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Mike Pompeo: We Don’t Need a Fake Deal With Iran
American isolationists on the right, and their allies in Obama-aligned think tanks in Washington, suggest there are only two options: war or a deal…
Mike Pompeo
Three Top Pentagon Aides Were Suspended. What’s the Real Story?
One of them is Dan Caldwell—a close friend of Pete Hegseth’s and a leader of the administration’s ‘restrainers.’
Eli Lake
Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
Washington has leverage over Tehran. Why won’t the administration press the advantage?
Eli Lake
Niall Ferguson: Will Trade War Become a Real War?
Free Press columnist and esteemed financial and military historian Niall Ferguson sits down with Bari to explain the perils of Trump’s tariff war with…
Bari Weiss
China and America Aren’t Just in a Trade War. It’s a Fight for the 21st Century.
Xi and Trump are now in a zero-sum contest for global supremacy.
Matt Pottinger and Liza Tobin
Will the U.S. Strike a Deal with Iran This Weekend?
‘By the end of May, we could either have serious talks with Iran or the possibility of military action.’
Jay Solomon
Douglas Murray: If War Came, Would You Fight?
In the first year of Israel’s battle against a death cult, I traveled the country—and saw what it means to choose life.
Douglas Murray
What Does the New Right Want?
You can’t understand policymaking without ideology. And you can’t understand the Trump White House without understanding this burgeoning movement.
Noah Smith
Michael Oren: How Does Bibi Survive?
If I have learned one thing in my time in political life it is this: Never bet against Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
Michael Oren
A Signal Screwup—and What It Means
Who is being blamed for Signalgate? And why?
Eli Lake
LISTEN: Will Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?
Bari Weiss
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Trump’s Advisers Are Divided on Iran. Which Way Is the President Leaning?
Trump’s top officials debate foreign policy in the group chat. The divide mirrors the president’s own conflicted view of how to handle Tehran.
Matthew Continetti
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