This goes beyond partisan politics… A Democrat mayor in New Jersey has opted to support a Republican candidate for Governor. Dover Mayor James Dodd announced he is endorsing Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who is also backed by President Donald Trump. Mayor Dodd cited rising taxes, sanctuary city policies, and what he called a lack of real solutions […]
After President Donald Trump vowed to retake possession of the Panama Canal, built and paid for by the United States but given away by then-President Jimmy Carter, a key U.S. House committee reveals the extent to which Communist Chinese interests control the waterway. The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee reports Chairman […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms. White House has unveiled a 20-point proposal it says could bring an immediate halt to Israel’s war on Gaza. But, in a […]
A grieving North Carolina father delivered an emotional plea to Congress on Monday, urging lawmakers to impose tougher sentencing laws after his daughter was killed by a man with a long criminal record who, he says, should have never been free. Stephen Federico, whose 22-year-old daughter Logan was shot and killed in Columbia, South Carolina […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Friday that it will resume airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its ABC affiliate stations, ending a week-long blackout of the late-night talk show following Kimmel’s controversial remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The media company, which owns and operates around 40 ABC affiliates nationwide, had pulled the show after Kimmel made inflammatory comments during his monologue, referring […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on social media this weekend that she is “not suicidal” in response to her support for a measure that would force the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. “I am not suicidal and one of the happiest healthiest people you will meet,” Greene said Saturday on X, also noting her faith […]
The Trump administration has reportedly deported a planeload of more than 100 Iranians under a deal struck with the Iranian government. Iranian officials confirmed to The New York Times that the planeload of migrants took off from Louisiana on Monday night and was expected to arrive in Iran via Qatar on Tuesday. A U.S. official also reportedly […]
A man from Upstate New York confessed to murdering his parents nearly a decade ago in a TV interview. Lorenz Kraus, 53, made the alarming on-camera confession to CBS6 in Albany a day after police said they recovered two bodies from the home. Police were initially investigating why Kraus’ parents, Franz and Theresia Kraus, were still receiving Social Security […]
America is strongest when the sword obeys the citizen. That is not a slogan, it is a constitutional architecture. The President is commander in chief because the voters, not the generals, set the nation’s course. The point is not to slight military expertise. The point is to locate final authority in civilians who must answer […]
A lockdown is currently underway at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, a military base in New Jersey. The military base said in a social media post shortly after 11 a.m. that all personnel are asked to remain locked down until further notice. Anyone outside the military base was also urged to take cover. The cause of the […]
In the latest and best example of why Russia must be stopped in Ukraine, reports show that the Kremlin is using its current wartime experience to actively help China prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, essentially raising the risk of WWIII with the United States. In the past decade the military partnership between Russia and […]
Dollars, Discipline & Democracy: The Strategic Logic Of Supporting Argentina
There is a simple question at the center of today’s debate about Argentina. Will a targeted use of the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund and a Federal Reserve swap line advance U.S. interests while costing the taxpayer nothing and, indeed, likely returning a profit? The answer is yes. The reasons are not mysterious. They are anchored […]