President Donald Trump has removed Billy Long as Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, ending his tenure less than two months after his Senate confirmation. The White House offered no official reason for Long’s sudden dismissal. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as Acting IRS Commissioner until a permanent successor is nominated and confirmed. Long, a former […]
A Senate Republican is targeting public officials who use their position to get rich. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is bringing forward legislation that would establish harsher penalties for public officials who commit federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud. Cornyn’s Law Enforcement Tools to Interdict Troubling Investments in Abodes (LETITIA) Act is named […]
On Wednesday, another mass shooting unfolded — this time at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia. A male Army sergeant, who illegally carried a gun on the base, wounded five soldiers before others tackled and disarmed him. Typically, only authorized designated security forces such as MPs are armed on duty. Any other soldier caught carrying […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that Trump administration officials could be held in criminal contempt over the handling of Venezuelan migrant deportations under the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act. The case stems from a March order by Judge James Boasberg, of the U.S. District Court for the District […]
Former San Antonio police officer and decorated Army veteran James Brennand is preparing to stand trial on charges stemming from an on-duty incident that many say has been politicized by anti-police forces. Brennand, who served in the U.S. Army before joining the San Antonio Police Department, is accused of using excessive force during a confrontation […]
In a sharp escalation of President Trump’s ongoing battle against New York prosecutor Letitia James, the Justice Department has reportedly convened a grand jury to investigate the New York Attorney General. Fox News reports: The investigation is being run out of Albany, New York, and focused on possible deprivation of rights allegations, two well-placed sources familiar […]
A new homeless shelter in New York City reserved exclusively for individuals who identify as transgender opened this week in Long Island City, with a projected cost to taxpayers of $65 million over the next five years. The shelter, named Ace’s Place, will house up to 150 transgender-identifying individuals and is being billed as the […]
Former President Joe Biden‘s embattled son Hunter has revealed his latest job working with a nonprofit homeless prevention and tenants’ rights group in southern Los Angeles. The former president’s son shared the news during an interview with “Channel 5” podcaster Andrew Callaghan, which was posted to YouTube on Tuesday. “I just think there is such an opportunity to […]
Some lines, once crossed, reveal not only the moral compass of an individual but the structural rot of the institutions that excuse him. Mahmoud Khalil’s recent interview with Ezra Klein, published by the New York Times, was not simply another entry in the dreary genre of postmodern academic grievance. It was a manifesto. A chilling, […]
According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump secretly ordered the U.S. military to target designated Latin American drug cartels — a sharp escalation in his administration’s anti-narcotics strategy. The directive follows a string of recent actions aimed at dismantling international trafficking networks blamed for flooding the United States with fentanyl and other deadly […]
President Donald Trump announced that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will sign a U.S.-brokered peace agreement at the White House this Friday, aimed at resolving a decades-long conflict in the South Caucasus. The plan reportedly includes launching a transportation and energy corridor dubbed the “Trump Route for International Peace and […]
America Once Ruled Maple Syrup, Then Canada Rigged The Market
In 1950, the United States produced 80 percent of the world’s maple syrup. Today, it produces just 25 percent. What happened in the intervening decades was not the result of natural climate shifts, cultural disinterest, or a lack of maples. No, what happened was the emergence of a government-blessed cartel north of the border, designed […]