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Jan 16, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
A prisoner exchange and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was reached Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced. But, after “many months of intensive diplomacy” between the U.S., Egypt, and Qatar, the deal they devised would require Israel to give away the farm, leaving them no leverage to ensure that all their hostages are safely returned. “It’s a terrible deal for Israel,” complained Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
theiowastandard.com | Joshua Arnold
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
The U.S. federal deficit rang in at $711 billion for the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, according to the monthly statement the U.S. Treasury Department released Tuesday. Such deficit spending, which surpassed 65% of federal receipts so far this year ($1.083 trillion), is totally unsustainable, but Congress has yet to figure out how to stop it.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
As deadly wildfires rage on around Los Angeles, more revelations have come to light revealing the “domino effect of missteps” by state and local officials. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Wednesday morning, the Palisades Fire was 19% contained and the Eaton Fire 45% contained, while a Red Flag Warning remained in effect into Thursday. Meanwhile, revelations of the incompetent decision-making that preceded the fires likewise continued unchecked.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
The #Resistance is real and ready for action, according to a newly released poll conducted in December by Scott Rasmussen’s Napolitan Institute. While Republican federal employees will “overwhelmingly” support the incoming Trump administration, most Democratic federal employees say they would oppose it.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
With less than a week until President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration Monday, Senate committees are holding a flurry of confirmation hearings on Trump’s Cabinet nominations. This Tuesday through Thursday, 11 Senate committees will hear from 13 Cabinet-level nominees. The Senate can then begin approving these nominations next week, in fulfillment of its constitutional duty to provide “advice and consent” on presidential appointments.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
Last fall, U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies noticed North Korean soldiers secretly entering Russia to reinforce the deadly stalemate between Russia and Ukraine. Apparently, the North Korean military kept the secret even from their own soldiers. When dictators conspire for conquest, ordinary human beings bear most of the cost. Two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine give a humanizing picture to agents of the hermit kingdom.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
patriotpost.us | Joshua Arnold
By Joshua ArnoldSouthern California wildfires continue to blaze out of control, besieging the Los Angeles basin from the north and west. Fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and elsewhere ran dry as firemen strove to defend entire neighborhoods all at once. Hurricane-force winds and an unusually dry winter have already taken 10 lives and destroyed thousands of buildings — including celebrity homes — in what may be the costliest wildfire season to date.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was buried Thursday next to his deceased wife Rosalynn in Plains, Ga., shortly after a state funeral held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The funeral included “syncretistic symbolism of very Christian and then very secular” elements, said Joseph Backholm, senior fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council, an inconsistent mashup indicating “the confusion that our country is experiencing spiritually.” “It’s...
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
washingtonstand.com | Joshua Arnold
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for another term on Friday. The country’s National Electoral Council (CNE), which he controls, declared Maduro the winner in July, despite significant evidence that he lost the election in July to opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. Maduro’s increasingly repressive regime will be another foreign policy headache for President-elect Donald Trump to face as he enters his second, nonconsecutive term.
