With the global tide turning against him, the US president’s lame duck status could still aggravate old tensions and spark new explosions It was a victory for the world, too. People in the many countries that suffered pain, loss and cruel indignities at the hands of Donald Trump over the past two chaotic, fearful years celebrated a moment of glorious, shared redemption. The monster, like others of his kind, still lurks in his gilded White House lair; far-right authoritarianism still casts a dark shadow over many nations. But the power of this most destructive of presidents is shattered , his malignant spell broken. The triumphant roar of US midterm voters was a rallying cry of democratic defiance that, echoing the American revolution of 250 years ago, reverberated around the globe. For Iranians, Trump’s electoral humiliation raised hopes, perhaps misplaced, that his murderous war of choice against Tehran’s oppressive regime may soon cease . In Israel, many among the majority who voted for change last week will welcome the humbling of the foremost supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu’s as-yet-unvanquished extremist coalition. Ukrainians voiced optimism that a Democratic-controlled Congress will curb the sickening appeasement of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In Europe, the beginning of the end of the Trump era brought a sense of relief – and hope that toxic transatlantic relations can be drained of Maga poison. Continue reading...
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The war will only end by returning to the first objective Trump dropped from his list: the collapse of the fanatical, barbaric Tehran regime.
Democrats’ Senate victory means President Trump for the first time will lose a glide path to nominate judges and Supreme Court justices. Pressure had grown on conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to retire, but they show no sign of imminently stepping down. And Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is already signaling…
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius expects a decision on the formation of a new air combat partnership to jointly build a next-generation fighter jet by the end of March 2027, following the scrapping of the Franco-German FCAS project earlier this year.
Mayor-elect Raman says she will cut homelessness in half by 2028, end it by 2030. Can she deliver?
Many congressional races remain uncalled, but it is clear that Democrats will end up with solid majorities in both chambers. To the victors go the spoils, and chief among them are committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives and Senate. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is expected to become chairman of the potent House Oversight and […]
Senior British politicians and officials highlight potential to end Iran war but warn US president is not yet ‘a spent force’ Andy Burnham was having dinner at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua when the results of the US midterm elections started rolling in. UK government officials in the Caribbean with the prime minister scrolled through their phones with growing incredulity as the scale of the Republicans’ defeat became clear. Continue reading...
The president’s announcement comes days after an earlier attack on Iran was made public, and as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have accelerated Donald Trump has said the US military on Friday carried out a new round of limited strikes on Iran, targeting an air defence system, describing the action as “minor.” Iranian state media reported the sound of two explosions in the Suza area of Qeshm Island, which is in the strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway for oil shipments that has been disrupted since the beginning of the US war on Iran in February. Continue reading...
Vice President JD Vance and Gulf allies are advising Trump to end the war, but other advisers are making the case for renewed attacks.
Vice President Vance has spent the past two weeks personally involved in indirect talks with Iran aimed at reaching a new ceasefire and resuming nuclear negotiations, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Why it matters: Vance's heavy involvement shows he's taking it upon himself to extract the U.S. from a conflict he blamed for the GOP's staggering losses in this week's election. It also elevates the latest round of indirect talks to the highest levels of the administration. The big picture: U.S. officials and regional sources say that for now Trump is willing to let diplomatic efforts play out and wants to see if any kind of deal is possible. "We're talking to them," Trump told reporters on Friday, when asked what his message to Iran was. But if he changes his mind and orders renewed strikes, the U.S. military is ready to launch strikes on a relatively short timetable. Behind the scenes: Vance has been speaking almost daily to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and other mediators about the negotiations with Iran, sources with direct knowledge said. White House envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner are also involved. Vance and Qatari and Pakistani mediators have been discussing the possibility of a working-level technical meeting between the U.S. and Iran in the coming days, but it hasn't materialized yet, the sources said. The vice president's office declined to comment. Catch up quick: Vance was the most skeptical voice in Trump's inner circle about the war before it began at the end of February, advocating instead for a diplomatic solution. He led the U.S. negotiating team to an April summit on Iran in Islamabad, and he was personally involved in talks that led to the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) in June. Vance then led the U.S. delegation to a round of direct talks with Iran in Switzerland, which ended wit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized the end of U.S. military aid to the Jewish state as a mutual agreement between allies, as officials wait to see who stands to benefit from the new era of “partnership and mutual investment.” Netanyahu’s office reacted Friday to President Donald Trump’s cut to U.S. military aid, a dramatic […]
South Africa’s African National Congress party, which has held nearly unchallenged power since the end of apartheid in 1994, is on track for a historic loss of support in this week’s election. The post Early Election Results Show South African Voters Abandoning the Socialist ANC appeared first on Breitbart .
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Friday, readers! We made it to the end of another busy week in politics. If you are in the D.C. area this weekend, Adams Morgan will be holding its Fall PorchFest, which will include more than 100 bands and 20 stages hosting live music throughout the neighborhood. Learn […]
During the summer, the U.S. and Iran agreed to an initial 14-point memorandum of understanding that, if finalized, could have brought a permanent end to the hostilities.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes a Democratic push to repeal U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada after their sweeping midterm victory
European nations want Russia to halt its war against Ukraine before entertaining any talk of the Kremlin’s concerns about the continent’s broader security architecture, people familiar with the matter said, a stance that risks putting them at odds with the US over the best way to end the conflict.
After years of lagging sales and multiple high-profile recalls, Elon Musk announced on Friday that Tesla will start closing out production of the Cybertruck in 2027. The announcement marks the end of the road for a vehicle that became synonymous with the politics and aesthetics of MAGA: brutal, aggressive, and in-your-face. “Tesla will be winding […]
US presidents have often focused more on foreign policy toward the end of their terms, especially when Congress has fallen under the full control of the opposing party. That’s because they have broad powers over war and diplomacy, areas in which Congress has limited ways to constrain them.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to Donald Trump during his first term, called the US midterm results "the beginning of the end" for Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party. Democrats regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this week, marking the Republicans' worst performance since the 1974 elections in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
Senate Republican candidate John Sununu says President Trump deserves much of the blame for Republicans’ blowout losses in Tuesday’s election, which will give Democrats their biggest Senate and House majorities in years. Sununu in an interview with SiriusXM’s “The John Kasich Show” said Trump’s inability to end the months-long conflict with Iran and his failure…
IN THE GOP, A NEW 2028 RACE. Midterm elections are traditionally seen as the start of the next presidential contest. But this year, the Democratic wave might be seen as the end of one 2028 race and the beginning of another. The sheer size of the Republican defeat left party supporters going through a heavily […]
Republicans’ midterm elections wipeout puts President Donald Trump in a new situation from what he’s faced over his cumulative nearly six years in office — negotiate with a combined Democratic Congress or further test the constitutional limits of executive power. Trump and Republicans actually on the ballot this year were on the business end of […]
House Majority PAC President Mike Smith said Democrats’ gains are “on the very high end” of the group’s expectations.
The first oil tankers scheduled to deliver Russian diesel to the US under a deal between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have changed course and are no longer heading toward the US coast. It spells the end of an agreement announced with great fanfare before the midterms.
After Democrats swept the midterms, Jon Stewart called on the party to end its seniority system and urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to step down.
“In the end,” wrote Goethe, in the single most depressing line in European literature, “we are all King Lear.” President Donald Trump has been at it for longer than most, spending his second term raging impotently at domestic and foreign enemies. “I shall do such things, what they are yet I know not, but they […]
Sweden’s far right made a push to end two months of political deadlock that established parties have been unable to break.
The US and Iran are moving closer to a potential breakthrough in efforts to end the war, with Tehran showing a willingness to discuss issues related to its nuclear program that were previously off the table, according to a diplomat with knowledge of the talks.
In American politics, even presidential power has its limits. And now, the laws of political gravity may finally be catching up with Donald Trump's hyper-aggressive exercise of executive authority. Following what political scientist Ian Bremmer describes as the most consequential electoral reversal for a governing party in more than half a century, the founder and CEO of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media argues that the United States has entered a new political phase: the beginning of the end of Trump's ability to dominate the political agenda, at home and on the world stage.
If Trump doesn’t end the war, Congress will.
In September, Vice President JD Vance resisted calling the conflict in Iran a war. “I wouldn’t call it a war,” he told reporters when asked whether it would end before the midterms. Major combat operations, he explained, had lasted about six weeks. After Republicans lost the midterms, his terminology became considerably more convenient. “The reason ...
In American politics, the possession of presidential power does not necessarily guarantee the capacity to exercise it. Few contemporary leaders have embodied this contradiction as dramatically as Donald Trump. Following what political scientist Ian Bremmer describes as the most consequential electoral reversal for a governing party in more than half a century, the founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media argues that the United States has entered a new political phase: the beginning of the end of Trump's capacity to dominate the domestic and international agenda. In this wide-ranging interview with France 24, Bremmer revisits his provocative thesis that America has already reached "peak Trump." Far from suggesting that the president has become powerless, he contends that his authority is increasingly constrained by congressional opposition, Republican discontent, unpopular foreign policy decisions and the growing awareness among international leaders that the present administration has a limited political horizon. The historical reversal is, in Bremmer's account, extraordinary: "Trump back in 2024 engineered for himself the biggest political comeback in American political history. And now, only two years later, the biggest loss in 50 years." At the heart of his analysis lies a fundamental distinction between institutional authority and political influence. Trump remains commander-in-chief, retains the instruments of executive government and continues to command extraordinary media attention. Yet Bremmer argues that the president's ability to translate those advantages into effective political outcomes is diminishing. The consequences, he suggests, extend far beyond Washington. From the war in Iran and the unresolved conflict in Ukraine to the future of transatlantic relations, America's allies and adversaries are beginning to adjust their strategic calculations to a post-Trump political landscape. As Bremmer puts it: "Those foreign leaders will start to engage more w
Teachers, transport employees and other union workers walked off the job on Thursday, joining massive nationwide protests over wages and the cost of living. Ramy Inocencio reports from Paris, France.
"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Greg Allen, Founder & CEO of Decision Tree Research, says AI data-center projects already underway are unlikely to be disrupted by growing political scrutiny and will bring tens of gigawatts of new compute capacity online over the next 18 months. Rep. Subramanyam (D-VA) says Democrats want to prevent the data-center industry from steamrolling communities by building near homes and schools or making residents bear higher power costs. (Source: Bloomberg)
The six-day pause from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky comes as the administration ramps up efforts to secure an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
President Trump said after meeting with his national security advisers Thursday that he'll soon decide whether to resume all-out war in Iran now that the midterms are over. Why it matters: The election was seen as an inflection point for Trump on whether to unleash a new wave of bombing to try to bring the war to an end. The president, at least for now, is considering three options: launch new strikes, continue to strangle Iran's regime economically or cut a deal that includes significant concessions to the Iranians. On Thursday, Trump and his top national security advisers met on Iran for the first time since the election, as part of his weekly intelligence briefing, two U.S. officials said. What he's saying: "Now we will make a decision," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Do we want to go further" with strikes to ensure Iran's nuclear program is dead and that "it will never happen again?" he added. "I would rather not destroy the rest of the country if possible, but maybe I will have to. You'll know soon enough." State of play: As Trump weighs his next move, there was a flurry of diplomatic activity on Thursday, including multiple phone calls between Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and regional mediators from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman and Egypt. The Qatari mediators continued discussions with the Iranians and the White House about a draft proposal calling for the two sides to take a series of steps over two days to build mutual confidence toward a broader deal. On the first day, the U.S. would lift its naval blockade and release some Iran's frozen funds. In return, Iran would issue an official invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency to send inspectors to bombed nuclear sites, based on an agreement reached in Cairo a year ago, regional sources say. On the second day, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, after which nuclear talks would resume, focusing on Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The big picture: The sec
Stocks nosedived on Thursday, one day after rallying on the heels of Democrats’ resounding midterm victories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled by more than 2,100 points from the opening bell and closed down by 1,833 points relative to the end of trading on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were respectively down by…
LIV Gold is no more after filing for bankruptcy and revealing that lawyers intend to liquidate the enterprise, and dumping "LIV 2.0." The post LIV Golf Comes to an End After Bankruptcy Filing appeared first on Breitbart .
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser said he intended to stick with the administration to the end.
The Treasury Department announced Opportunity Zone designations Thursday, fulfilling final regulations after the zones were permanently renewed in the 2025 Working Families Tax Cut legislation. The post Treasury Department Announces Opportunity Zone Designations appeared first on Breitbart .
'This'll be over by August, by the end of August. And we'll have two months before the midterm elections for gas prices to come down and for Americans to sense victory.'
The US midterm results showed how unpopular Donald Trump's Iran war is. Now, Gulf countries, trapped for months in the middle of the war between the US and Iran, see reason for optimism.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday moved to empty the state’s death row, announcing he would commute all 548 death sentences to life in prison without parole, sparing inmates, including serial killers and child murderers, from execution. As he approaches the end of his final term, Newsom announced plans to use his clemency powers in ...
European regulators and NGOs are pushing their domestic speech laws and surveillance onto the American internet. But there's a way to fight back.
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher argued that President Donald Trump didn’t lose the midterm elections because of the war in Iran itself, but because he failed to bring it to an end, contributing to economic turmoil across the U.S. “The midterms were not lost because of Iran,” Doescher said on Newsmax’s The Right […]
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) on Thursday said he was in support of President Trump’s recent plan to stop aid to Israel. “I agree with him on that,” El-Sayed said on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.” “I don’t think that we should be continuing to subsidize a foreign military that has done the worst things with our…
Samuel Alito confirmed he has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court, but analysts warn the GOP may not control the Senate for six years.
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) said Wednesday that there is going to be a tough battle to end President Trump’s tariffs when Democrats take over Congress. “The president’s policies, without any resistance from the Republicans, have directly led to increasing prices. Life is much less affordable under this president, starting with these tariffs,” Stanton told NewsNation’s…
Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson, a Democrat, says he will end the state’s practice of suing out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion medication to Texas patients, marking a stark departure from the enforcement strategy of outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton. Johnson’s announcement follows a historic blue wave in the Lone Star State, where voters […]