AUSTIN / HOUSTON — The Texas Attorney General’s office has filed suit against Harris County, alleging the county illegally allocated approximately $1.34 million in taxpayer funds to nonprofit organizations that provide legal representation for individuals facing deportation in immigration proceedings. The lawsuit, filed in Harris County District Court, targets a decision by the County Commissioners […]
A new twist has emerged in the Fulton County election interference case against President Donald Trump. On Friday, a special prosecutor was appointed to replace embattled District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who was disqualified after a court found her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor created an appearance of impropriety. Peter Skandalakis, executive director of […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro reportedly called President Donald Trump a “barbarian” this week, days after he ordered his country’s security forces to stop sharing intelligence with the U.S. until Washington halts its strikes on suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean. Petro made the remark during an interview published Thursday by NBC News, which also quoted the Colombia president as […]
In a bowel-dropping failure of police protocol, five Mount Vernon, New York, police officers have been suspended without pay after a suspect allegedly smuggled a .22-caliber revolver in his buttocks and opened fire inside a police transport van. The incident, which occurred on October 16, 2025, has sparked outrage, internal investigations, and serious questions about […]
Russian involvement in Venezuela, even as the U.S. expands its military forces nearby and warns of expanding hostilities into the country itself, is making some worry that Team Trump may be risking a wider war, and may even be “sleepwalking into Armageddon.” Russia’s strategic relationship with socialist Venezuela goes back decades. I have written extensively about […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the arrest of a Moldovan illegal immigrant and convicted killer who tortured and threw a victim out of a ninth-floor window. On Nov. 4 in Los Angeles, Victoria Sorocean was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after it was discovered that she had been convicted […]
The image is arresting. A federal district judge in Chicago orders Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to release 13 illegal aliens immediately, to shift 615 more out of detention by Friday, and to prepare for the possible release of as many as 3,300 recent arrestees in the coming weeks. The judge […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – America’s most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier, and the world’s largest, is expected to reach waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of U.S. military power not seen in Latin America for generations. Experts disagree on whether U.S. warplanes will catapult off the USS Gerald R. Ford to bomb targets inside […]
In a recent interview on his long-form podcast, Tucker Carlson sat down with Robert “Bob” Amsterdam, during which the pugnacious former Fox News host praised Amsterdam as a defender of Christians and someone he consults privately about global attacks on Christian communities. During their conversation, Amsterdam downplayed some claims of anti-Christian persecution in Nigeria — […]
When ‘Typos’ Become Cover-Ups, Why Congress Has To Ban Protective Redaction
A single letter can hide a scandal. Change “EcoHealth” to “Ec~Health,” or “Andersen” to “Anders$n,” and the email that should surface in response to a Freedom of Information Act request quietly disappears from search results. That is the logic of what is called the Protective Redaction Technique, the practice of using pseudonyms, deliberate misspellings, and […]