Newt Gingrich, Watching the deliberate, determined partisan negotiating strategies of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, I was reminded of my own experience in the budget negotiations of 1990. President George H. W. …
Read morePresident Reagan’s Negotiating Lesson for President Trump
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed resuming peace negotiations with the Palestinians but with the initial focus on identifying those Jewish settlements that Israel would keep and be allowed to expand, an Israeli official said …
Read moreNetanyahu offers to resume peace talks with settlement focus, official says
Ed Morrissey, What exactly has the P5+1 group won in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program? Barack Obama and John Kerry both insist that the framework for the deal ensures verification of compliance on …
Read moreKhameini: Yeah, those nuclear inspections won’t be happening
A souring economy has curdled the American consumer’s mood. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index for May plunged to 88.6, the lowest since October, from 95.9 the prior month. It was weaker than even …
Read moreEconomics: Consumer Sentiment Plunge Lowers Odds of U.S. Growth Rebound
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is staying mum on whether she supports legislation to give President Obama broad authority in global trade deals, amid calls for her influential support and even as congressional Democrats now …
Read moreAs Senate Dems move to back Obama trade deal, Clinton takes heat for staying on sidelines
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts. The evening ceremony in the …
Read moreEmbattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have rounded up more than two-dozen Hamas supporters on West Bank college campuses for interrogation in recent weeks. A Hamas-aligned student group won an April 22 student council election at …
Read morePalestinian Authority Cracks Down on Hamas Supporters on West Bank College Campuses