Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s fight may collide with US interests

January 12, 2026

Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s fight may collide with US interests

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have long been regarded as strategic partners in the Middle East. As founding and leading members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the two states share deep economic ties, cultural affinities, and overlapping security interests. This coordination has been evident during pivotal regional moments, from the 1973 oil embargo to […]

California is eliminating life without parole, even for serial rapists

Gov. Gavin Newsom likes to pretend he is willing to be tough on crime, but California under his leadership is effectively eliminating life without parole as a criminal punishment, facilitating the release of despicable violent criminals as soon as they turn 50 years old. Roy Charles Waller, known as the NorCal rapist, is on the […]

Seizing sanctioned ship, Trump shows how to break Russian brinkmanship

Alerted in late December to U.S. plans to seize the sanctioned Marinera/Bella 1 cargo ship as it transited the Atlantic Ocean, Moscow allowed that vessel’s crew to reflag the Marinera as Russian. The Russians then let it be known that they had sent a submarine to escort the vessel. The implication: If U.S. forces moved to […]

Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology

Renee Good should be alive today. It’s because of radical, far-left political ideology that she is not. The mother of three was killed during a tragic interaction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Wednesday after she was reportedly disrupting and impeding a federal law enforcement operation. In my opinion, it looks as if she […]

Trump administration strikes another hammer blow at Afghan allies

Following the Trump administration’s clampdown on Afghan immigrant visa processing, new developments may have left U.S. allies with no further hope of accessing the Special Immigrant Visa program. Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, told me that as of the start of the year, he is aware of more than a dozen visa applicants who were denied from […]

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What will Trump do if Iran massacres protesters?

President Donald Trump is likely about to face a difficult choice: how to enforce his redline warning to Iran not to kill protesters who have taken to the streets. Trump warned on Jan. 2 that if Iran “violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. […]

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