WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a nationwide injunction and allow enforcement of its ban on transgender individuals serving in the military while ongoing legal challenges play out. The emergency application targets a ruling from U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle in Seattle, who blocked the policy in […]
The Democratic National Committee is facing fresh internal strife after its vice chair, David Hogg, ignited a political firestorm by pledging to support primary challenges against “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democratic incumbents. His remarks, made during a series of Sunday political talk show appearances, have shaken party leadership and sparked widespread backlash among senior officials who view his […]
A coalition of 12 states is taking the Trump administration to court, alleging it imposed tariffs without proper legal authority and wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, challenges the administration’s use of emergency powers to justify the sweeping economic measures. The […]
A growing number of Democratic political consultants are raising red flags over the party’s high-profile defense of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran illegal immigrant deported by the Trump administration amid allegations of MS-13 gang ties, domestic violence, and human trafficking. According to insiders, the optics of Democratic lawmakers championing Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. […]
A new Harvard Institute of Politics poll has revealed a striking generational and partisan divide in how young Americans feel about their country, with just 24% of young Democrats expressing pride in being American—compared to a whopping 76% of young Republicans who say they’re proud of their national identity. The survey, conducted between March 14 […]
Even with Roe v. Wade overturned and states allowed to again regulate abortions, the numbers of abortions committed in the U.S. continue to hit record highs – thanks to the use of do-it-yourself abortion pills, even in states that “ban” abortion. The American Life League reports it is “pointing to the dramatic increase in non-medically […]
President Trump is ramping up U.S. military presence in the Middle East after a wave of Houthi attacks on American ships. In a letter sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley on March 28, Trump outlined the move and reaffirmed his constitutional authority to act as Commander in Chief. […]
Recently, Beijing again made its geopolitical intentions unmistakably clear. China has halted the export of certain rare earth minerals, citing vague national interests. But the real message was not lost on anyone paying attention: China is prepared to weaponize its near-monopoly on the minerals that power our missiles, electric vehicles, semiconductors and satellites. Rare earth […]
By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge Eli Lilly shares surged 16% in late afternoon trading — marking their largest intraday gain since August 2023 — after the pharmaceutical giant announced earlier that its new weight-loss pill met efficacy goals in a late-stage trial, intensifying — if not turbocharging — its rivalry with Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk. Lilly wrote in […]
A Mexican steer may live more of its life in the United States than in the country of its birth. Born on pastureland in Chihuahua, it is weaned and sold at 400 pounds to a U.S. feedlot operator near Amarillo. There, it grows fat on Iowa corn and Kansas sorghum, gains 1,000 pounds and is […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – As efforts to reverse the decision continue in Congress, a bipartisan group representing all 55 governors (of states and territories) is sounding the alarm about a looming Biden-era move to move Air Guard units into the Space Force without approval from governors. Existing laws that require state governors to approve such a […]
A Slow Collapse: Russia’s Real Strategy In Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is not being fought to win, at least not in the conventional sense. Russia does not need tanks in Kyiv, nor does it seek to repaint the Dnieper with the colors of the old empire. What it wants is far simpler and more insidious: time. Moscow understands the arithmetic of attrition. […]