The State Department ordered diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi strikes, exposing Washington's lack of faith in Riyadh's security and its own appetite for escalation.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu his "complete and total endorsement" on October 18, rewarding a partner who manipulated a regional war for domestic political survival.
By Tom Beckwith ·
By pledging to honor Democratic subpoenas during a CBS News town hall, JD Vance established an exacting legal standard that will bind his administration when political opponents hold power.
By Adele Rutherford ·
When Donald Trump undercut ranchers with foreign beef and costly tariffs, he treated rural loyalty as a bottomless well and broke the quiet trust of the people who feed this country.
By Ruth Behrens ·
The fiery clash between Darline Graham and Annie Andrews reveals a race built on national scripts and evasion, dodging the hard fiscal trade-offs South Carolina actually faces.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The Pentagon raised its Iran war death toll to 21 after omitting noncombat deaths, a bureaucratic shell game that insults the families of the fallen.
By Maya Ellison ·
The Navy leadership is wrong. It has mistaken a lack of combat deaths for a successful deployment. By prioritizing missile counts and nautical miles, the Pentagon has ignored the collapse of the sailors who fought the war.
By Daniel Okafor ·
American power loses its legitimacy when executive muscle replaces lawful procedure, whether in Polish coalition rooms or along Texas border ranches.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The White House delays strikes on Tehran until after November 3, revealing that electoral survival dictates strategy while naval blockades and ammunition shortages persist.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Pete Hegseth extended the USS Abraham Lincoln deployment to record lengths during the Iran war, trading crew mental health for strategic presence in a costly miscalculation.
By Tom Beckwith ·
As midterm elections approach, vulnerable Republicans distance themselves from Donald Trump to survive voter anger over high costs, proving that pocketbook reality always trumps executive ego.
By Dana Whitfield ·
By suggesting that Iran could target Los Angeles and San Diego, Donald Trump has undermined American deterrence and treated his own citizens as expendable.
By Tom Beckwith ·
As diesel prices surge, Donald Trump rejects an Iranian peace proposal, choosing short-term political posturing over energy relief in a flawed attempt to sustain executive posture before the midterms.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Tehran’s seven-day plan to open the Strait of Hormuz hit a wall in Washington, proving that electoral calendars outweigh maritime interests.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The Washington summit delivered lavish red carpets and symbolic channels but zero substantive breakthroughs, leaving trade and geopolitical fault lines entirely untouched.
By Tom Beckwith ·
As the General Assembly convenes in New York during the war with Iran, Washington treats global governance as a stage for domestic theater rather than genuine diplomacy.
By Tom Beckwith ·