“The ‘no more foreign wars’ president just threatened to attack yet another country,” said one critic. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “blow up” Oman if the US ally works with Iran to reopen and jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz. Responding to reporting by Iranian state media that Iran and Oman were negotiating an […]
“Ken Paxton embodies the broken political system that we’re running against,” said James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat. Ken Paxton, the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general backed by President Donald Trump, handily won a Republican US Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, ousting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and setting up a critical race with Democratic nominee James Talarico—who […]
An ex-Israeli diplomat said Israel was “moving to bury not only the supposed ceasefire in Lebanon but also talks on Iran” because its policy “is an endless and wide regional war.” As Israel launched a new bombardment of Lebanon on Tuesday, its far-right security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, suggested that it was trying to derail ongoing peace […]
Multiple consumer surveys have shown that Americans have never been more pessimistic about the state of the economy. For the second time in a month, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday claimed that Americans spending more money on gasoline and other goods is a sign of strength for the US economy—rather than evidence of […]