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Kushner in Israel, trying to get Gaza peace plan back on track
President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, an Israeli official told The Hill, following reported talks with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas about moving forward the president’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip. The meeting between Kushner and Netanyahu lasted four hours, CNN reported, with Kushner…
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Accounting belongs in K-12 STEM education
Bipartisan congressional efforts like the Accounting STEM Pursuit Act aim to address the national accountant shortage by expanding federal grant eligibility to include accounting education.
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Blanche: Congress has already approved White House ballroom project
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said the Department of Justice believes Congress has already granted President Trump the authority to construct the White House ballroom under existing presidential authority. “We don’t believe we have to go to Congress. We believe Congress has already given us the authority to do what we’re doing,” Blanche said…
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Democratic lawmakers demands answers from Hegseth on USS Abraham Lincoln
A group of 15 senators said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth owes Americans answers about the ongoing deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group after reports of low morale and a mental health crisis among service members aboard. In an Aug. 15 letter to Hegseth, signed by all 13 members of the Senate…
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South Korea hoping for talks after Trump reduces joint military exercises
South Korea is hoping to engage in talks with the Trump administration following the president’s announcement Sunday that he is ordering a reduction in U.S. troop participation in joint military exercises with soldiers in Seoul. South Korea’s presidential Blue House said it “hopes that the friendly relationship between the U.S. and North Korean leaders will…
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Leading economies’ borrowing costs hit highest since 2008 crisis
Concern over impact of Iran war pushes up government bond yields in US, UK, France, Germany and Japan Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday, as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns over rising prices,…
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Retired colonel knocks Trump order to cut back on ‘critical’ joint exercises with South Korea
Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton on Sunday suggested President Trump made “an unforced error” in ordering the Pentagon to scale back its joint exercises with the South Korean military. Leighton said the change “could have some serious impacts” on America’s relationship with South Korea, as well as Japan. “South Korea is a critical ally…
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Trump’s latest birthright citizenship order is also unconstitutional
President Trump seems temperamentally incapable of recognizing the scope of his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of birthright citizenship. Rather than accept the court’s definitive ruling that “the Constitution guarantees citizenship to children born of parents unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States,” he recently released a new executive order…
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No, the troops aren’t mentally weak. They just have terrible leadership.
Marine veteran Joslin Joseph criticizes the leadership of President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for prioritizing mission goals over troop welfare during an ongoing conflict with Iran.
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ over Iran issue
US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman, a key American ally, if it “gets in the way” of Washington’s own negotiations with Iran, according to a Fox News interview. The threat comes as both the US and Oman pursue separate talks with Tehran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping…