The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a third tanker in the southern Caribbean near Venezuela, identifying the vessel as the sanctioned crude oil tanker M/T Bella 1. Sanctioned in 2024 for transporting Iranian oil tied to terrorism financing, Bella 1 refused to be boarded and is actively fleeing the Coast Guard near the Venezuelan coast, […]
A 58-year-old concealed carry permit holder shot a teenage suspect during an attempted vehicle break-in early Monday morning in the city’s Roseland neighborhood, according to the Chicago Police Department. By Luke McCoy for USA Carry Police were called to the 9400 block of South Indiana Avenue around 3:43 a.m. after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunfire […]
WASHINGTON — A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came under new strain after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed a senior Hamas commander accused of helping plan the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel. The strike, carried out Dec. 13, targeted a vehicle carrying Raad Saad, a top figure in Hamas’s armed […]
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that nearly 1.5 million U.S. service members will receive a special Christmas bonus—what he called a “warrior dividend”—as part of his administration’s renewed focus on strengthening the military and honoring America’s heritage. Speaking from the White House, Trump said the nation’s more than 1,450,000 active-duty personnel will receive a […]
U.S. forces intercepted and boarded a second merchant oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela early Saturday, escalating Washington’s newly announced blockade of Venezuelan oil shipments. The operation came less than two weeks after U.S. officials disclosed plans to halt oil exports they say help
The Trump administration is pushing back against an effort by a liberal advocacy group to halt construction on the new White House ballroom, warning in a court filing Monday that delaying work would directly undermine national security. According to a declaration from the U.S. Secret Service, the project—now in a critical below-grade phase after the […]
It’s the American thing to do. A young Chinese man who bravely risked his life to covertly film and document the Chinese Communist Party’s mass detention camps targeting Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang has an asylum case pending, but has been detained by ICE for months and is facing deportation. Either Homeland Security Secretary Kristi […]
SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly told attendees at AmericaFest on Friday that her longtime friendship with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro has ended following his public criticism of her during the conference. Megyn Kelly responds to Ben Shapiro: “I found it kind of funny that Ben thinks he has the power to decide who gets excommunicated […]
The reverberations across the country after a U.S. National Guardswoman was murdered (active tense) have been far and wide. By Ammoland Editors & Staff for Ammoland An Afghan national, brought to the United States during former President Joe Biden’s botched and hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, allegedly drove from Washington state across the country, walked up to two unarmed […]
The Department of Justice has indicted an Afghan national residing in Fort Worth, Texas, for allegedly making online threats to construct an explosive and kill U.S. citizens using it. By Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Texas Department of Public Safety on Nov. […]
The Filibuster Is Hollowing Out The House, Why The GOP Is Walking Away
The wave of Republican departures from the House is being misread. Commentators reach first for psychology, fatigue, ambition, or cowardice. They say members are tired, or tempted by greener pastures, or afraid of hard fights. Those explanations are easy, and they are wrong. The more accurate explanation is institutional. The House has lost its payoff […]