Federal investigators are examining a cyber intrusion involving the impersonation of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, raising new concerns about the vulnerability of political figures to artificial intelligence-enabled deception. High-Level Targets, Personal Device Breached According to The Wall Street Journal, an unknown actor accessed Wiles’ personal cellphone contacts and used them to contact […]
Border Czar Tom Homan praised the Trump administration’s border security efforts during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, declaring that the U.S. southern border is now the “most secure in the history of this nation.” “Illegal crossings on the southern border are down 96%,” Homan told Greta Van Susteren on The Record. “We have the […]
In a welcome sign of price stabilization, U.S. core inflation fell to its lowest annual rate since early 2021, while income rose more than expected — signaling improved purchasing power for Americans. As Breitbart reports, the cooling trend could give the Federal Reserve more breathing room to hold interest rates steady without reigniting inflationary pressures: […]
In a rare public rebuke of a Trump-backed initiative, tech billionaire Elon Musk expressed disappointment over the House’s narrow passage of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping spending package that encompasses much of Trump’s domestic agenda. Musk’s criticism, aired in an excerpt of a CBS interview released Tuesday, centers on what he sees as […]
In a major escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to combat foreign influence in American higher education, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that the U.S. will begin revoking student visas for Chinese nationals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or those studying in strategically sensitive fields. The policy shift is part […]
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced his plan to reorganize the State Department, he did not merely shuffle furniture or reassign bureaucrats. He threw down the gauntlet. In a message sent to Congress on May 29, Rubio made the stakes plain: “Over the past quarter century, the domestic operations of the State Department have […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – If he can pull it off, which appears increasingly unlikely. President Trump and Russian officials are engaged in a war of words, a sign of escalating tensions between the two powers. A bipartisan proposal to place tough sanctions on Russia has more than 80 Senate cosponsors, but, unlike during Trump’s first term, […]
A federal appellate court has temporarily reinstated President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, halting yesterday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) that had declared the tariffs unlawful. The appellate decision allows the tariffs to remain in effect while the Trump administration appeals the CIT’s ruling. The original CIT decision found that President […]
A second federal court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s sweeping use of emergency tariffs, intensifying the legal and political battle over one of his administration’s signature economic policies. The first ruling came Wednesday, when the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a decision in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. United States, ruling that Trump overstepped […]
A stunning new report reveals the depths of the rumored tensions between billionaire Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump ally Elon Musk asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to appoint Vivek Ramaswamy to the Senate because he found his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-head “annoying.” Politico senior columnist Jonathan Martin reported on Wednesday that Musk, “growing tired” of Ramaswamy and “eager to […]
A group of United States senators are working to cut off taxpayer-backed student loans for people involved with terrorist or criminal organizations. U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Jim Banks (R-IN) have introduced the “No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act.” “This bill prohibits students from receiving credit for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) while working […]
Institutions Under Pressure: A Tumultuous Day From MIT To Mar-A-Lago
By the time the sun set over Washington, D.C., on Thursday, major headlines had surfaced — seemingly disconnected, yet all echoing the same national tension: the struggle over power, culture, and identity in American public life. It started quietly enough at MIT, where President Sally Kornbluth announced the dismantling of the university’s central Diversity, Equity, […]