Trump’s Close-Knit National Security Team Moves Fast As New Threats Emerge
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Moves fast and maybe breaks things. Trump has entrusted only a handful of his closest advisers to tackle his most important foreign policy priorities from Russia to the Middle East. Even as their portfolio expands — including possible strikes on Venezuela — the group remains small. It’s a mark of the […]
Ex-NFL Star Abruptly Ends Senate Bid As Crockett Rumors Swirl
He’s down, but he’s not out… On Monday, former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) announced he is ending his bid for Texas Senate and instead opting to run for Texas’s new 33th Congressional District as progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is widely anticipated to launch a bid for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat. “In the past few days, I’ve come to believe that a […]
Birthright Citizenship At SCOTUS: Returning To Text, History, And Allegiance
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment contains 14 words before the comma, and three of them still do most of the work. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States. Those words are spare, yet they direct the reader toward a […]
Capitol Hill On Edge As Report Claims Up To 20 More House Republicans May Retire
Capitol Hill is buzzing after a Puck News report suggests that as many as 20 more House Republicans could call it quits in the coming months. Lawmakers are reportedly fed up with mounting frustration over stalled legislation, nonstop fundraising demands, and a sense that the chamber simply isn’t functioning. Most of the potential retirees come […]
Thai Military Launches Major Strikes On Cambodia, Breaking Trump-Brokered Truce
Thailand launched large-scale artillery, air, and rocket strikes on Cambodia on Monday, the sharpest escalation since a ceasefire mediated by President Donald Trump at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur. The attacks came despite the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord, an expanded ceasefire Thailand and Cambodia signed this summer to end […]
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett To Retire After Supreme Court Clears GOP Redistricting Map
Longtime Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas said Friday he won’t run for reelection, a decision that came less than a day after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to move forward with its new congressional map. The map, drawn by Republican lawmakers, is expected to strengthen GOP control and reduce the number of […]
Minneapolis Police Chief Threatens To Fire Police Officers For Non-Intervention In ‘Unlawful’ ICE Arrests
Minneapolis police officers may face termination if they fail to intervene in situations where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents use “unlawful force,” according to comments attributed to Police Chief Brian O’Hara. MS Now reported Friday that O’Hara made clear his officers are expected to take action if they witness excessive force by any […]
Gunman Reportedly Opens Fire Near High-Profile Podcaster’s Property
Podcaster Tim Pool reported that a gunman in “a vehicle” approached his property on Friday night and opened fire, adding that no one was harmed in the incident. Pool disclosed the details in a series of posts on X on Saturday morning. “Last night a vehicle approached our property and opened fire,” he wrote. “No […]
Rosie O’Donnell Unable To Ignore Trump For 2 Days Despite Urging From Therapist
According to an account detailing Rosie O’Donnell’s long-running hostility toward Donald Trump, the former TV talk show host has been unable to follow her therapist’s recommendation to “detach” from her fixation on the former president, even briefly. The report states that O’Donnell acknowledged her therapist had urged her, during a session held the day before […]
Congress Takes Aim At Scheme To Turn American Farms Into Solar Panel Wastelands
A pair of Republican lawmakers hope to end a federal scheme to use taxpayer dollars to pay companies to cover critical American farmland with solar panels. U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced in a statement they have “introduced the Protecting American Farmland Act, which would put an end to Green New […]