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  ‘Dog Rape’ New York Times Columnist Delivers Another Dud as Harvard Prepares to Honor Him

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  Nicholas Kristof, the Israeli-dog-rape fantasizing New York Times columnist whose father fought on the Nazi side in World War II and wrote a letter to the Times defending a Vichy war criminal, is back to his old tricks, with a new column that distorts reality about Judea and Samaria while also conceding that even getting rid of Prime Minister Netyanyahu won’t satisfy Kristof or other bitter critic

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  DOJ secures indictment of 17 Iranians accused of 'massive' cyber theft campaign

  Aug 18, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  The Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed an indictment charging 17 Iranian nationals with targeting American and foreign institutions via a cyber theft campaign on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The 14-count indictment charges 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that has allegedly conducted a “coordinated campaign of cyber...

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  Israel defends strike on Syria as U.S. frustration with Bibi grows

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Axios(Lean left)

  Israel told the Trump administration its recent attack on a Syrian airbase was aimed at preventing a Turkish military buildup in the area, U.S. and Israeli officials said. Why it matters: The unusual strike exacerbated tensions in the region between three close U.S. partners, just as the Trump administration is trying to prevent further escalation. Trump sees his approach to Ahmed al-Sharaa's gove

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  US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures

  Aug 18, 2026 ·BBC News(Center)

  The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the international court "brick by brick".

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  Hating Israel Fatigue

  Aug 18, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

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  Some U.S. Allies Are Selling Out To China

  Aug 18, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  A new report reveals a growing divide among U.S. allies over China. Titled Stars and Stragglers , the report from Polaris National Security examined 20 countries across technology infrastructure, economic policy, military cooperation, and diplomatic positions. “This report qualitatively assesses which U.S. allies and partners are doing the most to help or hinder America’s efforts to counter China’

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  Trump's Syria envoy says Israeli air strikes on base ‘unnecessary escalation’

  Aug 18, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Tom Barrack, President Trump's U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Tuesday condemned Israeli air strikes on a Syrian air base as an "unnecessary escalation." Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur base's runway and storage facilities, Syria's state-run Ekhbariya news outlet reported, according to Reuters. A military...

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  UN inspectors visit undeclared Syrian nuclear sites for first time

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Axios(Lean left)

  UN inspectors this week visited several undeclared Assad-era Syrian nuclear sites for the first time — including some used to store nuclear material. Why it matters: The inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi and his team came after diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration, first reported by Axios , that produced understandings with both Syria

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  The Jason Arday Scandal Is Even Worse Than You Think

  Aug 18, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Black Londoners and other Leftists did not take to the streets in large numbers following the murder of Henry Nowak, a white college student who was butchered on the sidewalk late last year in Southampton by a foreigner, only for the police to mock him as he took his dying breaths. Nor did black Londoners and other Leftists hold massive demonstrations after a disabled white guy was nearly beheaded

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  Congress Is Trying To Give Trump More Tariff Powers. He Wants Even More.

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  President Donald Trump has made a habit of recklessly using—and often overstepping —the many tariff powers granted to the presidency. Now, Congress is preparing to give him even more unilateral authority to tax imports. Those new powers are tucked inside a bipartisan bill that cleared the Senate earlier this month . Ostensibly, the bill is meant to tighten sanctions against Russia and Iran, but it

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  Ukraine Must Defeat the Culture of Soviet Corruption

  Aug 18, 2026 ·National Review(Right)

  The country survived decades in the Soviet Union but learned all the wrong lessons.

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  Kanye West announces tour dates in Russia

  Aug 18, 2026 ·BBC News(Center)

  The musician would be the first major Western artist to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

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  Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist, McGovern Campaign Aide

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  The federal judge who has dismissed a series of antisemitism cases—by the Trump administration against Harvard, by Jewish students at MIT , and by a Harvard Business School student, Yoav Segev , who was assaulted by anti-Israel protesters—turns out to have his own history as a student anti-Israel and anti-war activist. The judge, Richard Gaylore Stearns, also found in a separate case that "Harvard

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  Foreign Policy Magazine Becomes Mouthpiece for Qatar, Spouting Anti-Israel Views and Denouncing US Iran Policy: Publication Has Financial Ties to Gulf State

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  Foreign Policy , the influential Washington-based publication, has financial ties to the State of Qatar, according to a Washington Free Beacon review. Doha's patronage raises red flags about the magazine's coverage of issues like the Iran war, Israel's operations in Gaza, and other areas where Qatar is using its vast wealth to influence American foreign policy. Foreign Policy , which calls itself

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  Socialist insurgency storms Trump’s backyard, with pro-Israel Democrats in crosshairs

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  The high-stakes battle between the left wing and the center-left establishment over the future of the Democratic Party takes the spotlight Tuesday in Florida, where a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) faces a more moderate incumbent Democrat who supports Israel. After attention-grabbing left-wing victories this month by Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flan

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  Jeffries: Trump administration must protect Palestinians from ‘lawbreaking settlers’

  Aug 18, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday urged the Trump administration to tell Israel to protect Palestinians being attacked by "lawbreaking settlers" in the West Bank. "The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough," Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. "The Trump administration must...

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  Trump Doubles Down on Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Territory

  Aug 18, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  If you voted for the Republican ticket because it promised a restrained foreign policy, I have some bad news for you.

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  U.S. envoy to Syria condemns Israeli strikes on country

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  The Syrian Civil War came to a swift conclusion early last year, when rebel forces under the control of Ahmed Al-Sharaa stormed out of the northwestern Idlib province and took Damascus in a swift offensive.

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  Rubio announces sanctions against International Criminal Court president, top ICC lawyer

  Aug 18, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  The secretary claimed the ICC was stepping outside its jurisdiction because the United States is not bound by the 2002 Rome Statute, which established the international court to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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  Trump’s South Korea move rattles foreign policy world

  Aug 17, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  President Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea is being met with derision from Democrats and fears from other allies who are already worried over the president’s past willingness to toss aside longtime defense commitments. Trump said it was too late to fully cancel what he called expensive and provocative joint exercises...