Ex-New York Times and Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz is facing bipartisan backlash after downplaying the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suggesting that U.S. foreign policy justified them. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) on May 29, Lorenz described 9/11 as a “punchline” and echoed sentiments that the U.S. “deserved” the attacks due […]
The United States faces no shortage of fiscal fictions. Among the most pernicious is the pretense that meaningful spending restraint can be achieved without conflict. In Washington, every dollar already appropriated is treated not as a proposal, but as holy writ. This illusion must be dispelled. The 1974 Impoundment Control Act, crafted in response to […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – As Lockheed Martin looks for ways to ensure the F-35 remain relevant for decades to come, technology from the company’s unsuccessful bid for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth-generation fighter competition, along with new coatings and other modifications, could go into what has been called a “Ferrari” […]
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Thursday that the Bureau will release surveillance footage from the cell block in New York City’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) where Jeffrey Epstein was held, claiming the video will confirm Epstein was alone when he died. Appearing on Fox & Friends, Bongino said the footage will be made public […]
An explosive new report from The New York Times revealed the disturbing frequency billionaire Elon Musk consumed illicit drugs while on the presidential campaign trail with Donald Trump. The article comes as Musk is exiting the Trump administration after a whirlwind several months in which he led efforts to cut down on the government’s size. Musk told […]
The question is not whether a people may maintain cultural pride. That is an empty proposition few would challenge. The real question, and the one most painfully avoided in elite consensus, is whether the creation of concentrated, self-sustaining, and ideologically distinct migrant enclaves serves either the migrant or the host nation. In the case of […]
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans to revoke humanitarian parole protections for more than 500,000 migrants from four Latin American countries. The decision marks a pivotal moment in the administration’s broader effort to tighten the nation’s immigration system and roll back discretionary executive programs from the Biden […]
Federal investigators are examining a cyber intrusion involving the impersonation of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, raising new concerns about the vulnerability of political figures to artificial intelligence-enabled deception. High-Level Targets, Personal Device Breached According to The Wall Street Journal, an unknown actor accessed Wiles’ personal cellphone contacts and used them to contact […]
Border Czar Tom Homan praised the Trump administration’s border security efforts during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, declaring that the U.S. southern border is now the “most secure in the history of this nation.” “Illegal crossings on the southern border are down 96%,” Homan told Greta Van Susteren on The Record. “We have the […]
In a welcome sign of price stabilization, U.S. core inflation fell to its lowest annual rate since early 2021, while income rose more than expected — signaling improved purchasing power for Americans. As Breitbart reports, the cooling trend could give the Federal Reserve more breathing room to hold interest rates steady without reigniting inflationary pressures: […]
By the time the sun set over Washington, D.C., on Thursday, major headlines had surfaced — seemingly disconnected, yet all echoing the same national tension: the struggle over power, culture, and identity in American public life. It started quietly enough at MIT, where President Sally Kornbluth announced the dismantling of the university’s central Diversity, Equity, […]
Trump Fights Back Against Judicial Lawfare Threatening His Legacy
Beginning his first day in office, President Trump unleashed a flurry of executive orders when he returned to the White House. These have ranged from withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accords, ending DEI programs in the federal government, gutting foreign aid and the Education Department, banning transgender individuals in the military, to a massive illegal immigration crackdown, […]