Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) is urging fellow Democrats in Annapolis to revisit a stalled mid-decade redistricting push, arguing that if Republicans proceed with similar efforts elsewhere, Maryland Democrats should respond in kind. In a podcast interview on The New Republic’s “The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent,” Raskin criticized resistance from Maryland Senate President Bill […]
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered ICE to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia immediately, ruling that the Trump administration had no legal basis to keep him in detention — even after he faced human-smuggling charges in Tennessee. Judge Paula Xinis said Abrego Garcia was held illegally once immigration authorities brought him back into the country […]
Republicans appear to have successfully elevated their preferred Democratic opponent for the 2026 Texas Senate race, as Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett has officially entered the primary after months of behind-the-scenes maneuvering by GOP operatives. According to a Tuesday report from NOTUS, the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) began including Crockett’s name in internal polling in […]
Complex conflict. Clashes between China-friendly Cambodia and longtime U.S. ally Thailand are intensifying along their long-disputed border, derailing a much-ballyhooed ceasefire brokered by President Trump in July after five days of intense fighting. However, the ceasefire was always fragile. Both nations carried on a bitter propaganda war afterwards, and minor cross-border violence continued. Cambodia was […]
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 […]
If you want to know just how much trouble restrictive anti-gun laws can cause for lawful citizens, look no further than a 67-year-old New Yorker recently jailed. By Mark Chesnut for GAT Daily Charles Foehner wasn’t prosecuted for fatally shooting a repeat criminal in self-defense two years ago. Rather, he was charged for saving his own […]
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) […]
The $8 Billion Lie: Minnesota’s Somali Community Is A $4B Annual Taxpayer Burden
President Trump’s critics thought they had found the perfect talking point. In response to his claim that Somali immigrants in Minnesota “contribute nothing,” the Star Tribune ran a triumphant column insisting that Somali Minnesotans contribute “about $8 billion” to the state economy. The columnist invoked the authority of an economist, Bruce Corrie, and pointed to […]