NYTIMES (Peter Baker and Jamie Kelter Davis) - With His New Museum, Obama Offers a Trip to a Parallel America
The presidential center that opens this month seems out of step with the zeitgeist of the moment and produces emotional reactions among the discontented of the Trump era.
NYTIMES (Christopher Smart) - The Strait of Hormuz Is Blocked. The World Is Adjusting.
The longer we go without oil from the Persian Gulf, the less we’ll need it.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Abdelhalim Abdelrahman) - Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon?
The public deserves clarity and accountability on the use of American assets. The post Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon? The public deserves clarity and accountability on the use of American assets. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images) The Trump administration’s interventions in both Iran and Venezuela have centered war powers at the heart of congressional and public scrutiny. For Venezuela, war powers resolutions narrowly failed in both chambers. Repeated congressional efforts to rein in the war in Iran fell short until just last night, when the House narrowly passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military action without…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Doug Bandow) - Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America
The agreements were flawed from the start. The post Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America The agreements were flawed from the start. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House, February 15, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Whether President Donald Trump believed his persistently fallacious claims about the Iran War, or simply expected his supporters to believe them, is unclear. In any case, most Americans recognize that his campaign—illegal aggression that misfired badly, failing to break the Tehran regime while disrupting…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ann Coulter) - The Democrats’ Bottomless Weaponization Fund
Republicans have finally drawn the line at the worst possible time. The post The Democrats’ Bottomless Weaponization Fund appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Democrats’ Bottomless Weaponization Fund Republicans have finally drawn the line at the worst possible time. TakiMag (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Of all the appalling things President Donald Trump has done recently, from slapping his name on the Kennedy Center, to starting a disastrous war that has accomplished nothing other than drive his approval ratings into the dirt, Republicans have finally drawn the line at the worst possible time. They’re furious at the Department of Justice’s announcement that it intended to settle Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS by establishing a $1.8 billion…Open
NYTIMES (Tracey Tully) - Sherrill Says Immigration Officials Won’t Let Her Visit Detention Center
The governor said the Department of Homeland Security’s actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.”
NYTIMES (Tariq Panja) - Amid War, Iran’s Soccer Leader Works to Get His Team to the World Cup
Mehdi Taj said his federation has been dealing with FIFA, not the United States, in trying to obtain visas for Iran to play in the tournament that begins next week.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - Anna Kepner: FBI tested second teen boy's DNA before stepbrother's arrest
Federal prosecutors said the teen was a guest on the cruise who had interacted with Kepner.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Fetterman explains opposition to War Powers Act: 'No nuclear Iran'
Fetterman explained to NewsNation he could not accept any decision that would not remove Iran's capacity to have a nuclear weapon.