Tropical Storm Debby is posing what Axios calls a “nightmare scenario” for flooding across Georgia and South Carolina this week. Some seven thousand miles to our east, another nightmare scenario is unfolding for Israel. According to the Israeli news outlet… Read more

There were some massive news stories over the weekend: Debby strengthened into a hurricane overnight and may bring “catastrophic flooding” to Florida. Kamala Harris earned enough votes to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The US sent jets and warships… Read more

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among twenty-four prisoners from seven countries who were released from Russian captivity yesterday in one of the largest prisoner swaps between Russia and the West since the… Read more

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued an order yesterday for Iran to strike Israel directly in retaliation for the killing in Tehran of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh. According to the New York Times, it is unclear how forcefully Iran… Read more

President Joe Biden’s proposed changes to the US Supreme Court are continuing to generate headlines. He outlined his proposals in a Washington Post op-ed: The US president would appoint a justice every two years to spend eighteen years in active… Read more

“We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war.” This is how Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded to a missile attack last Saturday in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams that killed at least twelve… Read more

The USA defeated Serbia in Olympic basketball yesterday, while America’s Coco Gauff won her tennis match and Simone Biles dominated in women’s gymnastics despite calf pain. However, many are still talking about the opening ceremony’s depiction of a bacchanalia that… Read more

The 2024 Summer Olympics officially begin today and will continue until the closing ceremonies on August 11. That said, the first round of the games actually started on Wednesday, with preliminary rounds in archery, soccer, handball, and rugby. If that… Read more

It has been famously said, “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” This is one of the latter. It was just last Sunday when President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, explaining in… Read more

Conspiracy theories abound in the news today. For example, why has President Joe Biden not spoken publicly since it was announced last Wednesday that he had contracted COVID-19? Did he have a stroke? Is he now in hospice care? Will… Read more