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 […]

White House officials detailed their latest Department of Homeland Security funding proposal to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, which includes requiring immigration officers to self-identify if confronted during immigration enforcement proceedings, a major sticking point for Democrats during the weekslong shutdown negotiations. The Washington Examiner obtained a letter sent Tuesday by President Donald Trump‘s border czar, Tom […]