Minnesota authorities and federal investigators say Somalis involved in the state’s Medicaid autism-care programs stole millions of dollars through fraudulent billing schemes and funneled portions of the money overseas, including to terror groups in Somalia, according to reporting from City Journal, Breitbart News, and statements from federal officials. In July, Breitbart News reported that nearly […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now pursuing new rule changes following his botched handling of the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. According to Axios, Johnson is pushing for revisions to the House’s discharge petition process after a recent petition forced action on the Epstein records — blindsiding House leadership. He argues […]
President Donald Trump was not invited to attend former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to Axios, while a source told CNN that Vice President JD Vance also did not receive an invitation. Cheney died on November 3 at age 84 due to complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular […]
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., dealing the latest blow to the president’s efforts to crack down on crime. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, ruled that the Pentagon’s deployment of D.C. National Guard members for “non-military, crime-deterrence missions” and its calls for assistance from […]
Congress is taking action after a Virginia prosecutor seems to have allowed liberal activists to cultivate threats against a top Trump official and his children. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee report Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has “sent a letter to Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, prosecutor for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church, demanding information about […]
White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev have drafted a 28-point ceasefire plan for the war in Ukraine, according to Axios. The proposal would allow Russia to gain additional territory in Eastern Ukraine and would scale back Ukraine’s military capabilities. In exchange, the United States would provide security guarantees intended to […]
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that her office implemented new restrictions on media access to Upper Press after catching reporters secretly recording conversations and loitering near sensitive information. For decades, credentialed journalists were allowed to freely enter the Upper Press area—located just steps from the press secretary’s office—without an appointment. That changed […]
The time has come to speak plainly. Judge Jeffrey Brown’s handling of the Texas redistricting litigation was not a close case of judicial disagreement. It was a profound breach of duty that undermined confidence in the judiciary, injected raw partisanship into a domain the Supreme Court has placed beyond judicial reach, and relied on claims […]
China is drawing new attention to the KJ-600, its carrier-borne early warning and control aircraft, following the official commissioning of the country’s third aircraft carrier, Fujian. By Daisuke Sato for Defence Blog The aircraft was first unveiled as part of the Fujian’s air wing during China’s V-Day military parade in Beijing and has since been […]
A former aide to Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) was charged with faking a political attack that prosecutors say included lacerations and writing on her body. Natalie Greene, 26, of Ocean City, appeared in court Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes, as well as making false statements to federal law enforcement. The […]
President Trump’s push to shrink — and ultimately dismantle — the Department of Education just took a massive leap forward. In a sweeping overhaul, the administration is breaking up the department and relocating huge chunks of its authority across the federal government. Key offices that control K-12 and higher education policy are headed to the […]
Is Washington Pushing Ukraine To Surrender? New Questions Swirl Around Strategy
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – “Capitulation.” U.S.-Russian peace plan would force Ukraine to cede land and significantly cut army. The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian input, comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters amounting to capitulation. Some see the proposal as a Russian bid to press Ukraine […]