For the first time in its three-decade existence, a secretive federal court created to handle the deportation of suspected terrorists has been put to use, […] Source
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said that Iran has signaled it wants to negotiate with the United States, even as the two sides escalated their attacks.
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A by-election victory will not mean Reform UK’s mastermind is out of the woods. The post Farage’s Great Gamble appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Farage’s Great Gamble A by-election victory will not mean Reform UK’s mastermind is out of the woods. UK Special Coverage Nigel Farage has just taken the biggest gamble of his decades-long political career. To try to draw a line on the financial scandals that have dogged him for the past few months, the Reform UK leader has asked the voters to decide his fate. He has resigned as the member of Parliament for Clacton and will face a by-election in August to try to win his job back. The big gamble here is not really whether Farage will be returned to parliament. Barring some freak event, he can be reasonably confident of victory—his Clacton constituency, on the Essex coastline , is the most Reform-friendly seat in the…Open
In Colorado, a Republican nominee says he helped kill a man when he was seven. The post The GOP’s Freak Streak Could Boost Democratic Socialists appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The GOP’s Freak Streak Could Boost Democratic Socialists In Colorado, a Republican nominee says he helped kill a man when he was seven. Photo by Timothy Hurst/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Marx looms over the American political landscape. Victor Marx, that is. As Democrats continue to embrace anti-white socialists, Colorado Republicans nominate a strange outsider for governor. Liberal media considers Victor Marx the “most extreme GOP candidate in the nation .” Most of his political positions are standard fare for conservatives. But what makes him stand out is his bizarre comments and sketchy background. Marx claims to be a high-risk humanitarian who rescues women from dangerous circumstances. He told an…Open
When an entire cabinet department opposes the president, it may find itself irrelevant. The post Why Does Trump Hate the State Department? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign policy Why Does Trump Hate the State Department? When an entire cabinet department opposes the president, it may find itself irrelevant. Has the State Department gotten the message yet? Let’s consider a hypothetical. You meet a woman at a party. Even while you’ve telling her about your accomplishments she’s looking around the room. She reluctantly gives you her number before disappearing into the crowd. You text her 25 times telling her what a good romantic partner you are and after the first polite non-answers she stops responding. Is your next move to inform her further how essential you are to her life? If you’re the U.S. Department of State—essentially declared irrelevant by the Trump administration, for the second…Open
Andy Burnham, who is set to enter Downing Street on Monday, faces a long and daunting list of issues. Here are some of the most urgent.
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U.S. and Iranian attacks are unfolding in a way that risks a wider war they cannot contain, analysts warn, unless they can return to negotiations quickly.
The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.