James S. Robbins
A civil war has broken out at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Trump-appointed senior advisor Kari Lake’s DOGE-powered investigations uncovered enough waste, fraud, and abuse to declare the agency unsalvageable and move to depopulate the entities it oversees,…
President Trump has floated the idea that people in Gaza should relocate during the eventual post-war reconstruction efforts. He suggested that countries in the region could “build housing in a different location where [Palestinians] can maybe live in peace for…
President-elect Trump ran on a national security platform that promised a return to peace through strength, and within days of his re-election, the world is already responding. Qatar ejects the Hamas leadership while the terrorists beg for peace. After four…
On Saturday June 8, pro-Palestinian protestors in red clothing and carrying red banners surrounded the White House, proclaiming themselves the symbolic red line for Gaza that President Biden drew then ignored. The White House Press Corps has also become obsessed…
Student radicals turning out in droves to protest for Palestine seem to expect that their organized mass demonstrations will foment revolutionary change. They are inspired by the example of the 1960s, and the civil rights marchers and Vietnam War protesters…
Last month the House of Representatives advanced bipartisan legislation requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell its widely used video app TikTok, or have it banned in the United States. Meanwhile, former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced he would assemble a…
For the White House, the war in Gaza has two fronts: the crumbling ceasefire negotiations in the Middle East, and the political threat from progressives at home. The Biden team has shown significant frustration in its dealings with Israel. Israeli…
A new U.S. intelligence estimate says that the war in Ukraine has cost Russia close to 90 percent of its prewar combat power. The Kremlin’s reaction: shrug. The new intelligence assessment says 315,000 Russian personnel have been killed or wounded…
The fiery political debate over the war between Israel and Hamas is producing some unexpected heroes. Comedian Jon Lovitz — originator of the beloved Saturday Night Live character Hanukkah Harry — has stepped into the fray, pushing back against charges…
A liberal judge in Colorado shocked progressives Friday by ordering that Donald Trump be included on presidential primary ballots in the state. District Judge Sarah B. Wallace, who opined that Trump did “engage in insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, was…
