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After four days of looking like a rabbit in the headlights, embattled Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, finally started to act like a national leader willing to do what’s right. Yesterday, Labor’s Albanese announced his government’s response to a plan to combat anti-Semitism proposed by his hand-picked special envoy on anti-Semitism, Jewish community leader Jillian
Russia started the war on Ukraine, so Russia should pay for the damage it has wrought. Such was Volodymyr Zelensky’s forceful message to European leaders last night as he pleaded for a “reparations loan” backed by the €190 billion ($222 billion) of Russian Central Bank capital frozen in a Belgian clearing bank since Putin’s full-scale
“On the tax front,” says Mitt Romney, “it’s time for rich people like me to pay more.” It’s always slightly annoying for regular Americans when squillionaires announce that people like them ought to be contributing more to the Treasury. (Nobody’s stopping you from writing a big cheque, Mitt!) But Romney’s intervention in today’s New York Times is
President Donald Trump has reopened the healthcare debate with a mix of ideas that do not align. He has pledged to “terminate” Obamacare, then signaled openness to extending ACA subsidies, then endorsed personal freedom accounts that would send money directly to individuals. These proposals represent very different diagnoses of what is wrong with American health
The 22nd Amendment leaves open several possible ways a two-term president could serve all or part of a third term without being elected. The text of that amendment, as ratified, prohibits a two-term president from “being elected” to a third term, but it doesn’t prohibit him from “serving,” “acting” or “holding” that office. Indeed, the
“Here ve go again” says Melania Trump to the camera at the start of the new trailer for MELANIA – a feature documentary on the First Lady from Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Studios. This House of Cards-style breaking of the fourth wall seems to promise a certain intrigue in the movie to come. The trailer, which is soundtracked an Amadeus-esque orchestral
The president Trump stood at a White House lectern and angrily listed his accomplishments
It’s been three days since the jihad against innocent Jews at Sydney’s Bondi beach. A nation’s grief is swiftly turning to anger and Australia’s prime minister is floundering. As more is learned about the father-and-son killers who took 15 lives and wounded many more, questions are piling up. How did the father enter the country?
As a mighty US armada bobs in the Caribbean off the shores of Venezuela, President Trump just addressed the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. With characteristic delicacy and understatement, he outlined the accomplishments of the first 11 months of his second term in office, lightly criticized his predecessor and cautiously opined
Boris Johnson has urged European leaders to hand $247 billion of frozen Russian central bank assets to Ukraine – but says he fears they “lack the courage” to do so, in an interview with The Spectator. The former British prime minister also warned that Trump is at risk of “morally polluting” himself if he caves
What exactly is the “platinum security guarantee” that Donald Trump is pushing Volodymyr Zelensky to accept? While the full details remain confidential, the deal is described as an “Article 5 style” guarantee after the clause in NATO’s charter that states that “an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all
The FBI Director went on Katie Miller’s podcast with his girlfriend
Ahmed’s cousin, Mustafa, said Ahmed saw an opportunity to tackle the shooter
What else explains his insensitive rant about the late Rob Reiner?
The US has instead turned over control of your dust bunnies to a company based in Shenzen
The 30-year-old president of France’s National Rally said he agrees ‘for the most part’ with Trump’s bleak outlook for Europe
The unhinged hatred for the world’s only Jewish state has reanimated a medieval-like loathing for the Jewish people
The victory of Jose Antonio Kast confirms Latin America’s shift to the right
The Mayor-elect’s transition team plans to change the city
Putin has expressed ‘solidarity with the Venezuelan people’
Holding elections in war-torn Ukraine will be no easy task
The Trump Gold Card is here – but will it turn out to be a generous propaganda gift for Democrats?
Scientists no longer have to mouth DEI shibboleths to garner funding
Losing its ability to win on the ground, the regime is now resorting to unconventional aerial attacks on civilians
The Spectator has got a hold of a new protocol used to screen visitors from 40 countries
He needs to show he is still in charge going into the midterms after recent setbacks
The online world is dangerous for under-16s, but barring them could be unwise and unworkable
Somali Americans in Minnesota have falsely claimed funds meant to feed low-income children
Bear hugs and kind words are not enough
Piers took on a prosecutorial mode, but Nick Fuentes made no attempt to hide his beliefs
The President hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and joked about changing its name
His solo trip to the UK in September demonstrated that he’s capable of conducting a quasi-royal visit by himself
For Pyongyang, any opportunity to expound its anti-American worldview is worth taking
Trump is right to warn against mass immigration and the Islamification of Europe