Geopolitics

Pentagon pressed on informant who spied on Trump campaign

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is demanding detailed information on payments the Pentagon’s secretive Office of Net Assessment (ONA) made to an FBI informant who spied on President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Read More.

U.S. plays hardball with China's Huawei, despite deal

The freshly minted Phase 1 of the U.S.-China trade deal will not stop the U.S. government from pursuing criminal cases against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, officials say. Read More.

Iran regime traumatized by consecutive strategic disasters

Still reeling from the loss of terror kingpin Qasem Soleimani, Iran suffered another major humiliation when its so-called elite aerospace forces mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. Read More.

PM burned by Australian fires but green policies may be to blame

The catastrophic bushfires in Australia have claimed at least 28 lives, destroyed more than 2,600 homes and scorched more than 25.7 million acres. Read More.

Did Amb. Yovanovitch seek to monitor pro-Trump journalists?

Judicial Watch has filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the State Department for documents tied to the alleged monitoring of President Donald Trump’s family, lawyer, and journalists, as ordered by then-U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Read More.

'Axis of evil', 18 years later

Levin to media: Remember Johnny Chung, 'Chinese military money'?

When China’s military “secretly directed” funds to boost the re-election efforts of President Bill Clinton, Democrats didn’t object and most of the media “didn’t care,” radio and TV host Mark Levin said. Read More.

Strategist calls Trump 'master of information warfare’

Since the so-called “mainstream media” spends much of its time criticizing him, President Donald Trump has adeptly used social media to circumvent what he calls the “fake news” and communicate his policies to the masses at home and abroad. But that skill set has taken on strategic significance. Read More.

'Historic' Jan. 15: Gold impeachment pens or China deal at White House?

President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed phase one of a major trade deal with far reaching implications on Wednesday. Read More.

Taiwan to China: Wake up and smell the coffee

China needs to respect the reality that Taiwan is an independent nation, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday. Read More.

Three reasons Kim Jong-Un is feeling the heat

The killing of Qasem Soleimani by an American drone aircraft on orders from U.S. President Donald Trump as the Iranian general arrived in Baghdad to spur on Iran-backed Iraqi militia against the U.S. confronts Kim Jong-Un with serious problems. Read More.

Iran's brinksmanship crashes and burns with airliner it downed

An eagerly anticipated UN Security Council meeting came in the nervous aftermath of America’s targeted killing of Iranian terrorist kingpin Qasem Soleimani by an armed U.S. drone. Read More.

Pompeo: Targeting Soleimani marked new policy of deterrence

The targeted killing of Iran terror chief Qasem Soleimani was the beginning of a major shift in U.S. policy on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Read More.

'The United States is watching': Iran protests in day 3

As nationwide anti-government protests in Iran continued for a third consecutive day on Monday, the United States warned the Iranian regime that it would not “tolerate” violence against the demonstrators. Read More.

Trump thunder: ‘Do not kill your protesters’; Iran cities tense

President Donald Trump has warned the Iranian regime against violently cracking down on demonstrators who for the past two days have been protesting Iran’s accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane. Read More.