Despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, immigration enforcement operations are continuing as scheduled across the United States, with deportation officers carrying out arrests and removals nationwide. The shutdown — triggered just after midnight on Wednesday when Congress failed to pass a short-term funding bill — has paused many non-essential government operations. But according to officials […]
Chernobyl Loses Power In Drone Strike; Ukraine Blames Russia For Nuclear Risk
A drone strike Wednesday knocked out power to Slavutych, the Ukrainian city responsible for supplying electricity to the Chernobyl nuclear site, including the New Safe Confinement structure that contains the remains of Reactor 4 — the source of the 1986 meltdown. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of targeting the city with more than 20 […]
Senate Erupts In Laughter After Schumer Suggests ‘New York Times’ Biased Against Democrats
The U.S. Senate chamber broke into laughter Tuesday evening as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dismissed a recent New York Times poll as “biased” after it showed widespread public opposition to the Democratic-led government shutdown. The remark came just hours before the federal government officially shut down, following a failed attempt by Senate Republicans to pass a clean […]
Morning Brief: Cawthorn Returns, ATF Implodes, Trump Builds Legacy In Miami
A decorated Army veteran turned whistleblower exposes explosive allegations inside Biden’s ATF. Madison Cawthorn reenters the political arena, citing the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk as his call to action. And in downtown Miami, Florida leaders greenlight a $66 million site for the Trump Presidential Library — a monument to legacy, power, and narrative […]
Democrats Seek $200 Billion For Illegal Immigrants As Condition To End Shutdown
As the first full day of the federal government shutdown concludes, a newly released White House memo outlines key policy demands from congressional Democrats in ongoing funding negotiations—chief among them, a push to repeal healthcare eligibility restrictions that would result in nearly $200 billion in federal spending on healthcare for non-citizens, including those in the country illegally, over […]
Why xAI’s Grokipedia Must Confront The State Capture Of Human Knowledge
Elon Musk’s xAI has announced its ambition to build Grokipedia, a genuine rival to Wikipedia. This is no small task. For Grokipedia to succeed, it must not only compete with Wikipedia’s massive footprint but also confront what Wikipedia has become: the single most effective propaganda system in human history. To steelman this point is not […]
Former ATF Senior Official Now Working For Everytown
Via The Truth About Guns by Lee Williams Marianna Mitchem, ATF’s former Associate Assistant Director of Field Operations (Industry Operations), is now working for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Everytown for Gun Safety, according to a former ATF senior official who did not want their name used in this story. Mitchem […]
Europe Rallies To Push Back On Russian Threat
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Germany, France, and Poland support stronger European integration to counter Russia, potentially mobilizing frozen Russian financial assets to support Ukraine under an EU-proposed scheme, as well as deeper defense integration with Kyiv. NATO has expanded its Baltic Sentry mission with additional vigilance assets and activities in response to recent drone incidents […]
Former ATF Employee Alleges Biden Officials Harassed, Threatened Him For Exposing Abuses
A former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives employee alleges the agency threatened him with physical harm and Biden ATF Director Steven Dettelbach “personally gave orders to find a legal justification to fire” him over his complaints that unqualified agents were being hired. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced in a statement Chairman […]

Prioritizing Illegals Over Seniors: How Democrat Medicaid Experiments Leave Citizens Behind
Democrats’ latest Medicaid maneuver is not a policy choice, it is a scheme. Despite federal law explicitly barring Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants, Governors like Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats have engineered a backdoor that effectively launders federal dollars into state programs that provide exactly that. This is not speculation, it is arithmetic. Spending on […]