Iran on Monday continued its threat of a ‘nightmare’ attack on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in late July, as international concerns remain high over Tehran’s nuclear development program which has run unchecked for more than three years.  Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami said ‘the nightmare of Iran’s inevitable response is shaking Israel day and night,’ reported the Jerusalem Post, citing Saudi-owned news outlet Al-Arabiya. The commander reportedly...

: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland to question the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith’s continued probing of former President Donald Trump. Gaetz, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, asked Garland for ‘any written authorization’ or other documentation regarding Smith’s continued efforts despite his case against the ex-president getting thrown out by a federal judge in July. ‘On August 27, 2024, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding...

More Black Americans are planning to make their voices heard on Election Day now that Vice President Kamala Harris has replaced President Biden as the Democratic nominee, according to a Monday poll. The Washington Post-Ipsos poll found that 69% of Black Americans say they are ‘absolutely certain to vote’ on Election Day, compared to 62% in April. Meanwhile, a similar New York Times poll found Sunday that 56% of Black Americans said they were ‘almost...

Vice President Harris finally added policies to her campaign website for the first time since President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her in the presidential race 50 days ago.  The website breaks Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’ policy proposals into four sections: ‘Build an Opportunity Economy and Lower Costs for Families,’ ‘Safeguard Our Fundamental Freedoms,’ ‘Ensure Safety and Justice For All,’ and ‘Keep America Safe, Secure, and...

The House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memo on President Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after committee Republicans released a report criticizing the president for what went down at the time. Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden’s claims that his hands were tied to the agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted what he called Iran’s ‘axis of evil’ in remarks Sunday after a terrorist attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing killed three Israelis.  ‘It’s a hard day. A despicable terrorist murdered three of our citizens in cold blood at the Allenby Bridge. On behalf of the government, I send my condolences to the families of the victims,’ Netanyahu said at the beginning of his cabinet meeting Sunday. ‘We are...

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a scathing report that took a fine-toothed comb to the military’s botched 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and highlighted areas of serious mismanagement.  The Republican-led report opens by harkening back to President Joe Biden’s urgency to withdraw from the Vietnam War as a senator in the 1970s. That, along with the Afghanistan withdrawal, demonstrates a ‘pattern of callous foreign policy positions and readiness...

Nikki Haley broke with former President Trump’s stance regarding IVF treatment, but still said she was ‘on standby’ to campaign for the Republican nominee.  Haley, who was the last Republican presidential candidate to drop from the GOP race before Trump became the nominee, said during an appearance on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday that she had spoken with Trump in June and that ‘he’s aware that I’m ready if he ever needs me’ to...

Former President George W. Bush does not plan to reveal whom he will vote for in the upcoming 2024 election. ‘No,’ the former president’s office said when asked by NBC News whether he or former First Lady Laura Bush would endorse a candidate publicly. ‘President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago.’ Bush’s refusal to make a public endorsement comes just a day after his former vice president, Dick Cheney, announced that he would go...

Former President Donald Trump is maintaining his lead nationally, seemingly shrugging off a burst of enthusiasm for Democrats after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race. Trump garnered the support of 48% of likely voters compared to 47% who indicated support for Harris, according to the latest results of the New York Times/Siena poll released on Sunday. The results are essentially identical to the last time the New York Times/Siena poll asked voters for their...