The Senate Judiciary Committee convened a GOP-led hearing on protecting women’s sports, and the scene felt more like a political test than a policy debate. Chairman Chuck Grassley ran the hearing. Ranking Member Dick Durbin criticized it, and, according to reporting, Senate Democrats declined to put forward witnesses and treated the hearing as irrelevant. The More

Steve Witkoff, the U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, just pulled back the curtain on behind‑the‑scenes Iran negotiations — and what he said should make every American sit up. He described how talks unraveled, quoted Tehran’s demands, and even claimed Iran told U.S. negotiators it was sitting on a large cache of near‑weapons‑grade uranium. More

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s on‑the‑record comments after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly deserve attention. He says both Moscow and Kyiv have signaled interest in a narrowly framed “limited ceasefire” for grain shipments and energy. That is a small, concrete opening — and it should More

Senator John Curtis (R‑Utah) has tossed a political hand grenade into the swamp. He sent a letter asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden and to open an investigation into “the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit.” Curtis cites a report that a Russian‑linked oligarch allegedly More

President Donald Trump used the United Nations podium to make one thing very clear: he prefers deals, but he will not hesitate to use overwhelming force if Iran keeps threatening the region. It was a blunt speech that mixed public pressure with private diplomacy, and anyone who thinks this is just theater is not paying More