For Army 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre, the Army’s first drone-on-drone strike wasn’t exactly a Hollywood moment. By Jennifer French for Soldier Systems “In [the Star Wars movie], ‘A New Hope,’ Luke Skywalker flies an X-Wing through the Death Star trench and blows it up,” La Torre said. “This wasn’t like that. It was way […]
Police in Redmond are investigating a late-night shooting that took place Sunday near the QFC on Redmond Way. According to the Redmond Police Department, officers were dispatched around 11 p.m. following a report of a disturbance involving a firearm. By Brandon Curtis for Concealed Nation Authorities say an employee of a nearby business noticed a man […]
President Donald Trump made a sharp, stern demand during a tense phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following an unexpected Israeli strike on Hamas targets in Doha, Qatar early Tuesday. During the call, Trump warned that targeting Qatar, a key U.S. partner and mediator in the Gaza War and hostage negotiations, was “not […]
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A 16-year-old student opened fire at Evergreen High School on Wednesday, wounding two classmates before taking his own life, authorities said. The shooting began around 12:24 p.m. on school grounds — approximately four minutes after Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah. The attack unfolded both inside […]
A federal appeals court in New York City, dominated by Democrat appointees, has upheld Connecticut laws banning common rifles and magazines, setting up a potential conflict with the United States Supreme Court which already ruled such bans are unconstitutional. “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on upheld Connecticut’s bans on commonly owned […]
On Thursday, the wife of former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D) was sentenced in a foreign influence trial. Nadine Menendez was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for participating with her husband and former U.S. senator Bob Menendez in a corruption scheme to obtain expensive gifts and bribes including gold […]
Freedom of the press is not a polite request to those who would silence it. It is a constitutional guarantee, rooted in the First Amendment, and binding on both state power and private mobs. Yet in cities across America, reporters are regularly harassed, detained, and even assaulted by activists intent on controlling the narrative. Police […]
On Thursday, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the country’s U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson after documents published by Congress exposed the extent of his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein following the disgraced financier’s 2008 criminal case. The Foreign Office confirmed that the prime minister had ordered Mandelson’s removal “in light of the additional information in emails” offering support to Epstein […]
A new report from The Wall Street Journal suggests the ammunition used in the recent shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk may have been marked with ideological symbols. According to sources, cartridges recovered at the scene were engraved with phrases or symbols tied to transgender and antifascist movements. Conservative commentator Steven Crowder shared the claim […]
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Charlie Kirk, the conservative youth activist and founder of Turning Point USA, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, following his assassination during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University earlier this week. Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on September 10 while addressing students at the […]
Retired Generals Warn Against Domestic Troop Deployments
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – But are they just exaggerating the possibility for political reasons? Eleven retired U.S. generals warned that recent and proposed National Guard deployments could [emphasis added] “undermine” the military’s reputation as a trusted institution and harm troop morale. “A military that is thrust into aggressive interactions with civilians in a politicized context will, over time, inevitably […]