‘Israel and America stand shoulder to shoulder in countering the threat of Iran,’ the Israeli prime minister said. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Feb. 16, where the two vowed to combat Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Netanyahu said after the meeting that he and Rubio had
The headlines from Trump’s first weeks in office The headlines from Trump’s first weeks in office 04:10 President Trump is planning to attend Sunday’s Daytona 500 for the second time as president to help further burnish his image as a sports fan. He was at the race in 2020 while running for a second term.
Republican lawmakers want to repeal a Watergate-era law that reins in the president’s ability to decline to spend funds appropriated by Congress. WASHINGTON—In a move that could give President Donald Trump more freedom to enact his agenda, Republicans are attempting to repeal a law which ties the hands of presidents who don’t want to spend
UCLA law professor Stuart Banner’s new book is simply the finest and most valuable book ever written about the U.S. Supreme Court, a work of such erudite breadth and interpretive sophistication that in a world governed by merit, it would be a slam-dunk winner of an upcoming Pulitzer Prize. Yet in today’s deeply degraded media
A growing body of evidence has emerged indicating that China is making significant headway in its plans to conquer Taiwan. In early January 2025, the Naval News published satellite photos revealing the construction of D-Day-style landing barges at the Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China. The barges have “unusually long road bridges extending from their bows,”
REVIEW: ‘Invisible Helix: A Detective Galileo Novel’ by Keigo Higashino (us.macmillan.com) By the end of the 19th century, translations of mystery fiction (novels as well as short stories) from Britain, France, the United States, and elsewhere had appeared in Japan, where they attracted considerable interest. In fact, during the period when “mysteries” became a global
ORLANDO, Fla.—Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson died Thursday following complications from knee replacement surgery, her family said. She was 76. The Orlando-area Democrat had served in the Florida Legislature since 2006. Her most recent time in the Florida Senate began in 2022. She had previously served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2012