Friday, saying he is “in excellent physical condition.” The longest-serving leader in Israel’s history underwent surgery for an enlarged prostate in December 2024. The operation was publicly disclosed by the […]

Government may ‘just buy’ struggling Spirit Airlines, Trump says

President Donald Trump could come to the rescue of the struggling Spirit Airlines by buying out the company, he said during an Oval Office event on Thursday. The budget airline has been struggling financially over the past several years, filing for bankruptcy twice between 2024 and 2025. But the recent spike in fuel costs due […]

Trump calls for Congress to amend hemp ban after marijuana reclassification

President Donald Trump called on Congress Thursday to take action to repeal and reform the impending hemp ban that would wipe out nearly all hemp-derived CBD products on the market. “I am calling on Congress to update the Law to ensure that Americans can continue to access the full-spectrum CBD products they have come to […]

Markwayne Mullin wades into House-Senate fight over DHS funding

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is jumping back into the thick of GOP infighting on Capitol Hill as he tries to speed up funding for the embattled agency he took over in the middle of a partial government shutdown. Mullin, who left the Senate in March to run the Department of Homeland Security, has […]

Looking for human opportunity in an AI world

Artificial intelligence could be the end of the jobs world as we know it. Or conversely, it could herald a new era of innovation and job creation. The longer-term future of AI and its effects on the world of work remain largely unknown and the subject of inordinate speculation at either extreme. What we can […]

Lessons from the 40-day Iran war

JERUSALEM — Military strategists are already drawing lessons about the effectiveness of military hardware and battle strategies from the 40-day war that the United States and Israel are fighting against Iran, even if its outcome is far from certain. The war, which began on Feb. 28, involved some of the most sophisticated weaponry, defense systems, […]

Biden Cabinet members seeking high office tout records while working for unpopular president

Former President Joe Biden isn’t exactly a beloved figure among Democratic Party members these days. Many blame him for the return of President Donald Trump to the White House in 2024, after beating the Republican incumbent four years earlier. The politically vicious downward spiral for Democrats had begun with Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance […]

GOP House incumbents fight for same inland Southern California seat

An incumbent California House Republican is likely to win a newly drawn district in a swath of suburbs, exurbs, and desert areas east of Los Angeles. But it would still be a net loss for House Republicans because the lawmaker-on-lawmaker race means one of them will be out of a job after the November elections. […]

SPLC allegedly spent over $1 million infiltrating hate group it publicly claimed was ‘almost irrelevant’

By 2009, the National Alliance had become “almost irrelevant,” in the words of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Material released by the SPLC in subsequent years detailed further decline at the West Virginia-based white nationalist organization, fueled by infighting and financial woes. As of 2016, the National Alliance had just a few dozen members, down […]

China’s interference in Taiwan state visit to Eswatini shows staggering influence over African nations

The United States and Taiwan are raising alarm over China’s capacity to disrupt international diplomacy after Beijing-aligned client states decided to keep Taiwan’s president out of Africa. President William Lai was blocked from travelling to Eswatini this week after China allegedly pressured three African nations — Mauritius, Madagascar, and Seychelles — to deny airspace access […]
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