Trump Says Lebanon Ceasefire ‘Working,’ Locals Would Beg to Differ

American Journalist Shelly Kittleson Kidnapped In Baghdad American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson, who reports primarily on Middle Eastern and Afghan affairs, was kidnapped in Baghdad earlier today. She has written for outlets including Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, BBC News, Politico, and others. Alex Plitsas, a CNN national security analyst and former senior Pentagon official under former President Barack Obama, confirmed on X that Kittleson was "abducted and may have been taken hostage in Baghdad by Kataib Hezbollah." 🚨🚨🚨 I can confirm that my friend Shelly Kittleson was abducted and may have taken hostage...

After Swalwell Craters, CA GOP Jubilant But Divided Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, SAN DIEGO—Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign implosion on Friday couldn’t have been better timing for California Republicans. The state’s GOP was already set to convene in San Diego for their spring convention over the weekend, and the series of Democratic leader defections from Swalwell, as additional sexual allegations surfaced on social media, left candidates and activists gleeful and gloating.  Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host and the frontrunner in the crowded contest to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom...

In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice William J. Brennan Jr. is reputed to have said that the Constitution means whatever any five of us say it means. This reflects the basic math that five is a majority of nine. It also […]