Republican lawmakers in one state capitol are on the cusp of a decisive victory. According to multiple reports, lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives say one Democrat is preparing to jump ship and change their party affiliation to Republican. The move would give the GOP a veto-proof majority in North Carolina General Assembly, […]
The federal budget is (very) slowly working its way through Congress with a fiscal year-end deadline in September. While Congress has an ingrained, bipartisan habit of missing that deadline, the budget preliminaries have provided at least one clear assessment of why we’re in such a fiscal mess. In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Tax […]
Former President Donald Trump has been processed and arraigned before a judge on more than two dozen felony charges. To some observers, Trump’s appearance before Judge Juan Merchan signified one of the few times in his adult life when he entered a room and wasn’t in control. Indeed, as a defendant in criminal court, Trump […]
ANALYSIS – Warning: false flag, Kremlin intrigue or something else? Russia’s Investigative Committee – the country’s top state criminal investigation agency – announced the arrest of a 26-year-old woman, Daria Trepova, for the assassination of the pro-war 40-year-old Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. The blogger was killed in a bomb blast at a St Petersburg […]
On the same day as his indictment, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to go on a tear about Fox News’ recent editorial decisions. Trump, who’s had a love-hate relationship with Fox over the years, explicitly told his supporters to switch channels whenever his critics are on air. The comments followed former Attorney […]
The United States has successfully carried out a military strike to kill a senior Islamic State leader. The “unilateral” strike in northwest Syria, carried out Monday, killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM head Gen. Erik Kurilla said in the statement. The statement noted that al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and […]
TUESDAY PDB – Finland doubling NATO’s border with Russia in blow to Putin. The blue-and-white Finnish flag rises outside NATO headquarters Tuesday afternoon, making Finland a member and doubling Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Four maps explain how Finland could alter NATO’s security. The move will transform Europe’s security landscape for years to come […]
Multiple Tennessee state Democrats are on the brink of expulsion, an extraordinarily rare move in the Volunteer State Capitol. Last week, hundreds of protesters stormed the Capitol demanding the Republican-led Statehouse pass gun control measures in response to the Covenant school shooting that resulted in the deaths of six innocent people, including three children. (RELATED: […]
The manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s ex-chief of staff ended yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee, following a confrontation with the FBI. The chase for Roy McGrath kicked off with the FBI executing a search warrant at his Florida home after he failed to appear in Baltimore for the start of his criminal trial. McGrath […]
Chinese Warships Harass Japanese Islands For 3 Days As Philippines Gives US Access To More Bases
ANALYSIS – Communist China’s militarized Coast Guard just spent over 80 hours, more than three and a half days, circling the Japanese Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday after refusing orders to leave. This latest incursion is part of China’s ever-increasing low-intensity ‘gray zone warfare’ against its neighbors and a major part of its […]