Imagine a government agency still running its core operations on a punch-card system. Absurd? Not quite. While we’ve largely dispensed with the physical artifacts of mid-century computing, the bureaucracy still labors under their ghost. This haunting is not due to a lack of software talent or political will, but rather a budgeting convention so obsolete […]
The Golden State’s blanket ban on ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds California Ammo Magazine Ban By Jake Fogleman for The Reload A divided en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s ban on […]
Guns.com and the National Association for Gun Rights are giving away a $5,000 prize package in this contest, including a custom SIG P365 Spectre, 1,000 rounds of range ammo, and a half dozen other prizes.
Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, to a group chat in which national security leaders discussed a military strike. Goldberg was apparently included in a Trump administration group chat on Signal in which top officials debated and then discussed details of attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly sent […]
In a landmark ruling on Friday, a federal judge sided with Missouri in its $24 billion lawsuit against China’s Communist Party, accusing the country of hoarding protective supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This victory marks a significant moment in Missouri’s legal battle to hold China accountable for the impact of the coronavirus, which has caused […]
While China and Russia carve up Africa through mining deals and military ties, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is flipping the script. In a letter sent February 2025, President Félix Tshisekedi made a bold ask: U.S. military support in exchange for access to the country’s $24 trillion in minerals. The letter, addressed to President […]
The Justice Department revealed on Monday that the Trump administration is planning to extradite three alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) members to Chile. The Hill reports: “Recognizing the grave threat that TdA poses to the nations it infiltrates, Chile has asked the United States to help return these men to Chile to face justice,” the […]
The State Department is going to federal court to cover up just who in Gaza received millions of taxpayer dollars. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch reports it is taking USAID to court as the agency “continues to hide the identities of recipients of $27 million in grants awarded to ‘Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees’ […]
Supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are embracing a new label that has recently been used by European elites to criticize them: “Brutal Americans.” The term, first coined in a recent article by Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic, is meant to describe the aggressive and unapologetic stance taken by figures like President […]
President Donald Trump has appointed Alina Habba, his former personal attorney and current counselor to the president, as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. Habba succeeds John Giordano, who has been nominated as the U.S. ambassador to Namibia. In a statement on Truth Social, President Trump expressed confidence in Habba’s capabilities, […]
The U.S. attorney general responded to recent comments made by a Democrat lawmaker seemingly stoking violence against billionaire Elon Musk. Attorney General Pam Bondi warned Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) to “tread very carefully,” days after the Democrat got attention from Trump allies for suggesting Elon Musk should be “taken down.” “She is an elected public official, so […]
Trump Calls New F-47 Most Advanced, Lethal Combat Fighter Ever
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – TRUMP 47? The Pentagon has awarded the long-awaited contract for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance future fighter jet, known as NGAD, to Boeing, now called the F-47. The sixth-generation fighter, which will replace the F-22 Raptor, is designed to face China. It will have “state-of-the-art stealth technologies [making […]