President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over leaked transcripts revealing special envoy Steve Witkoff coaching a senior Kremlin official on how to “sell” a potential Ukraine peace deal to Washington. Speaking aboard Air Force One late Tuesday, Trump described the conversations as routine, calling them “standard negotiations.” The president defended Witkoff’s involvement despite rising alarm that […]
Federal immigration authorities have detained the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, a woman who officials say overstayed a decades-old tourist visa. Bruna Caroline Ferreira was taken into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, after allegedly remaining in the United States illegally since her B2 visa expired in June 1999, according to a Department […]
[UPDATED — 8:47 a.m. EDT, Thursday] West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) walked back an earlier announcement in which he said two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday had died. Less than half an hour after making that statement, he posted again, explaining that new information indicated their status was uncertain. Current […]
Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and now CEO of Turning Point USA, said this week that quiet conversations about supporting Vice President JD Vance in a 2028 presidential run have already begun. In an interview on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, Kirk said one of her final conversations with her husband before […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Earlier, I argued for bringing back to service and court-martialing the veterans among the 6 Democrat politicians who posted a video urging troops to refuse what they called “illegal” orders. I called it incitement to mutiny. And sure enough, the senior veteran among them is now being investigated. And may […]
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid creates controversy during a recent appearance on the I’ve Had It podcast, where she speculated about Vice President JD Vance’s marriage and political future. Reid questioned whether Vance might eventually seek a new spouse to better align with what she characterized as expectations within the MAGA movement, focusing on the […]
As millions of families gather around the Thanksgiving table this year, many are finally beginning to feel a long-awaited sense of financial relief — relief that President Donald J. Trump has been fighting tirelessly to deliver. After inheriting the worst inflation crisis in 40 years from Joe Biden and Democrat leadership, the renewed Trump Administration […]
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been issued a 48-hour ban from entering Venice, Italy, after joining Extinction Rebellion protesters who dyed the Grand Canal bright green, according to reports. The 22-year-old Swedish activist was also fined $172, along with roughly 35 other demonstrators involved in the action, The Telegraph reported. Extinction Rebellion said the dye […]
The conviction of President Donald J. Trump in New York is not merely a legal misstep; it is a constitutional disaster. The case was prosecuted under a theory so convoluted, so bereft of statutory grounding, that it cannot stand under even minimal judicial scrutiny. What began as a set of time-barred misdemeanors was alchemized into […]
Indiana lawmakers are heading back to the Statehouse in December, setting up a contentious fight over whether Republicans will redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms. House Moves First on Dec. 1 The Indiana House of Representatives will reconvene Dec. 1 to take up all pending legislative business, with a redrawn congressional […]
A federal judge ended her 12-year oversight of the New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday, clearing the city and Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick to run the city’s police force free of the court monitoring and blueprint for reform that officials say has helped transform a department once mired in scandal. By John Simerman and Missy Wilkinson for […]
CIA Election Interference Revisited: The 51 Spies Who Lied
The story of the 51 former intelligence officials who intervened in the 2020 election has grown clearer over the past several years. New witness testimony, congressional letters, and internal communications reveal a coordinated effort by senior members of the intelligence community, the Biden campaign, and influential media outlets to mislead voters at a decisive moment. […]