After Hosni Mubarak became president of Egypt in 1981, his government maintained a close relationship with the United States. Over the following decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) would become increasingly involved in reforming Egypt's...
A rumored Putin Trump Xi summit sounds like diplomatic fireworks, but the bigger story is what it reveals about power and leverage as Ukraine’s position weakens. Larry Johnson joins me to parse the Reuters report, the shifting tone coming out of Washington, and the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to resume US-mediated negotiations with Ukraine, according to a senior Kremlin aide. Separately, Ukraine has floated the possibility of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump, and President Volodymyr Zelensky. Kiev...
The Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered restrictions on Ukraine's use of Starlink, limiting the speed at which terminals could travel while maintaining connectivity. However, Musk disputed the suggestion that SpaceX independently decided to...
The UK and Egypt have pledged defensive support for Saudi Arabia amid its war against Ansar Allah in Yemen. However, both countries said they would not conduct offensive operations against the group, which controls Yemen's most populous regions. On Wednesday, Egyptian...
The standard is the olive drab variant of Chesterton’s Fence. Captain Kristen M. Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye L. Haver made history on August 21, 2015, as the first two women to graduate from Ranger School under incredibly fake conditions. They were part of an...
When one of my acquaintances expressed his enthusiasm for Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s October 7 speech from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece—seeing it as the de facto launching of a presidential campaign—I thought to watch the talk in its entirety. It was worth...
Piers Morgan recently said on his program of Russian President Vladimir Putin, “I do think he's the nearest thing to a modern day Hitler…” Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton had something to say about that. “You know what?” Horton said. “Noriega's Hitler and...
South Korea said it would retaliate against North Korea if it continues its provocations. The statement followed Pyongyang threatening to deploy tactical strike weapons to its southern border. “Now the situation of the southern border is very unstable,” Kim Yo Jong,...
Download Audio. Scott brings Larry Johnson back on the show to talk about all the Middle East news they couldn’t get to last week. They discuss the Iran war and the status of Iran’s nuclear program, Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Saudi’s escalating...
