Commentary The Iranian dictatorship may be losing its grip on power. Consequently, its historical strategy of continuous but low-level attacks on U.S. interests in the Middle East may be changing into something more deadly. The Iran regime may be so desperate that it’s planning a spectacular attack, an Iranian Pearl Harbor, to induce the United […]

I’ve never been a die-hard advocate of local, organic food (I’ve even talked about the subject in my column). But there is one season when eating locally grown, organic produce is just plain easy—and also won’t cost your entire paycheck. That season is now: summertime!  This time of year, even my quaint, eight-stall farmers market […]

My husband, George, and I live in the idyllic town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Yep, that’s the actual name. It’s a European-style village perched on a hillside above Carmel Bay, filled with charming fairytale architecture, misty Pacific sea breeze, and about 3,000 residents. In downtown Carmel, there are no street lamps, no traffic lights, and most […]

Economy From sweeping tax reform to support for energy production, President Donald Trump’s pro-business policies have boosted the job market, set records in the stock market, and helped individuals and companies to thrive again. The economy hit the Trump administration’s 3 percent growth target in the second quarter of 2017 and in the second and […]

President Donald Trump, who canceled his planned 16-day Christmas trip to Florida because of the partial government shutdown, spoke to members of the U.S. Armed Forces from the Oval Office via video conference on Dec. 25, thanking them for their service and sacrifices. Trump spoke with members from all five military branches, stationed at posts […]

BASE CAMP DONNA, Texas—The number of U.S. troops at the border with Mexico may have peaked at about 5,800, the U.S. commander of the mission told Reuters, noting he would start looking next week at whether to begin sending forces home or perhaps shifting some to new border positions. The outlook by Lieutenant General Jeffrey […]

More than 650 illegal aliens have been detained in Arizona after crossing the border this week, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. The aliens were apprehended on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13. The groups were primarily Guatemalans and aren’t believed to be linked to the migrant caravans, the agency said in a news release. “The […]

Several hundred members of the lead migrant caravan have reached Tijuana, Mexico, and some scaled the fence on Nov. 13, crossing illegally into the United States before running back, according to Ralph DeSio, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). DeSio said the individuals ran back “without needing any intervention” from Border Patrol agents. […]

The U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense called for the cessation of hostilities in Yemen and for talks between opposing forces in a civil war that has raged on for over three years. “It is time to end this conflict, replace conflict with compromise, and allow the Yemeni people to heal through peace and reconstruction,” […]

BEIJING— China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defense minister said on Oct. 25. China has been infuriated by recent U.S. sanctions on its military, one of a growing number of flashpoints in Sino-U.S. ties […]

KABUL—The Oct. 20, parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar will be delayed by a week after the assassination of one of the country’s most powerful security chiefs dealt a stunning blow to the Western-backed government. General Abdul Razeq, the Kandahar police commander, was killed outside the provincial governor’s office on Thursday, when […]

KABUL—U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on Sept. 7 to meet the new commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan and discuss progress on talks with the Taliban, despite deteriorating security and turmoil within the Afghan government. The United States is a year into its latest attempt to step up pressure on the Taliban […]

OSLO—Norway, described by U.S. President Donald Trump as NATO’s “eyes and ears” in the north, recommitted itself to lifting its defense spending to meet NATO targets during talks on July 14 with Trump’s defense secretary. “Norway is committed to the two percent goal in NATO,” Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen told reporters in a prepared […]

Before U.S. Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis visited China this week, he had made strongly worded public remarks criticizing China’s growing military presence in the South China Sea. He was expected to discuss this and other tough diplomatic issues that have increased tensions between the United States and China. When he met with Chinese leader […]

The U.S. Army will soon switch its training doctrine back to warfighting and will drop its mandatory training programs on “political correctness” issues such as transgenderism, declaring that such training is now complete. The shift was outlined in a series of servicewide memorandums obtained by The Washington Times. They were allegedly approved by Army Secretary […]

A senior general representing China at a top international security forum said that his big regret is never having had a chance to fight in a war, according to a forum participant who recorded the general’s comments. The provocative statement comes at a time when the United States is urging Beijing to curb its aggressive […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has developed inroads into Australia and New Zealand, giving the regime a strong influence over local media, academia, business, and politics. That influence may jeopardize intelligence sharing with other democracies. The issue of CCP influence is now making headlines in Australia and New Zealand, after word spread of an April […]

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged top lawmakers shepherding a must-pass defense bill through Congress to include measures that would tighten oversight of foreign investment in the United States in hopes of hampering Chinese efforts to gain access to sensitive U.S. technology. In a letter dated May 11, which was seen by Reuters and has not […]

WASHINGTON–The United States is still unsure who directed an unprovoked attack on Feb. 7 on U.S. and U.S.-backed rebel forces at the Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday. He acknowledged accounts that Russian civilian contractors were involved. Reuters has reported that about 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked […]

ISLAMABAD—U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met Pakistan’s civilian and military leaders on Monday and urged them to “redouble” their efforts to rein in extremist groups accused of using the country as a base to carry out attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. Mattis, on a one-day visit to Pakistan, said the South Asian nation had made progress […]

The President of the United States has the authority to strike North Korea with a nuclear weapon without congressional approval if attacked or if an attack is imminent, two top U.S. officials said on Oct. 30. Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis said that the president has the responsibility to “protect the country.” Mattis said under […]

The threat from North Korea has grown to a “critical and imminent level” and the United States, Japan, and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday. Onodera’s remarks underscored the deep concern in Tokyo after North Korean weapons tests, including test firing […]

President Donald Trump has said that a denuclearized North Korea is the only option for the United States. In an effort to get North Korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons—something the regime has vowed not to do—the Trump administration is using diplomatic talks, economic sanctions, and the threat of military force. “The president has been […]

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Philippines—The threat from North Korea has grown to a “critical and imminent level” and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday. Onodera’s remarks underscored the deep concern in Tokyo after North Korean weapons tests, […]

The Chinese regime is building a comprehensive database of Taiwanese citizens that can help it identify targets to spy on or to recruit as agents against Taiwan, according to an expert. Peter Mattis, a China Program fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, said during a conference on Oct. 11 at the Jamestown Foundation that Taiwan has […]

President Donald Trump met with his national security and top military leaders to discuss military options against North Korea on Tuesday. The White House said in a statement that the president was provided with several military options against the North Korean regime. “The briefing and discussion focused on a range of options to respond to […]

The Pentagon is receiving an additional $440 million for its missile defense programs within the next few weeks, as the North Korean communist regime threatens nuclear strikes on the United States and its allies. The additional funds were approved with bipartisan support in the House and Senate. The additional funding was pushed through so that […]

South Korea launched missiles in a live-fire exercise against a simulated North Korean nuclear site. The show of force was meant to warn the rogue nation after its latest nuclear test. A South Korean surface-to-surface missile and a long-range air-to-ground missile took out targets in the Sea of Japan, according to Seoul military sources. The test site was […]

Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, and James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, appeared in a joint press conference in Washington, on June 21, after meeting with Chinese officials for a defense and diplomatic dialogue. The dialogue, which was agreed to earlier in April by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at the summit […]

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is presenting the White House with a plan to “rapidly defeat” the ISIS terrorist group, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. The strategy includes significant elements of the approach President Donald Trump inherited, while potentially deepening U.S. military involvement in Syria. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said Mattis provided the results of his 30-day […]