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(Background) SCOTUS Police Office on April 1, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) / (L) Members of a U.S. Army carry team move the flag-draped transfer case holding remains of Army Pfc. Tyler R. Iubelt of Tamaroa, Illinois from injuries sustained from a suicide bomb attack at Bagram Airfield near Kabul in Afghanistan. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 6-3 decision to allow a lawsuit brought by a U.S. Army veteran injured in a 2016 Taliban suicide bombing to proceed, overturning a lower court dismissal. Wednesday’s majority opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson. In a rare unifying moment between some liberal and conservative justices, they agreed that military contractors can be held liable for state-based negligence and employee misconduct. The plaintiff, retired Army specialist Win...

US President Donald Trump speaks about research into mental health treatments in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard) US President Donald Trump  said he expects negotiations with Iran to begin as soon as Friday, with Pakistani sources saying talks could take place in 36 to 72 hours, the  New York Post  reported on Wednesday. The report mentioned that Trump, when asked via text message about the possibility of talks happening soon, said: “It’s possible! President DJT.” Late on Tuesday,  Trump announced on Truth Social  that he had decided to extend the temporary US-Iran ceasefire until Iranian officials submit a “unified proposal” for discussion. The decision to extend the ceasefire, which was set to expire on Wednesday, was made “based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured” and upon the request of Pakistani officials, Trump stated. Go to the full article ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pictured at the Presidential PAlace, Baabda, Lebanon, February 16, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) Israel and Lebanon will discuss a Lebanese proposal to extend their 10-day ceasefire and a halt to Israel’s demolition operations in villages and towns in the south of the country,  President Joseph Aoun  said on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the details. The Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States are set to meet on Thursday for a  second round of talks  between the two countries. The goal of the discussions is to advance the  disarmament of Hezbollah  and promote normalization between the two neighbors. Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Mouawad are set to return to the United States to meet at the State Department, after their first meeting last week, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio convening the sides. “It will be a significant extensi...

A large Iranian missile fragment found in an open area in central Israel, April 22, 2026. (photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE) Israeli civilians called the  Israel Police  after locating a large  missile  fragment in an open area near Ramat Hasharon, central Israel, on Wednesday. The fragment is believed to be from an interception during  Operation Roaring Lion , the police said. Police officers, including sappers and bomb disposal officers, were dispatched to the scene in order to handle the possibility of any unexploded ordnance. Israel Police  confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident and that the fragment posed no danger. Israeli civilians discovered a large missile fragment near Ramat Hasharon, believed to be from Operation Roaring Lion. Police confirmed no danger and urged public vigilance. Go to the full article > >

CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir in Israel, September 6, 2025 (photo credit: US CENTCOM) Although  US President Donald Trump  and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have made the ultimate war and ceasefire decisions regarding Iran,  The Jerusalem Post  now reveals the details and extent to which IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, and  CENTCOM  Chief Admiral Brad Cooper have been the next most dominant figures. In many ways, Zamir was key to convincing Caine and Cooper that such a war was feasible, such that they would support it, or at least not oppose it. Caine was then critical in convincing Trump that such a war was viable, even as the US chairman himself held doubts about significant aspects of the war, the  Post  understands. General Caine has also hovered over Trump's decisions to repeatedly announce unilateral ceasefires with Iran out of concern th...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to members of the press at Russell Senate Office Building March 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Senator Ted Cruz says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will shut the government down ahead of this year’s midterms. While speaking to  CNBC  on Tuesday, Cruz (R-Texas) said Schumer (D-N.Y.) is not hard to predict. He noted that he will likely force another shutdown when funding for the federal government expires on September 30 th . The Texas congressman also accused Schumer of pulling a similar stunt last year, when the government shutdown for 43 days. Cruz went on to bet $100 on his prediction and claimed Democrats could use another shutdown to strengthen their messaging.   “I will wager $100 that Schumer intends on Oct. 1 to do ...