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Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

Iranian-Linked Militias in Iraq Threaten U.S. Dollar Flows to the Baghdad Government

The United States has been flying cash — around $400-$500 million at a time — to Baghdad for decades. However, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the U.S. Treasury had partially suspended...

Congress Targets Advanced Chip-Making Equipment To Stifle Chinese Progress in AI Race

Congress is seeking to lock China out of the global advanced chip-making market. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), along with Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), introduced a...

Blacklisting the Brotherhood

The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...

Israel Did Not Drag the US Into War

“If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand,” President Donald Trump exclaimed to a journalist on March 3. He was answering a question posed by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent...

Defamation Lawsuit Thrusts Qatar’s Record of Corruption Into the Spotlight

It has been three years since Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the tournament is still making headlines. The latest story is about an emerging legal battle between former Qatari Prime Minister...

Innovation in the Crosshairs

Countering China’s Industrial Espionage

Qatar keeps purchasing political influence

Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The...

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation Targeting Recently Laid-Off U.S. Government Employees

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Qatari Cash May Be Coming Soon to a Town Near You

It’s time for Washington to drop the rose-tinted glasses and make clear that America is not up for sale

How Trump’s war on cartel cash can stop fentanyl enablers — and save American lives

“China and the Mexican cartels are not trying to create drug addicts — they [are] trying and succeeding at killing off our people — primarily young men. If we were in a traditional war with over...

Lebanon and Israel Should Start Talking About Peace

I spent the last decade away from Lebanon in self-imposed exile. I became an intellectual and political pariah for demanding immediate and unconditional peace between Lebanon and Israel. I was told not...

MSCI Continues Anti-Israel ESG Ratings as Morningstar Removes Its Own

The reliability of the New York-based investment research firm MSCI’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) ratings for thousands of U.S. and international enterprises is undergoing critical scrutiny...

‘All Hell to Pay’: President-elect Trump Issues Strident Demand to Release Hostages in Gaza

A Change in Rhetoric: President-elect Donald Trump issued a forthright statement on December 2, warning that “there will be all hell to pay” if the remaining Israeli hostages...

‘Fell In A Heroic Battle’: IDF Announces American Hostage Died on October 7

The IDF confirmed that one of seven Americans who was previously thought to be alive as a Hamas hostage in Gaza was killed during the terrorist group’s October 7, 2023, massacre...

Despite Record of High-Profile Bribery, Qatar to Host Upcoming Anti-Corruption Conference

Qatar, the Gulf emirate tangled up in several high-profile corruption cases, is hosting an international anti-corruption conference from November 26-27. Representatives from more than 50 governments and...

European Prosecutors Launch Probe into Allegations that Senior EU Official Accepted Bribes From Qatar

European Commission advisor Henrik Hololei is the latest Western official facing legal consequences for allegedly accepting bribes from Qatar. On November 1, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)...

Biden-Harris should help destroy Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure

Biden and Harris reportedly want credit for Israel’s success, but an arsonist playing firefighter deserves no applause

Seeking Certainty in an Uncertain Middle East

As Americans remember this week the victims of the September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terror attacks on our country and Israelis mark more than 11 months since the Hamas terror attack, it is worth taking stock...

U.S. Lawmaker Highlights Plight of Christian Man Imprisoned in Egypt Over Facebook Posts

The plight of a Yemeni man imprisoned in Egypt for participating in a Facebook group composed of Muslim converts to Christianity has been highlighted by a prominent U.S. lawmaker....