After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on Wednesday, Israel’s occupation and bombing of Lebanon presents the central obstacle to a final agreement and lasting peace. Securing and upholding the final peace deal will require the kind of confrontation with Israel that Trump has avoided for most of his presidency, given Iran’s […] The post Securing Peace with Iran Compels Trump to Divorce Israel appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Securing Peace with Iran Compels Trump to Divorce Israel Israel’s goals of territorial expansion conflict with the goals of the U.S. president. After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on Wednesday, Israel’s occupation and bombing of Lebanon presents the central obstacle to a final agreement and lasting peace. Securing and upholding the final peace deal will require the kind of confrontation with Israel that Trump has avoided for most of his presidency, given Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and global energy flows. Iran has insisted that the ceasefire and now the framework peace deal…Open
Coastal sea bed which was lifted following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. Published June 19, 2026 GLAN, Sarangani Province — June 2026 Residents along portions of the Sarangani coastline were stunned to discover what [...]
Published June 19, 2026 BULAKAN, Bulacan — In Sitio Pariahan, a coastal community along Manila Bay, the sea no longer stops at the shoreline. It reaches homes, roads, schools, and even the village church. What [...]
Juneteenth is surviving the corporate DEI backlash, even as American institutions pull back from the promises that helped elevate it. Why it matters: The holiday's staying power shows how Black history can be absorbed into calendars, payroll systems and public rituals even as the post-2020 commitments that gave it renewed force are renamed, narrowed or abandoned. - The holiday is enduring by becoming quieter, more internal and routine. - Juneteenth remains a federal holiday, and President Trump cannot cancel it unilaterally despite his attacks on it . Catch up quick: President Biden signed Juneteenth into law in 2021 after Congress passed the measure with broad bipartisan support. - Legal experts say only Congress can undo a federal…
The triumph of a democratic socialist in the D.C. mayoral race is the latest sign that younger urban voters are turbo-charging candidates who promise to go big on affordability and take on President Trump. Why it matters: While Washington joined New York and Seattle as the latest big city to elect a democratic socialist, Janeese Lewis George's victory was less about her political label than about punishing prices and anger at the president. State of play: Lewis George, who handily defeated a moderate in the Democratic primary, marks a break from decades of business-friendly politicians running the nation's capital. Three trends explain her rise: - Unhappiness with the city's direction stood at the highest level (55%) since Marion…
President Trump declared on "The Axios Show" on Thursday that he's discovered "no limits " to his power since going to war with Iran. - A forthcoming book reveals he's been entertaining an even grander idea: that he may be the most powerful man in history. Why it matters: Trump is no longer merely testing the limits of the presidency. He's describing power in world-historical terms — placing himself in the lineage of conquerors, dictators and strongmen who bent nations to their will. - In a wide-ranging, soon-to-be-released 45-minute interview with Axios' Marc Caputo, Trump repeatedly measured power by submission: G7 leaders believed him when he joked "I'm the boss," he said, while Israel has "a lot of respect for me" and will "do as…
The high school philosophy exam is a rite of passage for French students. This year included questions about Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1878 book, “Human, All Too Human.”
As we celebrate the semiquincentennial, we should remember who we were. The post America: A Forgotten Idea appeared first on The American Conservative .
America America: A Forgotten Idea As we celebrate the semiquincentennial, we should remember who we were. Twelve score and ten years ago, the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence made a break in history. They signed their death warrants on July 4, 1776, to secure unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, i.e., the opportunity to march to your own drummer without fear of domestic predation or foreign aggression—the summit of civilization. The end of government and civil society was to be justice, making everyone’s station in life correspond to character and accomplishments, simpliciter. Justice…Open
President Trump showed the forgotten men that they still matter. The post What the Snobs Miss About UFC Freedom 250 appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics What the Snobs Miss About UFC Freedom 250 President Trump showed the forgotten men that they still matter. On Sunday night, I walked two of my oldest friends from Buffalo onto the South Lawn of the White House for UFC Freedom 250. What they experienced there explains better than any poll why you better not count Donald Trump’s base out of this year’s midterms. My ninth grade best friend, Carl Salemi, introduced me to Chuck Sonntag, who remains one of my closest friends. When Carl tragically died in a construction accident shortly after I joined the Army in the early 1980s, I stayed close with his younger brother Mike.…Open