NYTIMES (Trish Bendix) - Rosie O’Donnell Rags on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Claims
“I’ll put it this way: If the U.S. is in charge of the strait, then I’m also straight — and let’s face it, I’m not,” the guest host said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Raytheon to dramatically expand Tomahawk production under $22.9 billion deal | Stars and Stripes
The Navy awarded Raytheon a $22.9 billion, multi-year contract to accelerate Tomahawk missile production.
NYTIMES (Skip York) - The Hidden Reason Gas Prices Are Not Going Down
Gas prices are going to remain high. Don’t blame the price of crude oil. Blame the crack spread.
NYTIMES (Kellen Browning) - Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan Advance in Key Alaska Senate Contest
The Democratic former congresswoman and the incumbent Republican senator will face off in November. Whether a potential spoiler candidate with the same name as the senator qualifies alongside them has not been determined.
ABCNEWS - Takeaways from Tuesday primaries: Trump endorsement only goes so far
After bruising primaries, candidates from both sides try to unite their parties.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Trump says U.S. and Canada reached deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports
President Trump said he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Hayden Panettiere could have taken 'killer' cocktail, psychiatrist says
Panettiere died at an apartment complex in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday.
NYTIMES (Patricia Mazzei) - A Stunning Win for the Left in Florida: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand, defeated a moderate who dramatically out-raised her with grass-roots enthusiasm. Can it carry her to victory in November?
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (George D. O’Neill Jr.) - Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire
Americans are waking up to ugly truths. The post Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire Americans are waking up to ugly truths. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Now that the lofty 250th-anniversary rhetoric about the greatness of our country has faded, it is time to face the reality of our country’s actual behavior. The U.S. fashions itself as a generous and benevolent world leader enforcing the “rules-based order”—a deceptive construct used by globalist elites to bully other countries. The rules are arbitrarily changed to suit the bullies and are regularly fashioned into pretexts for military action against uncooperative nations.…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Daniel E. Zoughbie) - We Hope Till Hope Creates
Peace in the Middle East requires dealing with nationalism. The post We Hope Till Hope Creates appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs We Hope Till Hope Creates Peace in the Middle East requires dealing with nationalism. Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images Last year, in an English-language interview with Sky News Arabia, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack made headlines by arguing that the Middle East is destined for perpetual conflict. The issue, he claimed in a rather puzzling statement, is that there is no word in Arabic for “submit.” The Arabic subtitles to the interview itself provided a translation for “submit.” Moreover, as many viewers were quick to point out, the…Open