In a shocking turnaround, a Republican Senator endorsed Donald J. Trump… Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) endorsed President Donald Trump in a Wednesday post on X, making the unorthodox announcement more than three months after Election Day 2024. When making the announcement, Paul pointed to Trump’s cabinet picks and a recent Truth Social post in which the president blasted […]
MSNBC is reportedly axing Joy Reid’s nightly show, The ReidOut, amid declining ratings, with the program potentially being off the air as early as Monday. According to The New York Times, Reid’s show, which has aired at 7 p.m. Eastern time on weekdays since 2020, will be replaced by a new panel show featuring MSNBC personalities Symone […]
Another U.S.-Russia prisoner swap could be on the horizon. The Kremlin said Thursday that the idea of a possible new prisoner exchange between Russia and the U.S. is on the agenda, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov noting that talks between both sides this week in Saudi Arabia contributed to a general rapprochement, according to Fox News. […]
The history of the civil service exam is a history of American governance striving for fairness and competence—only to see those principles discarded for political expediency. The federal civil service exam, established in 1883 by the Pendleton Act, was designed to ensure that government jobs were awarded based on merit rather than patronage. The goal […]
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The annual index put out by Mexico’s Citizens Council for Public Safety and Justice shows 20 Mexican cities are among the top-50 most dangerous metropolitan areas worldwide, including the cities of Acapulco and Tijuana. 20 Mexican cities, 5 in US among 50 most dangerous in the world By Salvador Rivera […]
As President Donald Trump highlights the critical strategic importance of the warming and melting Arctic as he pushes for control over Greenland and even possibly Canada, Beijing and Moscow are reinforcing his concerns by encroaching militarily on U.S. Arctic territory around Alaska. And they are doing so in multiple domains. As such, the defense of […]
Via Bearing Arms by Tom Knighton The American Revolution wasn’t exactly a love fest. We didn’t talk our way into independence. We shot red coats in the face. We tried to talk, of course, but the British weren’t interested in listening, so we did what we had to do. The American Civil War was a […]
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is under fire after introducing a 1,917-page budget bill that included controversial language changes regarding parental roles and terminology. The bill, which was presented by the Wisconsin Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance earlier this week, recommended replacing the term “mother” with “inseminated person” in certain sections. These amendments, which also proposed […]
There is an old maxim that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. In the case of Alexandre de Moraes, justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), this axiom has never been more fitting. What began as a judicial appointment under questionable circumstances has metastasized into a consolidation of unchecked authority, turning Moraes into something […]
Many Finnish volunteers are ready to join a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Yle reported that, according to the Union of Reservists, many of them have signed a commitment to participate in crisis management missions. The number of applicants is the highest in the last 20 years. The Union of Reservists says it is ready to support […]
In a bold move to enforce accountability and efficiency within the federal government, Elon Musk, the head of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced on Saturday that all federal employees will soon be required to report their weekly accomplishments—or face potential resignation. Musk, who was appointed to lead the initiative under President […]
US Treasury’s Bessent Says Russia Could Win Sanctions Relief If Cooperative In Peace Talks
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Update (15:00 ET): The Trump administration has signaled that Russia could win sanctions relief if Ukraine war talks are successful. “Russia could win some relief from U.S. sanctions based on its willingness to negotiate an end to its war in Ukraine,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent conveyed Thursday in a Bloomberg interview. Per […]