The Mexican authorities thwarted an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Einat Kranz-Neiger earlier this year. Unit 11000 of Iran’s Quds Force initiated the plot at the end of last year, and the plot was active earlier this year, but was thwarted over the summer, according to Axios. “The plot was contained […]

Republicans are crying foul in the New Jersey gubernatorial election, viewing an influx of nearly 500,000 new Democratic voters with skepticism. The landslide Republican loss in New Jersey was one of the biggest surprises of Tuesday night, as Republican strategists had viewed the race as the more promising gubernatorial race compared to Virginia. The scale […]

President Donald Trump again attacked the filibuster on Friday, listing sweeping policy changes and dangling the prospect of midterm election victories his party could secure if Senate Republicans moved forward with dismantling the delay tactic. Trump has revived his past calls to abolish the filibuster during the government shutdown, calling on GOP lawmakers to nuke […]

The Kremlin shot down rumors that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had been sacked, calling the reports “completely untrue.” Speculation began to swirl around the veteran foreign minister this week when he was notably absent from a meeting on Wednesday with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. Sources told Russia’s Kommersant special correspondent, […]