NYTIMES (Trish Bendix) - Jimmy Kimmel Salutes Melania’s White House Surprise
The first lady addressed her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a prepared statement that the talk show host called “better than her movie.”
NPR (The Associated Press) - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel tells NBC News that he will not step down
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has told NBC News' Meet the Press that he would not step down in his first interview with a U.S. network.
NYTIMES (Chris Buckley) - Xi Seeks to Sway Taiwan, and Trump, With Message of Stability
Ahead of a summit with Donald Trump, the Chinese leader is using a rare meeting with a Taiwanese politician to cast Beijing as a peacemaker and squeeze the island’s president.
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - American Crime Blotter: 4/10/26
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism […] Source
NYTIMES (Ghada Abdulfattah) - Gaza’s Rubble Is the Grave of Its Future
Six month’s after the cease-fire, ordinary Gazans contemplate their future while living with the wounds of war.
NYTIMES (Nicole Grajewski) - For Putin, Iran Is Something Close to Irreplaceable
Vladimir Putin has spent years building a coalition of the discontented on the premise that authoritarian states can outlast Western pressure. Iran is his proof of concept.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (James P. Pinkerton) - Is America a Republic? Or an Empire?
Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. The post Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken time away from running the country’s third-largest state to talk ancient history—literally. Those seeking perspective on troubling current events are better off for this trip down memory lane. The colloquy started on March 30, when DeSantis X-ed (tweeted) out praise for The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition . “Looks like a volume worth having, especially as we approach America 250,” DeSantis X-ed , adding, “The Founders were products of the Western tradition and they…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider) - Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Iran
A speech by the president last week featured many inaccuracies. The post Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Iran A speech by the president last week featured many inaccuracies. Last week President Donald Trump delivered an address on the Iran war to the American people. In only 19 minutes, he presented Americans with at least eight fabrications. Since I’ve been hearing war-supporting commentators repeating those false claims this week, I’ve decided to provide a helpful dissection of them below. #1. Operation Epic Fury targeted “the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.” Trump has frequently repeated this misleading claim before, most recently in his February 28 video…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - We Are the Barbarians
The president’s threat to annihilate Iranian civilization took America to a dark place. The post We Are the Barbarians appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs We Are the Barbarians The president’s threat to annihilate Iranian civilization took America to a dark place. On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to declare that “a civilization will die tonight.” By 8 p.m., the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran had begun. Whether the ceasefire holds (or even takes hold) is already in question—Iran and the U.S. appear to be offering contradictory accounts of what the 10-point plan they allegedly agreed to actually says. The best hope that it might stick comes from Israel, where TV presenters who spent Monday salivating over a clock…Open
YOUTUBE (Owen Report) - Joe Kent On Israel Likely Continuing To Sabotage US-Iran Peace Efforts
Joe Kent on how he predicted that Israel would not restrain themselves and violate US-Iran ceasefire by attacking Lebanon.