Senate Democrats blocked consideration of a defense spending bill that would have funded the military and ensured continued pay for active-duty service members during the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 17th day. In a 50-44 vote, Democrats largely fell in line with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, filibustering the measure despite its
China is preparing for war with the U.S. Much has been written recently about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), often through its interests and lackeys, has been increasingly buying up large tracts of American farmland. Often, these farmlands are near or adjacent to strategic U.S. military bases, including nuclear silo sites and strategic bomber […]
Federal prosecutors have indicted Smartmatic and several former executives in a case alleging foreign bribery and money laundering tied to election contracts. The indictment, filed in the Southern District of Florida, accuses Smartmatic’s parent company, SGO Corp., of paying roughly $1 million in bribes between 2015 and 2018 to a former election official in the […]
As the government shutdown continues, Capitol Hill is bracing for yet another weekend without resolution. A Senate vote that could have guaranteed pay for troops fell short Thursday, with most Democrats blocking the defense appropriations bill — intensifying a bitter partisan deadlock that’s beginning to affect national security and morale. Democrats Block Troop Pay Bill […]
An Illinois police officer living in the United States illegally has been arrested by federal immigration authorities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday. Radule Bojovic, a native of Montenegro, was working as a sworn officer with the Hanover Park Police Department when he was taken into custody during Operation Midway Blitz — a […]
Federal prosecutors in Maryland have indicted former Trump national security adviser John Bolton for his alleged mishandling of classified documents, ABC News reports. CNN’s Katelyn Polantz reported Tuesday that prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland met over the weekend to hammer out the details of a potential indictment. Citing unnamed sources, Polantz reported […]
The common view of Watergate is fixed: a corrupt president, caught red-handed, brought low by courageous reporters and an independent judiciary. But history, examined soberly, seldom aligns so neatly with mythology. When we return to the documents, the testimony, and the peculiar coincidences of the time, another picture begins to emerge, one less comforting to […]
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is thrilled to announce its official partnership of the National Firearm Trade Association’s First Shots® program. First Shots is the introductory and refresher target-shooting program made available through host target-shooting ranges across the country. By F Riehl for Ammoland Under the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation’s administration, the Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – A trio of Air Force B-52 bombers was tracked flying orbits in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela, a major show of force that comes amid a larger U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Marine Corps B variants flying from Puerto Rico, as well as Air Force […]
Why Did The African Development Fund Try To Block Trump Auditors?
A top ethics watchdog is going to court to find out why a taxpayer-funded African investment firm covered up records and blocked auditors from the “Department of Government Efficiency.” The nonprofit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement that it “filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. African […]