Republicans and Democrats are both claiming victory after reaching a deal over the weekend raise the federal debt ceiling by about $4 trillion. Both parties are leaning on holdouts to pass the bill Wednesday before the US Treasury runs out of money.

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In a December interview, Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreement was not a peace deal, but a ruse to buy time for Ukraine to arm itself for the current proxy war between NATO and Russia.

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Reversing a statement he made Monday, President Biden is sending a precision rocket artillery system to Ukraine on the condition that it not be used against targets inside Russia. The problem is that the US has very little control over weapons in Ukraine.Continue Reading

I’ve used the word neo-Ottoman to describe Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before, but it’s only just hit me how accurate that is.Continue Reading

Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate, and explains why the goals of the Islamic State aren’t a new thing, but a return to time-honored Muslim values.Continue Reading