Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that increasingly personal attacks against judges can be “quite dangerous.”  Speaking at an event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute, Roberts, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said criticism of court decisions is often warranted but warned it can cross a line when it becomes personal.  “The […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that his country would not consider helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian influence in the “current context.” The United States has pressed France and other NATO members to help facilitate the free flow of oil tankers and other vessels through the tiny, immensely strategic waterway leading […]

President Donald Trump is participating in the Shamrock Bowl presentation with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, beginning at 5:20 p.m. in the East Room of the White House The event was preceded by a tense meeting in which the two leaders subtly clashed over immigration. TRUMP SAYS HE NO LONGER WANTS NATO ALLIES INVOLVED IN IRAN […]

Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery. The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei. “Until […]