Vadum on Times Now talking Trump’s threat to resume hostilities against IranI was on Times Now in India on May 16, 2026 (May 17 in India) talking about President Donald Trump’s latest apparent threat to resume hostilities against Iran. I was responding to Trump’s post on Truth Social that reads, “It was the calm before the storm,” amidst a background showing U.S. warships and what looks like an Iranian fast-boat. This is [...]
- Vadum on Egyptian TV twice
I was on AlQahera News in Egypt twice this past week. The shows were conducted in Arabic, with the use of interpreters, but I understand if you play around with the YouTube controls, you can somehow get them in English — maybe. On May 14, 2026, the topic was the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s visit to China. (The above screen grab is from the May 14 [...]
- Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ attempt to revive congressional map
The U.S. Supreme Court late on May 15 rejected an appeal by Virginia officials who sought to challenge the Virginia Supreme Court’s recent decision to block a congressional map approved by voters that favored Democrats. The unsigned order in Scott v. McDougle provided no reasons for the decision. No justices dissented. The Democratic officials had asked the [...]
- Colorado governor commutes sentence of Tina Peters, former county elections clerk
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis granted clemency on May 15 to former county elections clerk Tina Peters, who had been convicted of lying to Colorado state officials about a tech specialist she brought in to observe changes to election software. The commutation of her sentence by the Democratic governor came after the Colorado Court of Appeals left Peters’s conviction [...]
