NYTIMES (Shawn McCreesh) - At Correspondents’ Dinner, a Rambling Trump Hurls Insults
President Trump gave the keynote speech as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Benjamin Schwarz) - Burnham, Populist?
The right must consider the possibility that the new prime minister may in fact be good at politics. The post Burnham, Populist? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Burnham, Populist? The right must consider the possibility that the new prime minister may in fact be good at politics. UK Special Coverage Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images Since Andy Burnham assumed the office of Prime Minister on July 20, most of the right-leaning publications and commentators in the United Kingdom have greeted his every policy pronouncement as vague, insubstantial, and/or impossible to carry out. Those criticisms are largely spot-on. But the tribally-driven dishonesty characteristic of what now passes as political coverage and analysis dictates that those…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Jack Hunter) - Does Rand Paul Want to Merge the American and Israeli Defense Establishments?
Explaining the Kentucky senator’s NDAA vote. The post Does Rand Paul Want to Merge the American and Israeli Defense Establishments? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Does Rand Paul Want to Merge the American and Israeli Defense Establishments? Explaining the Kentucky senator’s NDAA vote. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images The former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X on July 15, “Every Republican Senator voted to merge our military with Israel’s military. The most America LAST thing they could possibly do, selling our military out to a foreign country.” “It’s absolute treason and betrayal,” she added. Greene was referring to a vote the previous day, in which 50 Republican Senators had supported a failed attempt to advance the annual defense…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - Back to the ’70s in Burnham’s Britain?
The new prime minister has little room to maneuver on the UK’s brewing fiscal crisis. The post Back to the ’70s in Burnham’s Britain? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Back to the ’70s in Burnham’s Britain? The new prime minister has little room to maneuver on the UK’s brewing fiscal crisis. UK Special Coverage Photo by Richard Pohle-WPA Pool/Getty Images On Monday, Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, promised to “bring life’s essentials back under stronger public control to make them affordable again.” He has honored his pledge to help with the cost of living by restoring the £2 cap on bus fares and by reducing VAT on household electricity bills. Well, every little bit helps. But anyone who thinks that bus usage in the UK, which has…Open
NYTIMES (Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien) - Taiwan Tests How It Would Resist a Chinese Siege at Sea
Taiwan is stepping up plans to secure fuel and other vital imports as Chinese government ships practice moves that could one day be used in a blockade.
NYTIMES (Patricia Cohen) - A Global Economy Jolted by an Oil Shock Now Gets a Tariff Reminder
Tariffs are back, but this time there is a war in the Persian Gulf and oil has hit $100 a barrel.
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Trump Roasts the Media at WHCA Dinner, Then Trolls Them With a ‘Trump 2028’ Hat
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Hot Takes: Media's Reaction to Redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Was As Expected
DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - ‘Lox And Loaded’: Jewish Group Embraces 2A Over Bagels To Fight Back Against Rising Antisemitism
‘Bubbe carries now,’