A NATO member scrambled fighter jets and activated full air-defense readiness earlier this week as Russia launched a targeted strike on a critical gas metering station near Romania’s border — undermining a pipeline route previously used to funnel energy from the U.S. and Azerbaijan to Europe. The Kremlin launched a drone strike on the Orlivka […]
The Trump administration is demanding a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to restore federal research funding, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Friday’s demand follows a Justice Department Civil Rights Division finding that UCLA violated the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI of the Civil […]
By Mark Chesnut The Truth About Guns Despite the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruling California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases to be unconstitutional, gun owners in the Golden State are still having to live with the onerous provision. On July 24, the court ruled in the case Rhode v. Bonta that the ammo background check […]
A California man is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after he allegedly assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a violent protest targeting immigration enforcement in June. Jacob Daniel Terrazas, a 30-year-old resident of Paramount, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on serious charges stemming from his involvement in […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – For all the new capabilities the B-21 Raider stealth bomber will bring as an individual aircraft, the Air Force’s top bomber officer says he is most excited about the sheer numbers of those aircraft that are set to enter service. The Air Force plans to acquire at least 100 B-21s, but senior […]
Federal prosecutors have indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on two counts of extortion. The indictment alleges Tompkins pressured an executive from a Boston-based cannabis company to provide him with $50,000 in company stock. Tompkins, who has served as sheriff since 2013 and oversees roughly 1,000 employees responsible for Boston’s correctional facilities, was arrested in […]
Democratic strategist James Carville issued public apology after claiming that first lady Melania Trump had been introduced to her husband, Donald, by the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. On the Politics War Room podcast hosted by Carville, in a recent discussion with leftist writer Judd Legum, Carville made the accusation, according to The Daily Mail. A […]
The effort to redraw congressional districts in Texas has moved from political maneuvering to constitutional confrontation. At its core is a fight over whether a minority faction can paralyze a legislative chamber by fleeing the state to deny a quorum. The Texas Supreme Court now holds that question squarely in its hands, and given the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky firmly declared Saturday morning that Ukraine will not surrender any territory to Russia — underscoring that such concessions are prohibited under the Ukrainian Constitution — even as a U.S.–Russia summit looms. The statement comes just days before President Donald Trump’s scheduled meeting with Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska. Trump […]
James Arthur “Jim” Lovell Jr., a U.S. Navy captain turned NASA astronaut, best known for commanding the Apollo 13 mission passed away on August 7, 2025, at his home in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97. Lovell was among NASA’s pioneering astronauts, flying on four missions: Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13. Apollo 8 marked […]
Project Veritas has published a new report alleging that former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr actively worked to prevent Donald Trump from returning to political power following the 2020 election. The accusations come from whistleblower Patrícia Lélis, a former Brazilian journalist who says she attended numerous confidential meetings while working for Howard Stirk Holdings—a media […]
Chick-Fil-A’s Secret? Serendipity, Pressure Fryers, And Pickles
The creation of the Chick-fil-A sandwich was not a corporate brainstorm or the product of market research. It was, fittingly, an accident. More precisely, it was an economic oddity, a surplus of poultry breasts too large to fit into Delta Airlines’ narrow airline trays, and a man named Truett Cathy who saw potential where others […]