A tale of 3 Trump's, NSA vs. Russia, Kushner away, Defense

A tale of 3 Trump's: On Wednesday, the president showed three distinct sides of his personality and presidency. The bad, the good, and the excellent

The president has one good excuse for not unleashing the NSA on Russia: saving up the best weapons of cyber-warfare for wars to come

Trump should send Jared Kushner to a foreign capital. Having lost his TS/SCI clearance, Jared isn't that useful to the White House

Take on the military industrial complex but don't skimp on defense needs

NSA director on Russia, Saudi Arabia readies for war, a German village's Nazi bell, GTA 5

Decoding NSA director Mike Rogers’ testimony on counter-Russian actions. The NSA chief didn’t explicitly say he was being prevented from taking action

Saudi Arabia is readying for war. The decision by Mohammed bin Salman to fire senior commanders and appoint younger officials to key positions illustrates his urgency for change

A German village, a Nazi bell and a lesson for Confederate statue debates. Here’s how a small German village is educating Americans about the need to retain rather than rubbish history

Rockstar Games should add a police mode to the console versions of GTA 5

The McLaughlin Group

Issues: CPAC fights, gun control, Billy Graham and evangelism, Ghouta

Xi doubles down, Syria cease fire, Erdogan's madness

China’s president, Xi Jinping doubles down on his pursuit of a post-American new world order. Here’s what his term limit exclusions mean in practice

We shouldn’t trust Putin’s ceasefire in Ghouta, Syria. The Russian leader is again attempting to play the world

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey has lost his mind. His latest antics involve telling a 6 year-old girl that she would be buried as a martyr

Jeremy Corbyn hates America, Adam Garrie and Russian propaganda tactics, Trump's Parkland leadership

Jeremy Corbyn might become Britain’s next Prime Minister, but he hates America. Here’s why and how Corbyn renders his hatred into action

Adam Garrie, or how the Russian propagandists play their game. Adam Garrie is a British voice for Putin’s agenda

Trump has shown true leadership since the Parkland shooting. The president has listened and seems to have learned the benefits of contemplation

Brendan Dassey and criminal procedure, North Korea's playing game

The Supreme Court should hear 'Making a Murderer' Brendan Dassey's appeal. There are important issues of justice and civil rights at stake here

North Korea played Mike Pence at the Olympics and is playing President Trump more generally. Here’s what’s going on and how to fix the situation

Health care, Ghouta civilians, Macron defense

Health care and the question of objectivity. Too many journalists allow bias to come forth

The U.S. should airdrop aid to the besieged civilians of Ghouta. Assad’s slaughter  deserves at least a symbolic repudiation

Thank Trump and Macron for France’s decision to increase defense spending. It’s a step towards a stronger NATO

Fox News

Discussing U.S. diplomatic strategy with regards to North Korea

Assad playing the Kurds, Secret Service protecting the nuclear football

Bashar al-Assad is playing Syria's YPG by pretending to help them against Turkey

Why the Secret Service fought to protect the nuclear suitcase in Beijing

The McLaughlin Group

Issues: Parkland shooting, White House chaos, Putin vs. YouTube, predictions!

Israel vs. Iran in Syria, Mueller indictments, Pakistan troops to Saudi Arabia, Zuckerberg kneeling to Putin

How Israel intends to defeat Iran in Syria: by military dominance

The key takeaway from Mueller’s latest indictments: Russia isn’t our friend

Why Pakistan is sending soldiers to Saudi Arabia: Mohammed bin Salman

The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is betraying U.S. values by bowing to Russian pressure by blocking access to Instagram

Tillerson Lebanon, Common Sense, $10.7

In Beirut, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson masters the Lebanese political waltz. The secretary did a good job facing down U.S. adversaries and holding a smile

Why “common sense” is an utterly useless phrase on gun debates. We don’t even agree to disagree on what it means

$10.7 billion can make our schools a lot safer. That’s how much it would cost to put 2 armed security officers in every public school and college in America

Zuma's South Africa, Netanyahu's future and peace process, Navalny vs. Deripaska/Putin, Omarosa at war

Jacob Zuma has betrayed Nelson Mandela’s legacy and is burning South Africa’s future. He must be dragged from power

Benjamin Netanyahu’s future now rests in the hands of the judiciary. The police recommendation to charge Bibi with corruption affects U.S. foreign policy interests

Alexei Navalny is struggling for free expression and political accountability. Google and Instagram must not kneel to Russian demands to censor the investigative journalist

If Omarosa and Piers Morgan were nation states, who would win a war between them? I provide the answer!

ISIS leader, Pope security, Angus King

Where is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and what happens when he is killed? Here’s my take

The Pope urgently needs much better security. His protection officers don’t know what they are doing

Senator Angus King just gave the Congress a lesson on how to ask questions effectively. It was impressive and sadly instructive of other Senator’s failings

Fox News

Discussing Israeli security strategy with Martha McCallum

Peter Rabbit muppets, Infrastructure taxes, Ron Wyden, EPA waste, ISIS trials

Peter Rabbit movie protesters are humorless and deserve unrepentant repudiation

In return for a repeal of Davis-Bacon, Republicans should support a gas tax increase

Ron Wyden is probably wasting his time in investigating Donald Trump’s sale of a Palm Beach mansion. The Senator believes money laundering may be involved

EPA chief Pruitt is playing taxpayers by wasting money on first class adventures

It would be a terrible idea to try the ISIS beatles at the Int. Criminal Court. That court system is inefficient and insufficient to the crimes the terrorists have committed

Special Report

6m - Discussing John Kelly's position at the White House

37m10s - Lightning round - each panelist speaks for thirty seconds on three issues. So keep watching after my first comment

Gitmo beatles, Robot soldiers, Pence in South Korea

Trump should send the beatles to Gimo. ISIS terrorists deserve military justice

Robots won’t replace human soldiers

Vice President Pence should be furious with South Korea. Seoul’s decision to ambush him with North Korean dignitaries was outrageous

Hamster moron, Russia Syria, Julian Castro

The student who attempted to take a hamster on an aircraft deserves absolutely no sympathy. On the contrary, she deserves criminal charges

Russia's hand lurks close in Syria's attack on US forces. Putin is attempting to push the U.S. out of Syria. Fortunately, Trump is willing to bomb them

Julian Castro is looking towards 2020. And as he does so, the Texan Democrat is burning Biden and Bernie