Paxton Crushes Cornyn In Stunning Texas Senate Upset

Don't Trust The Midterm Polls Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times, This is a lightly edited transcript of an Aug. 24 segment of the "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words" podcast. Let's have a periodic check on the status of the midterms that we're now less than 80 days away from. The Democrats are riding high. They feel that historical trends, i.e., 39 out of the last 41 midterms, the party in the White House loses seats, and there's not very many seats Republicans can afford to lose,...

Trump Cancels Tonight's Planned Iran Strikes, Citing 'Highest Level' Talks, Even As Tehran Denies Summary TACO: Trump Cancels Strikes After All Day Bluster About 'Bigger' Strikes on Iran Tonight Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf says "Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets & create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years." Trump follows with mention of "bigger, more powerful" bombing of Iran tonight. He pledged "they're finished". Trump announces intent to hit the Iranians "VERY HARD TONIGHT". Iran Foreign Ministry: US attacks "rendered...

Energy Truce In Shambles: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery Despite Trump's Warning Amid Global Diesel Crisis President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that Ukrainian forces struck the Syzran refinery in Russia's Samara region, about 75 miles west of Samara and 466 miles southeast of Moscow. The strike comes days after President Trump urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian refineries, as average US retail diesel prices jumped above $6 a gallon and alarming disruptions to global refining capacity threaten fuel supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.  Zelenskyy wrote on X:  Russia continues to attack our energy...