WASHINGTON — The United States is warning it will impose new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless the court agrees to major structural changes, including an amendment to its founding treaty that would block investigations of President Donald Trump and other U.S. leaders after Trump leaves office in 2029, according to reporting from Reuters. […]
Today’s headlines carry a sense of historic reckoning, geopolitical brinkmanship, and sobering warnings about America’s military future. From long-buried secrets in the Epstein saga finally seeing daylight, to a dramatic operation off the coast of Venezuela, to a leaked Pentagon assessment that has shaken national security officials, the stakes at home and abroad are rising […]
Netflix is facing heavy criticism for its upcoming Argentinian drama Queen of Coal, a film centered on a transgender coal miner “fighting the patriarchy” in the remote Patagonia region. Critics say the project is yet another example of the streamer’s increasingly ideological programming — and some warn that if Netflix succeeds in acquiring Warner Bros. […]
A newly leaked classified assessment from the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment warns that China could overpower U.S. forces in a conflict over Taiwan as early as 2027. The document, known as the “Overmatch” brief, cites China’s rapidly expanding military production capacity and concludes that the United States — after eight decades of global military […]
Some conservatives are very concerned. GOP Senators are pushing back. In light of President Trump’s AI Action Plan released in July, which I discussed earlier, and promotes American dominance in Artificial Intelligence (AI), many on the right are wondering aloud how the president could suddenly approve the shipment of advanced Nvidia H200 Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]
A federal judge has shut down Colorado clerk Tina Peters’ latest bid to avoid state prison — at least for now. On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak refused to release a former Colorado clerk who was convicted of attempting to breach voting systems in hopes of proving Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in […]
U.S. forces have reportedly seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to U.S. officials cited by the U.S. Coast Guard and unnamed administration sources. President Trump confirmed the escalation in remarks at the White House. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Large tanker, very large. Largest one […]
Democrats notched another attention-getting win on Tuesday, flipping a Georgia state House seat in a district that has leaned Republican in recent elections — a result party strategists are already pointing to as an encouraging sign ahead of next year’s midterms. Democrat Eric Gisler defeated Republican Mack Guest IV in the special election for Georgia […]
A top ethics watchdog is suing the Justice Department so the public can see how a federal prosecutor tasked with seeing criminal charges against President Donald Trump worked with liberal prosecutors targeting Trump in Georgia and New York. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced announced in a statement “it filed a Freedom […]
Reporters Without Borders says that the United States, the country with the world’s strongest constitutional protection for speech and press, is a “problematic” democracy ranked behind a long list of European states that criminalize opinions, subsidize favored outlets, and increasingly blur the line between journalism and government messaging. To understand how that result is even […]
A lawsuit now alleges New York Attorney General Letitia James tried to strong-arm local school boards into shutting down public comment—specifically, speech criticizing policies that allow transgender students in girls’ sports and locker rooms. According to the complaint, the alleged threats were delivered in a “guidance letter” that plaintiffs say warned board members they could […]
The Tanker Seizure That Signals The End Of Venezuela’s Dictatorship
The prevailing media story about the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean holds that Washington is escalating its war on narco traffickers. This story sounds plausible enough. It fits neatly within old frameworks and allows commentators to recycle familiar talking points about interdiction, cartels, and regional corruption. Yet the closer one looks, the less the […]