Politics

Trump talks with Starmer about reopening Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump spoke with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer by phone on Sunday, a conversation that touched on Iran‘s chokehold of the Strait of Hormuz.

Mamdani redefines ‘rich’ in massive tax increase proposal

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is confirming that he is precisely the sort of figure many critics warned he would be: An in-over-his-head communist with deep ties to terrorism sympathizers and antisemites — one of whom, it appears, is his spouse. While his base loves and shares his radicalism, many NYC voters were seduced by his “affordability” talk, sold with an ear-to-ear grin. Reality is now setting in.

Abigail Spanberger’s redistricting fairness farce

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has pursued a maximalist partisan agenda since being sworn into office. She is making housing, healthcare, and energy all more expensive. But nothing she has done so far is as insulting as the language her party attached to its ballot referendum to disenfranchise millions of rural Republican voters this April.

Thune Becomes MAGA's Midterm Election 'Fall Guy' Over SAVE America Act

President Donald Trump is waging a relentless campaign to require national voter ID that has the MAGA base primed to blame Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) if Republicans lose the midterm elections in November.

Ecuador-US 'war' with drug cartels begins with two-week operation

Ecuador over the weekend launched a major military offensive against drug “mafias” in the country, an operation that is being carried out with support from the United States.

Inside the MAHA movement and its growing political influence

President Donald Trump’s alliance with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement helped expand his coalition during the 2024 election. Now, as tensions emerge between the administration and some of the movement’s most vocal activists, Republicans are grappling with how much political influence the MAHA coalition actually holds ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.