The Middle East is facing one of its most volatile moments in decades after coordinated American and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a massive wave of retaliatory attacks. What began as targeted military action appears is evolving into a conflict affecting energy markets, global air travel and US personnel across multiple countries. In Tehran, key government and symbolic sites have been struck. Among the damaged locations are the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and the historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Iranian state media reports that the death toll has surpassed 700,…
Author: Alex Kramer
Vice President JD Vance made clear this week that President Trump is pursuing a diplomatic resolution with Iran—but from a position of unmistakable American strength. In an interview Wednesday, Vance reiterated that the administration’s central objective is quite simple and very much non-negotiable: Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. He emphasized that President Trump has been “crystal clear” about that red line. Talks between American and Iranian representatives are set to resume in Geneva, marking another round of indirect negotiations mediated by the gulf state of Oman. The discussions come amid rising tensions and a massive American…
A growing chorus of lawmakers, activists, and survivors are now sounding the alarm over what they describe as a silent human rights crisis unfolding deep inside the interior of the United States of America, and one that exposes the catastrophic failure of multicultural policies and left-liberal globalist cowardice. Female genital mutilation (FGM), a brutal, archaic, and barbaric practice rooted in many parts of the Islamic world and certain tribal traditions, remains illegal in the Western world, and of course Minnesota. Yet despite being classified as a felony in the state since 1994, oddly there has not been a single documented…
President Trump, yet again, has demonstrated why he is the most consequential American nationalist—and president of the United States—of the modern era, after he moved decisively to impose a temporary global tariff in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. What leftists and RINOs have framed as some kind of judicial rebuke—invalidating the use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose broad tariffs—has instead become a launchpad for a restructured, legally distinct America First trade strategy. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that IEEPA…
In a stunning courtroom admission that validates years of conservative warnings about selected, politically-motivated financial blacklisting, JPMorgan Chase—the largest bank in the United States—has formally acknowledged that it closed the bank accounts of President Trump and several of his businesses in the aftermath of January 6, 2021. The disclosure came in a new court filing tied to Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit against the bank and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. For the first time in writing, JPMorgan confirmed that in February 2021 it notified Trump that certain accounts held in its private and commercial banking divisions would be shut down. Until…
Senate Republicans are preparing for what could become one of the defining battles of President Donald Trump’s second term: securing the integrity of the American ballot. The legislation at the center of the fight, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, would require proof of US citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot — measures that most Americans already consider basic common sense. The bill narrowly passed the House and now heads to a Senate where Republicans hold 53 seats. But as usual, a unified Democratic minority is threatening to block it through procedural obstruction,…
In a bold display of socialist overreach, New York City’s freshly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already proving why big-government experiments tend to end in disaster for working families. Barely settled into office, the self-proclaimed socialist is pushing what would be the city’s largest property tax surge in more than two decades to cover an exploding fiscal hole of billions. This move exposes the harsh reality that leftist promises of endless freebies come straight out of taxpayers’ pockets, punishing the very citizens who built the city. Mamdani rolled out a massive $127 billion spending plan this week, complete with a…
Yet again, President Donald Trump is proving why he is the most consequential economic leader of the modern era—by leaps and bounds. Just a little over a year into his presidency, America First policies are beginning to yield positive, real-world results. American manufacturing has surged back to life—delivering a decisive rebuke to decades of globalist trade dogma and confirming Trump’s economic instincts have been right all along. The latest figures from the Institute for Supply Management have revealed that manufacturing activity is expanding at its fastest pace since 2022, with the January 2026 index jumping to 52.6. Represents more than…
President Donald Trump remains at the center of American political gravity, holding a war chest exceeding $300 million and the singular ability to determine the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. At a moment when congressional margins are razor-thin, Trump’s control over resources, endorsements, and political timing make him the continued, undisputed kingmaker of the Republican Party. While establishment commentators portray uncertainty as weakness, Trump’s allies see something else entirely—namely disciplined restraint. The president is deliberately refusing to waste ammunition early, choosing instead to deploy his financial and political power when it will have maximum impact on Democrats and ‘disloyal’…
A brief dip in mortgage rates at the start of January has offered a rare glimpse of what a genuine housing affordability breakthrough could look like under an America First economic reset—particularly for younger Americans who have been locked out of homeownership by years of elite mismanagement. For a moment, the market behaved as if it remembered a basic truth that’s long been ignored: homes are for families, not speculative assets sustaining a permanent renter underclass. According to ICE Mortgage Technology, a division of Intercontinental Exchange, a major global financial technology and data company, nearly five million homeowners in America…