ISRAEL STRIKES BACK: Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader involved in cease-fire negotiations with Israel, was killed in what is assumed to be an Israeli airstrike while in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president.   Both Hamas and Iran blame …

COURTING CHANGE: With the Supreme Court appearing to be increasingly politicized … and corrupt … President Biden yesterday proposed legislation that would impose an 18-year term limit on the justices and an enforceable code of ethics.   He also called for a constitutional …

THE WAR ROOM: Israel faces the prospect of war on a new front after a rocket attack launched out of Lebanon killed 12 children and young adults in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The rocket hit an AstroTurf soccer field in a …

DEGREES OF SEPARATION: New polling shows that after only five days of campaigning for president, Vice President Kamala Harris is trailing Donald Trump within the margin for error in five crucial states and is tied in one of them.   In polling by …

OFF TRACK: Three vital lines of the French train system were crippled in the middle of the night by a series of arson attacks that left travelers stranded hours before the grand opening ceremonies for the Paris Olympics. Train service is …

THE LONG GOODBYE:  Without addressing doubts about his health and acuity that forced his withdrawal from seeking a second term, Biden said, “I revere this office. But I love my country more.”   Bracketed by family photos sitting at the …

KAMALA RUNNING: Vice President Kamala Harris has hit the ground running. Only two days after being passed the Democratic torch, she’s campaigning without missing a step.   Harris told cheering voters in Wisconsin, “I am so very honored and I pledge to you …

KAMALA RUNNING: Vice President Kamala Harris came out running yesterday, running for president. Appearing at President Biden’s former Delaware headquarters in front of newly-printed signs that said simply “KAMALA,” the Vice President vowed to make her campaign about “two different visions …

AFTER BIDEN: The Democratic party went into an immediate scramble to pull itself together after President Biden bowed to the acrimonious effort to get him to abandon his race for re-election.   No sitting American president has dropped out of the race …

REALITY BITES: President Biden is defying mounting calls within the Democratic party for him to quit the presidential race. As many as 30 members of the House and Senate have spoken up. From various reports it seems that allies and associates are …