CNN — Even the normally brash Donald Trump seems disconcerted by the volatile international situation he’ll inherit as the new president next month and to which he’s certain to inject new unpredictability. “It certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now,” the president-elect said Saturday when he met French President Emmanuel…
Russia is already at war with the West. It has been so since its occupation of Crimea in 2014, when Russia sought to secure its access to Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet and as a potential lever of influence over Kyiv’s political direction. Even in 2014 — at the annual Valdai…
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have said yes to spending “forever” together. On Wednesday night, Gomez, 32, shared an Instagram post of a large engagement ring on that finger and captioned the post, “Forever begins now..” The “Only Murders in the Building” star also shared photos of herself admiring the new accessory on her left…
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 11, 2024 Karolina Hird, Davit Gasparyan, Nicole Wolkov, Olivia Gibson, Nate Trotter, Grace Mappes, William Runkel, and Frederick W. Kagan December 11, 2024, 5:30pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a “fundamental act of justice” after decades of repression, but it was “a moment of risk and uncertainty” for the Middle East. Watch Biden’s remarks in the player above. Biden spoke at the White House hours after…
While most of Washington is obsessed with either the reality show that is President-elect Donald Trump’s transition or the hand-wringing and blame-gaming over Democrats’ election loss, a potentially critical political storyline is brewing in Michigan. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shocked the Michigan political world by announcing he would run for governor in 2026 — but…
One of the biggest pitfalls of Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign was the over-reliance on celebrity endorsements. Now, this isn’t to say Harris lost the election solely because of those endorsements, considering the Vice President overwhelmingly lost to President-elect Donald Trump, but those massive endorsements clearly didn’t do her any favors with voters,…
Trump Cabinet picks work to win support on Capitol Hill Former communications director Tricia McLaughlin and Princeton University political scientist Lauren Wright discuss the latest in confirming Trump’s Cabinet picks and his comments regarding January 6th committee members on ‘Fox News @ Night.’ The House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump’s life…
The rebel leader now running much of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has offered rewards for senior army and intelligence officers involved in war crimes, as the Assad regime’s sudden fall brought hopes of justice for the many atrocities of one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships. “We will not hesitate to hold accountable the criminals, murderers,…
Iran Update, December 11, 2024 Johanna Moore, Andie Parry, Kelly Campa, Ria Reddy, Katherine Wells, Alexandra Braverman, Siddhant Kishore, Ben Rezaei, and Brian Carter Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran…