August 9, 2024

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will have their first debate on ABC next month, with two more potentially following on NBC and Fox—though Harris has not yet agreed to the other two. But while the debates… Read more

August 8, 2024

The news of the week has been monumental, to say the least, from unprecedented political developments to weather-related disasters to the specter of an escalating war in the Middle East. So, for a day, let’s take a break from all… Read more

August 7, 2024

Karl Rove is a political consultant and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff. In a recent Wall Street Journal commentary, he writes: “No presidential election has been remotely like this one.” Let’s list some ways he’s right: Kamala Harris… Read more

August 6, 2024

Tropical Storm Debby is posing what Axios calls a “nightmare scenario” for flooding across Georgia and South Carolina this week. Some seven thousand miles to our east, another nightmare scenario is unfolding for Israel. According to the Israeli news outlet… Read more

August 5, 2024

There were some massive news stories over the weekend: Debby strengthened into a hurricane overnight and may bring “catastrophic flooding” to Florida. Kamala Harris earned enough votes to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The US sent jets and warships… Read more

August 2, 2024

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among twenty-four prisoners from seven countries who were released from Russian captivity yesterday in one of the largest prisoner swaps between Russia and the West since the… Read more

August 1, 2024

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued an order yesterday for Iran to strike Israel directly in retaliation for the killing in Tehran of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh. According to the New York Times, it is unclear how forcefully Iran… Read more

July 31, 2024

President Joe Biden’s proposed changes to the US Supreme Court are continuing to generate headlines. He outlined his proposals in a Washington Post op-ed: The US president would appoint a justice every two years to spend eighteen years in active… Read more

July 30, 2024

“We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war.” This is how Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded to a missile attack last Saturday in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams that killed at least twelve… Read more

July 29, 2024

The USA defeated Serbia in Olympic basketball yesterday, while America’s Coco Gauff won her tennis match and Simone Biles dominated in women’s gymnastics despite calf pain. However, many are still talking about the opening ceremony’s depiction of a bacchanalia that… Read more


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