President Donald Trump said that the United States will decide "in the next probably 10 days" whether to strike Iran or reach a deal, as the Pentagon carries out a massive military buildup in the Middle East that includes aircraft carriers, warships, and hundreds of fighter jets.
"Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools—Again" is the headline over Thomas Friedman's latest column in the New York Times. I read the "again" part as an admission by Friedman that he's been writing the same column for decades. It's been consistently wrong, so the real "fools" are any remaining readers who take what he says seriously.
Prince George’s County, Md., was planning to evict hundreds of residents from the Marylander Condominiums on Thursday after vandalism from a nearby homeless encampment plunged the property into disrepair. Those plans were briefly put on hold at an emergency court hearing on Wednesday morning, when Maryland district court judge Bryon Bereano declined to sign an order authorizing the evictions.
Jasmine Crockett dared to be different. Now she's reaping the consequences. The congresswoman was bold enough to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas because representation matters. "What we need is for me to have a bigger voice," she declared with unfathomable courage.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) has appointed three officials who cofounded a Muslim group that blamed Israel for Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack to prominent roles in his administration. One of them is serving as Mamdani's head of faith-based partnerships, another as his chief of immigrant affairs, and the third as the leader of his judiciary advisory committee.
