Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said he does not expect former President Donald Trump to win the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024. Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate, made the comments during a discussion with Teneo, a global company that advises CEOs, for the company’s “Insight Series.” Ryan is the vice…
A messianic ruler, already considered the world’s most influential figure, is about to get absolute power over the planet’s most-populous state. What happens next will be remembered for generations. Chances are, Chinese President Xi Jinping will lead China into war. The drama begins at the Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, which starts Sunday. At the Congress’s first plenum,…
In your head, you always imagine the revolution when it starts. It’ll start with tanks and gunfire with chaos and soldiers in the street. You’ll know when it comes, but it never does. Instead, the really big changes to American life, the profound ones that affect all of us forever, those changes almost always begin…
Next month’s national elections won’t deliver any foreign policy mandate. Voters will go to the polls to call balls and strikes on domestic issues: inflation, crime, immigration, energy prices, and so forth. But while the election won’t hinge on foreign policy, those who are elected will have to deal with it. China, Iran, Russia and…
Many on the left are up in arms after the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida began sending illegal aliens to sanctuary cities. The big city mayors of Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago complained when buses of several thousand illegal aliens arrived over a period of a few months, an amount equal to what…
On national television, Biden administration spokesperson John Kirby mounted a feeble attempt to explain the president’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the military. Kirby, a retired Navy admiral, had no acceptable answers when pressed about the administration’s “folly” and the perilous impact the mandate is already having on our national security. Remarkably, Kirby perpetuated the narrative that…
The Biden administration will send Ukraine a new $725 million military aid package and other assistance as it continues to fight Russian forces as Moscow continues to escalate its invasion, the White House said Friday. The move comes as European defense leaders had pledged weapons and air defense systems to Ukraine and as Russia has…
Former Democrat congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard shared why she decided to leave the Democratic Party on Friday’s “Hannity” and how the party has evolved over the years. TULSI GABBARD: I got to be honest, I’ve heard directly from a couple who have been encouraging and gave me good feedback. I’ve heard a lot of expected hatred…
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones shrugged off the notion of a possible rift between him and Commanders owner Daniel Snyder. The update on the two owner’s relationship comes on the heels of an ESPN report claiming Snyder told an associate he had “dirt” on Jones. Snyder also told another associate he had enough information to…
Actor Mel Gibson can testify in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and rape trial, Judge Lisa B. Lench ruled on Friday. Lench ruled that Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Weinstein’s accusers. Gibson was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed in Los Angeles Superior…