Left-wing parties colluded to prevent the conservative National Rally party from winning a majority in parliamentary elections in France Saturday. Supporters rioted in Paris anyway, so it’s a good thing they didn’t lose.
A Ukrainian missile from a US-supplied ATACMS system hit a beach on the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, with a cluster bomb Sunday, killing five and injuring dozens more.
Israeli Prime Minister Tuesday called out the Biden administration for holding up arms shipments. The White House responded by holding up a sale of F-15s.
Israel’s public broadcaster reports the IDF warned of an imminent invasion by Hamas three weeks before Oct. 7. Our sources believe that senior IDF officials kept that information from Benjamin Netanyahu, who they see as an outsider.
Norway, Ireland, and Spain have recognized a Palestinian state, leaving unanswered questions: What are its borders? Is the unelected Mahmoud Abbas head of state? Is this how the world rewards terrorism?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push for a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu says a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah will proceed nonetheless.
Congress has reauthorized FISA and granted the US government expanded surveillance powers to essentially ignore the 4th Amendment to the Constitution while spying on American citizens.
A change in definitions in Section 702 of the bill to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act could give the NSA power to compel any business that offers free WiFi to customers to hand over user data.
Tucker Carlson aired an interview with an Arab pastor in Bethlehem in which Carlson said Christians who aren’t critical of the destruction in Gaza have “lost the plot.” This is why Hamas hides behind civilians—to ratchet up world pressure on Israel.
Commentator Keith Olbermann responded to Monday’s 9–0 Supreme Court ruling striking down a move by Colorado to keep Donald Trump off the ballot by posting that the justices, including two women of color, are “inept at reading comprehension.”