Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement officially confirming Russia has committed war crimes during its invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden had already called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal last week, with Blinken announcing a day later that the State Department was “compiling the evidence, collecting the evidence, understanding the evidence”…

The Kremlin confirmed Anatoly Chubais has resigned from his position as special envoy to international organizations over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When contacted by Reuters, Chubais reportedly hung up the phone. Two sources told Reuters that Chubais left Russia with no plans to return. Chubais was appointed to his envoy post in 2020. He was…

As President Biden heads to Europe to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, let’s not get distracted by the pomp and circumstance of his travels. Rather, I urge you pay close attention to whether anything real happens. It’s a tendency in these meetings for all these guys to get together, sing Kumbaya, decide that they like…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is nearly a month old. Thousands are dead or wounded. Millions are now refugees. The Ukrainians, united in their fight, are refusing to give into Russia. The Russian military told Ukraine to essentially abandon the city of Mariupol by dawn on Monday morning, a demand to which the…

Think the Europeans will need to get by without Russian crude? You are 100% correct. But you are not thinking anywhere near big enough. Most of Russia’s oil fields are both old and extraordinarily remote from Russia’s customers. Fields in the North Caucasus are either tapped out or were never refurbished in the aftermath of the…

If Russia’s military looks like the Keystone Cops in its invasion of Ukraine, why are Western nations working so hard to arm a nation under siege? Let me explain what in the world is going on here and why it’s all about keeping nuclear weapons out of the equation. Early in the conflict, Russian President…

Apologies to all for having not written much in the past three weeks. The Ukraine War has been unfolding with such unforgiving speed and complexity that I’ve just not had time. While the pace hasn’t exactly slowed, the conflict is settling into a couple readily identifiable patterns that enable me to peer forward a bit. First,…

It is rather remarkable to see some republicans and their supporters become so blinded by their partisanship that they are now throwing their support behind Vladimir Putin and his indefensible invasion of Ukraine. That’s right: conservatives are so committed to opposing Democrats that they would rather praise the Russian leader who is being accused of…

Watching Vice President Kamala Harris’ latest embarrassing moment in the spotlight, I was dumbfounded by the sheer lack of awareness. I’m talking about her press conference in Poland on March 10 alongside Poland President Andrzej Duda. When she was asked about whether the U.S. would accept a greater number of Ukrainian refugees, she broke out…

Congress is looking into ways to help Americans deal with rising gas prices. As of Mar. 17, AAA pegged the average gallon of gas at $4.29. While oil prices have declined in recent days, gas prices have not, so the House has called on oil executives to testify as it looks into possible price gouging. Rep. Frank…