In today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc talk about former President Barack Obama, including his unlikability and growing irrelevance.  This interview has been slightly edited for clarity.  Sami Winc: Barack Obama this week has been in all sorts of news, not only in the news, […]

President Donald Trump has pulled it off again — despite the best efforts of the Democrats to force military families to go without in order to “win the shutdown.” NBC News confirmed late Thursday that Trump’s Department of War will pay troops on Friday in spite of the month-long shuttering of the federal government. This […]

Top O’ the Briefing Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Uzüuqyn never failed to wow with his International Meatball Rolodex and IKEA Dream soirées. OK, I know I haven’t done the Mailbag of Magnificence for a few weeks. After deciding to move it to Mondays, I keep forgetting […]

KYIV, Ukraine — The killer robots that have been staples of science fiction and Hollywood fantasy for decades are no longer imaginary — ruthlessly efficient AI-driven machines are meteing out death daily on the battlefields of Ukraine. More than three years into Russia’s brutal invasion of its neighbor, the war raging on Ukraine’s eastern plains is […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth voiced “serious concerns” about Chinese military activities in the region during his first face-to-face meeting Friday with his Chinese counterpart. “Secretary Hegseth highlighted the importance of maintaining a balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region,” the Pentagon said in a statement after the meeting with Adm. Dong […]