Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is vowing a fierce fight against President Donald Trump’s effort to extend federal oversight of Washington, D.C.’s police forces — an initiative to address what he described as an emergency in the nation’s capital. The president announced earlier this week that he is invoking Section 740 of the D.C. […]
As President Donald Trump takes bold action to address the worsening crime and homelessness crisis in Washington, D.C., Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser has left the city behind — jetting off to Martha’s Vineyard, a well-known playground for political elites and liberal powerbrokers. According to Fox 5, Bowser is away on what her office described as […]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told Fox News he often drives unbuckled while in Washington, D.C., citing a heightened threat of carjackings in the nation’s capital. “I drive around in Washington, D.C. in my Jeep … and I don’t buckle up,” Mullin said. “It is so prevalent of carjacking.” Mullin argues that going without a seat […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s reported decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is not a rash political gesture, it is an act grounded in history, evidence, and a sober understanding of the nature of the threat. The Muslim Brotherhood is not simply a religious or political movement. It is an organization […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is throwing its weight behind a groundbreaking Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal that would finally reopen a long-closed door for nonviolent Americans seeking to restore their federal gun rights. By Larry Z for Guns America According to DOJ estimates, over one million applicants could take advantage of this restoration program […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Tracking cartels? A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) MQ-9 Guardian medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drone flew deep into Mexico, according to public online tracking. The drone was operating at the behest of the Mexican government, according to the chief of Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection. It took off from San […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says the U.S. government has credible evidence of otherworldly entities capable of operating outside our understanding of time and space. The Florida Republican made the claim on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the world’s most-listened-to podcast. Luna told Rogan she is “very confident” that what she’s seen and heard […]
A newly-introduced bill would end a Biden administration scheme to deny loans to small firearms businesses. U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and 17 Republican colleagues tintroduced the “Equal Shot Act.” Risch reports, if passed, the bill “prohibits the Small Business Administration (SBA) from discriminating against firearm-related businesses.” “Federal agencies have no authority to deny critical […]
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared a state of emergency to quell violence and drug trafficking in the state. Gov. Grisham announced the sweeping emergency declaration in crime-ridden Rio Arriba County, which includes two Native American Pueblo communities. The county, which stretches from the city of Española to the Colorado state line, has struggled with […]
On Wednesday, a former Republican candidate for a New Mexico state House seat was sentenced to 80 years in prison after contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings at the homes of Democrat officials after his election loss. Solomon Peña was convicted of 13 felony charges earlier this year after he orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New […]
President Trump’s victory in the D.C. Circuit’s August 13 decision in Global Health Council v. Trump is not simply another court case resolved in the President’s favor. It is a precedent-setting moment, one that will reverberate far beyond the confines of USAID. By closing the courthouse door to private plaintiffs seeking to compel the Executive […]
Texas Can’t Wait Until 2030 To Fix Its Maps: The Case For Texas House Redistricting
Texas stands at a constitutional and political crossroads. The Legislature has the opportunity, and arguably the obligation, to redraw Texas House of Representative districts immediately. This is not a matter of partisan whim but of legal compliance and the restoration of legislative integrity. Two developments make this moment urgent: first, the House Democrats’ decision to […]