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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video Sunday thanking President Donald Trump profusely for his help in what seemed a pointed and deliberate contrast to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s behavior. There were other reasons for the address: as Breitbart News reported, Trump had just expedited the delivery of $4 billion in arms (in contrast to President Joe Biden), and had offered a proposal for extending the Gaza ceasefire. But the subtext was unmistakable. On Friday, Zelensky confronted the President and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office itself, in a display that offended many Americans and that struck...

SAN JOSE -- A raid staged at a San Jose home was the latest attempt by Santa Clara and federal authorities to find the source of a blinding laser beam that is being flashed into the cockpits of commercial aircrafts trying to land in the Bay Area. Serge Palanov, a spokesman from the Santa Clara Sheriff's Department, said deputies searched a home near Cambrian Village -- about seven miles south of San Jose's Mineta International Airport -- on Monday. The search did not find any evidence of the laser. "We received several calls from the FAA and also from some...

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)[1] has sponsored all general election presidential debates since 1988. We always question the way these debates are set up, but never mind that for the moment; there are more important things to talk about this year. For instance, as usual, there is no "balance" to the debates this year. The first presidential debate is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the University of Miami and is to deal with domestic policy. The third debate is scheduled for Oct. 13 at Arizona State University and the topic is foreign affairs. The second debate is more interesting,...