Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the Trump administration is investigating claims that Minnesota taxpayer money was diverted to Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based militant group, in a case that has drawn national attention amid broader scrutiny of fraud involving public assistance and pandemic-era programs. Bessent announced the probe in a post on X, saying he […]
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says New York City is currently harboring more than 7,100 criminal illegal aliens due to its sanctuary policies, accusing city officials of intentionally shielding dangerous offenders from federal immigration authorities. In an interview with Fox News, McLaughlin said New York’s refusal to honor immigration detainers has allowed violent offenders […]
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, according to an announcement from his wife and confirmation from U.S. prison officials. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website indicated Hernández was released Monday from U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia. A Bureau of Prisons […]
Costco Wholesale has launched a fresh challenge to the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers, filing suit to recover millions in tariffs paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The case, now before the U.S. Court of International Trade, argues that every tariff imposed through the IEEPA was unlawful and should be refunded. Costco’s […]
Washington is confronting a collision of debates over citizenship, migration, and political power — each unfolding against a backdrop of heightened national scrutiny. Moreno Pushes to End Dual Citizenship as Trump Era Immigration Agenda Expands A new front opened in the GOP’s immigration and citizenship push Monday as Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, prepares to introduce […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is voiding all executive orders and official documents signed using an autopen during Joe Biden’s time in office, escalating a controversy now under federal investigation. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump asserted that “approximately 92%” of Biden’s executive documents were signed using an autopen — a […]
The latest report from the National Alliance of Retired and Active Duty FBI Special Agents and Analysts has been widely described as damning. Headlines highlight words like “toxic,” “paralyzed,” and “in over his head.” Some commentators present the document as proof that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are failing. This is a mistake. A close […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Most Americans likely believe the internet comes from space, via satellites. But the vast majority of information that flows across tens of billions of devices connected to the internet comes from the sea. 500 fiber-optic undersea cables carry more than 95% of all internet data. And they are very vulnerable. This, […]
On Monday evening, President Donald Trump’s top security officials are reportedly planning to convene in the Oval Office for a closed-door “next steps” discussion on Venezuela. Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that senior figures, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, are […]
President Trump’s renewed halt on Islamic migration to the United States, alongside a policy of promoting remigration for certain Islamic refugees and migrants, is routinely denounced as xenophobic, unchristian, even fascist. The charges are serious. They are also philosophically sloppy and theologically uninformed. If we take St. Thomas Aquinas seriously, especially Summa Theologiae I–II, Question […]
A 17-year-old from the south suburbs, known in the local rap scene as “4 Block Lil Mari,” has been arrested after a botched carjacking in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Prosecutors say Kamari Bonslater was shot by a woman he attempted to rob at gunpoint, a woman who turned out to be a legally armed concealed carry […]
China Testing Ferry-Based Invasion Fleet And Assault Barges For Taiwan
The increasingly imminent invasion or blockade of Taiwan can be seen in the latest satellite imagery of communist China testing its amphibious landing barges tailor-made for an assault on the self-ruled democratic island. In addition to its massive naval buildup giving it the world’s largest navy by hull count — including a surge in advance […]