President Donald Trump has arrived in London for his first official state visit to the U.K. A mostly ceremonial trip that will wrap up in France with the 75th anniversary of the Allies storming the beach at Normandy, Trump’s visit promises to mix in statecraft at the margins of an official schedule full of pomp. LONDON — Arriving to a […]

By JONATHAN TURLEY  For years, we have discussed the unrelenting attacks on free speech in Europe with the expansion of hate speech laws and the general criminalization of speech, including international speech crimes. Some in the United States would like to follow down that dangerous path (and universities are reinforcing the view of the need to regulate speech). The implications of […]

Trump is swinging his tariff hammer again this week — and every political problem he faces is starting to look like a nail. In a surprise announcement, The Donald threatened a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico unless the country curbs the influx of Central American migrants heading for the U.S. border. According to the president, these tariffs will […]

After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to form a coalition government within the required six-week timeframe, the Knesset — Israel’s national legislature — voted to dissolve itself, setting up an unprecedented second national election which will be held on Sept. 17. Netanyahu’s party won a tightly contested election in April, but he was unable to broker a deal […]

BY SEAN ROSS  |   Investopedia Food is a fundamental economic product, but only a handful of countries actually excel at food production. Most agricultural commodities require a lot of land, which only the largest countries have in abundance. In fact, the world’s four dominant food-producing countries all rank in the top five for total geographic size. The United States has long been a superpower in […]

Written by  Selwyn Duke They’re from arguably the most anti-Christian part of the West, and they have a message: A lack of robust Christianity is killing the West. The warning was issued on Herland Report TV, where journalist Hanne Nabintu Herland interviewed fellow Scandinavian Iben Thranholm. “The general theme of the episode is that Western values have become almost entirely materialistic in […]

The dramatic simulated attack happend on February 14th, 2018, Director of Norway’s Intelligence Service, Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde, told the audience in his annual speech for the Oslo Military Society on Monday. Haga Lunde had earlier in the day presented Focus 2019 (in Norwegian), the intelligence service’s report on threats and security analyses. «Russia’s rhetoric against Norway has grown sharper,» the intelligence director said. «Russia’s […]

By JAZZ SHAW  |  Hot Air This is a rather strange and depressing story that popped up in the Washington Post yesterday. It deals with an American woman named Allison Blixt who currently lives in London with her wife, Stefania Zaccari, and their two sons, Massi and Lucas, ages two and four respectively. When Lucas was born, Allison went to the American […]

U.S. spying programs scooped up communications between members of Congress and Israeli leaders, giving the White House insight into Israel’s lobbying of U.S. lawmakers against the Iran nuclear deal, current and former U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. The article, published Tuesday afternoon, reports that the U.S. continued to spy on select leaders of allied nations despite President Barack Obama’s pledge […]

To the dismay of political pundits and the mainstream media, Australians reelected incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his conservative coalition. In doing so, they rejected a year-long push by environmentalists to paint him as a “climate change denier” who is unfit to lead the Land Down Under. Morrison, who branded himself as an “everyday” guy, defied most polls and emerged victorious. By promising to counter aggressive proposals from […]

by Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy  |   Washington Examiner The need for secrecy was so great that CIA Director John Brennan hand-delivered information from a critical informant close to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an envelope to President Barack Obama in August 2016. Now, one day after President Trump gave Attorney General William Barr “full and complete authority to declassify information” related to the […]

Theresa May has announced she will step down as U.K. prime minister after failing to win support for her plan to withdraw from the European Union. Her decision to resign comes after months of chaos in Parliament and speculation that she was about to be forced out amid growing discontent within her ruling Conservative Party. May’s departure means the race […]

Yemeni Houthi rebels, who are allied with Iran, reportedly used a bomb-laden drone to attack a Saudi airport and military base on Tuesday. The attack on the Saudi city of Najran came as tensions escalated between Iran and the U.S. Tehran announced it had quadrupled its capacity to enrich uranium, a year after President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the […]

written by Claire Lehmann The result of Saturday’s federal election in Australia is being treated as the most staggering political shocker in my country since World War II. Scott Morrison, leading the Liberal Party, looks to have won a majority government—a result that defies three years of opinion polling, bookie’s odds and media commentary. In the aftermath, analysts on both sides are trying to explain […]

Actor Taron Egerton, known by many for his role in the 2014 action/comedy The Kingsman, plays rock legend Elton John in the upcoming movie Rocketman. Many have complained that since John is gay, the role should have been played by someone from the LGBT community instead of a straight man, but John is having none of that. “That’s all bulls***, I’m sorry,” John […]

By Bill Gertz  |   Washington Free Beacon President Donald Trump indirectly targeted China’s Huawei Technologies with a presidential order signed last week blocking telecommunications companies linked to foreign adversaries from selling equipment to U.S. firms. However, a more significant new policy was imposed by the Commerce Department, which added Huawei to a list of foreign companies hit with tough export […]

A missile from an unknown source landed less than one mile from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Sunday night amid already high tensions between the U.S and Iran. The missile landed in Baghdad’s Green Zone, where many diplomatic and governmental buildings are located. The impact resulted in only minor destruction to the area, lightly damaging a nearby building used by […]

COGwriter |  Church of God News We are seeing governments surveilling more and more as they feel their right to know exceeds peoples rights to privacy. Notice what has been happening in the United Kingdom: A UK pedestrian was arrested and fined £90 ($115 US) after attempting to cover his face while passing a controversial facial recognition camera van on a East […]

Lawmakers in Taiwan on Friday approved a bill making the self-ruled island the first place in Asia to pass legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. The vote came after Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled in May 2017 that a law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman was unconstitutional. The judges called for changing the law within two years. […]

The Treasury Department, in a move likely to escalate tensions between the United States and Russia, on Thursday announced sanctions on Russian and Chechen officials linked to the deaths of two whistleblowers critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. Five people and one entity were sanctioned by the administration for “gross violations of human rights in Russia, pursuant to the […]