Mel Gurtov: On the brink in the Middle East
Israel’s planting of explosive material in pagers and walkie-talkies could be the forerunner to an invasion of southern Lebanon.
Israel’s planting of explosive material in pagers and walkie-talkies could be the forerunner to an invasion of southern Lebanon.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares led a 22-state coalition to encourage denial of requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought under the ATA.

Fabric manufacturer Shalag US will invest $16.6 million to open a new non-woven manufacturing and production facility in Mecklenburg County.
Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris is prepping people getting ready to tune in to Tuesday’s presidential debate for the torrent of lies that will come out of the mouth of ex-president Donald Trump.
More than 360 former student-athletes from the current 17 football-playing members of the ACC are listed on NFL rosters for Week 1 action.
Protests across Israel are intensifying as more dead hostages are recovered. An unidentified “senior official” in Netanyahu’s administration said there’s blood on the prime minister’s hands.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed HB 18 and SB 7 to expand criminal penalties against bigotry and close a serious gap in the code.
The “realist” worldview offers no clear path toward what the vast majority of the world’s people want—to go forward beyond the nuclear age and even beyond war itself.
A key section of the Project 2025 playbook was authored by none other than Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s main advisers who recently served time in jail.
Iran is the largest Middle Eastern country territorially, with a population of nearly 90 million, predominantly Shiite Muslims.
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