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President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. would not attack Iran before November’s midterm elections.

The Iran War Hormuz and the Looming Economic Catastrophe The Trump administration is missing the bigger picture.

UK Special Coverage Is Kemi Badenoch Reviving Tory Class War?

Immigration How to Solve the ICE Manpower Problem Don’t listen to pro-amnesty Republicans.

The price of Brent crude oil, a key international benchmark, spiked Thursday to over $105 per barrel following reports that President Donald Trump could soon restart active hostilities against Iran.

The Iran War What ‘Winning the Battle of Hormuz’ Got Wrong The Strait was open before the war began.

UK Special Coverage Britain’s Home Secretary Signals She’ll Keep the Borders Open Shabana Mahmood aims to create “safe routes” for refugees.

Foreign Affairs Bring U.S.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the U.S. withdrew its bombers from the British Fairford air base over the weekend because of concerns about a potential Iranian drone attack.

The post TAC Right Now: Is Trump Winning the Hormuz Battle?

Economy Economy The Coming Age of Austerity Worrying about the fisc is uncool, but the alternatives may prove worse.

UK Special Coverage Burnham’s Big, Bad Speech Offered One Good Idea The prime minister highlighted real problems with elder care but ignored deeper crises.

Brazil Trump Gives Brazil’s Bolsonaro a Boost The administration has sought to influence elections in Latin America.

The Yemeni Houthis on Tuesday denied claims that Saudi-backed government forces had recaptured territory on the Red Sea coast.

Foreign Affairs On Foreign Policy, Marine Le Pen Outclasses France’s Mainstream The right-populist leader deserves scrutiny but offers clarity on Russia–Ukraine and Iran.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Taki Visits the Oracle Pythia doesn’t see anything good coming for Trump or the U.S. of A.

Uncategorized As Burnham Gains Support, Britain Keeps Going Backwards The Conservatives should become again the party of sound money and secure borders.

The internationally recognized government of Yemen pushed back Houthi territorial gains around the Bal al-Mandab, per the government-affiliated Saba news reported early Monday.

Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate, unexpectedly defeated the incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in an election Sunday but failed to secure a majority of the vote, setting up a runoff.

China Taiwan Isn’t the Flashpoint for War that Analysts Say It Is Washington and Beijing have managed the difficult issue much better than you might realize.

Politics Politics Hegseth’s Love of War Isn’t Conservative The secretary of defense has too much enthusiasm for something most humans would rather avoid—especially on the historical right.

Religion Hegseth and Huckabee Misuse the Bible We cannot Christianize America by militarizing its historic faith.

The Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government of Yemen announced Sunday it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all parts of the country controlled by the Houthis, a militant group and ally of Iran.

Politics Politics In Arkansas, the Good, the Brad, and the Ugly Mores about race have changed since the ’90s, but there is such a thing as overcorrection.

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Using AI-Generated Prose Hurts Your Career and the Whole Industry What do you think people are paying for?

Culture Culture Lessons From the Botched Tennessee Execution Why is incompetence given such free rein in the American justice system?

Senior Trump administration officials held a “highly unusual meeting” to discuss next moves in the Iran War and other regional matters, Axios reported Friday.

Russia Why Putin Is Threatening Nuclear War Over Kaliningrad Russia experts shed light on the Kremlin’s calculations.

Technology For Progressives, Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Oil Highly ideological liberal elites are conspiring to take over the AI safety field.

An aircraft carrier and roughly 10,000 troops are headed to the Middle East, per the Wall Street Journal, where they will join the two carriers and 50,000 servicemembers already deployed against Iran.

Ukraine Is Russia Planning an Attack on a NATO Country?

Foreign Affairs Ethiopia Goes Back to War The Trump administration should hope Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his government survive.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Glimmers of Hope in the Hormuz?

President Donald Trump has said an Iranian peace proposal delivered last week is “not good enough” and that it’s “possible” he’ll ramp up bombing after the midterm elections in November.

Ukraine For Ukrainians, a Bad Peace Beats a Worsening War Kiev’s effort to ramp up pressure on Moscow has led to an intolerable situation at home.

UK Special Coverage UK Special Coverage Burnham Takes Risky Gamble on Pension Reform Will breaking the “triple lock” remedy Britain’s fiscal woes?

Politics It’s the Iran War, Stupid Voters want fewer wars and more deportations—and always get the opposite.

Luke Nicastro talks to the Aspen Institute’s Yameen Huq about the new White House AI Accord, concerns about AI risk, and how the issue is playing politically in the midterms and beyond.

An Iranian government spokeswoman said that Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi presented an American counterproposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz at a Wednesday cabinet meeting.

Consumer confidence fell in September amid worsening concerns about high energy costs and general inflation, according to a monthly survey by The Conference Board published Tuesday.

Politics Why a Hegseth Impeachment Terrifies the GOP It’s not just the political embarrassment.

Uncategorized Europe’s Establishment Is Embracing War—and Losing Voters It falls to alternative parties like Germany’s AfD to push for peace.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Israel’s Policies Are Dangerous and Self-Defeating For all the failures of “peace-processing,” the new phase of aggression does not make Israel safer.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday the Islamic Republic is waiting for a formal U.S. response to an Iranian ceasefire plan proposed last week.

Politics If Trump Had Been More Like Massie, He Might Be Winning the Midterms On many issues, the Kentucky congressman stuck with the position that ultimately proved more popular.

Uncategorized Yes, the Iran War Has Destroyed Trump’s Presidency But the devil is in the details.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs In the UK, the Charlies Fight While the Commonwealth Schemes for Their Money While the upper classes bicker, former colonies are preparing a great shakedown.

President Trump said Sunday that he anticipated U.S. and Iranian negotiators would continue talks on the war this week, following his reported rejection of an Iranian proposal over the weekend.

The U.S. and China agreed to a $60 billion trade deal, according to a Sunday announcement from the Office of the U.S.