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Zohran Mamdani and Mayor Eric Adams earning only 10 percent and 8 percent, respectively. “My political journey begins with ...

This article, which discusses possible consequences of a U.S.–Iran war, was written prior to American bombings of Iran Saturday night. One u ...

The Trump administration faces a fateful decision over whether to intervene in an offensive capacity in Iran. The long-term potential consequences of intervention are profound and far-reaching, but ...

While preparations for a potential strike are being made, President Donald Trump has not yet made the decision to join Israel’s war against the Islamic Republic. Trump said that he is waiting to see ...

The U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening in a post on Truth Social: ...

Though Trump has not yet submitted nominations for many of these Middle Eastern positions, this falls on the Senate’s shoulders, not the president’s. While the Senate worked in haste to confirm the ...

With the Israeli attack on Iran still unfolding as of the time of this writing, there are many questions. Was the United States planning for this all along, treating the negotiations as a distraction ...

Iran’s foreign minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, was a teenager when Saddam Hussein invaded his country. The Iran–Iraq War began with airstrikes in September 1980. Saddam believed that Iran was ...

The Libyan disaster shows what the West gets out of regime change: more migrants flooding into our countries. It’s a factor no one beating the war drum considers. It’s assumed that the new Iranian ...

Dick Cheney is to George W. Bush as Netanyahu could soon be to Trump: The “America First” president is being led on a string ...

Iran was caught off-guard. But Iran recovered more quickly from its Pearl Harbor moment than Israel expected. In less than 18 ...