The United States is undergoing one of its most dramatic strategic pivots in decades, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a sweeping rejection of America’s long-standing post-Cold War idealism. Speaking at the Reagan Forum, Hegseth declared the end of an era he described as “utopian”, replacing it with a hard-nosed, realism-first doctrine designed to secure U.S. interests in an increasingly fractured world. Under this emerging blueprint, Washington is shifting toward a Western-Hemisphere-first military posture, doubling down on border patrol operations, Caribbean strike missions and great-power spheres of influence. WATCH 

The Middle East power balance is undergoing a dramatic reset, with Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia tilting into a new triangular alignment that is reshaping diplomatic calculations from Washington to Jerusalem. As regional sandstorms shift, Trump delivers a geopolitical warning shot to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, urging restraint and signaling that Washington will not greenlight further ignition in an already combustible arena. Meanwhile, Israel’s internal political storm intensifies. President Isaac Herzog places Netanyahu’s pardon request under a national-interest scalpel, insisting the decision will hinge on the needs of the country, not the fate of one man. WATCH