When President Donald Trump triumphantly unveiled his Venezuela gambit at Mar-a-Lago last weekend, the usual suspects crowded the stage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio beamed with hawkish pride. Pete Hegseth, the newly minted Secretary of War, stood at attention. Intelligence chiefs hovered near a tactical map. Even Stephen Miller lurked with a proprietary smirk.But one […]
It wasn’t exactly a “Come to Jesus” moment, but it might have been the closest thing Democrats have had since 2016. In the well-manicured backyard of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy—complete with hedge-sculpted virtue and Chardonnay socialism—Barack Hussein Obama, the once and forever liberal messiah, had something sacramental to say: Toughen up.The setting was genteel, […]
The Trump of TikTok—Minus the Tan In a political shocker that would make Mar-a-Lago jealous, 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani has defeated Andrew Cuomo to win the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. Armed not with a party machine but a ring light, Mamdani channelled the Trump playbook—minus the racism, plus the rent freeze—and turned […]
File photo: Rep Shri Thanedar (Picture credit: AP) Indian-origin Rep Shri Thanedar’s bid to impeach US President Donald Trump collapsed on Wednesday after fierce resistance from within his own party. The Michigan Democrat, who filed seven articles of impeachment in April, said he was backing off from forcing a House vote, opting instead to revise […]
The BJP-led Union government has performed a stunning pivot on the question of the caste census. After years of remaining ambivalent on the issue—and even deriding the idea as divisive—Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government now says it will enumerate the nation’s myriad castes in the much delayed decadal census. The unexpected turn is the result […]
