PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Europe can build up most of the critical defense ‘enablers’ needed to deter or defeat Russia without US support via NATO within five years, provided the political will to invest is there, according to security experts. Without critical enablers now provided by the U.S. through NATO, such as command and control […]
Update (11:47 a.m. ET): The school-age child who died from measles was unvaccinated—amidst the largest measles outbreak in Texas in nearly 30 years. The majority of cases are among unvaccinated individuals. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, measles vaccination rates in the U.S. were relatively high. Among children aged 24 months, the MMR vaccination rate was 90.8% […]
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) is recovering at home after suffering a serious fall over the weekend that resulted in a seizure, a brain bleed and a concussion. The 64-year-old lawmaker shared details of the incident on social media, explaining that he slipped on ice while walking down a hill to a dock, striking the back […]
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday that the White House press team would now have control over determining which media members are part of the press pool, rather than the long-standing White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). This change, which is a departure from decades of tradition, signals a new direction in how media access […]
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump confirmed that the Super Bowl champions would indeed be extended an invitation to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, putting an end to recent speculation about whether or not they would make the traditional trip following their Super Bowl victory. During a briefing inside the Oval Office, Trump told reporters, “They will […]
Apple has announced its largest-ever commitment, pledging to invest a staggering $500 billion over the next four years. The tech giant, known for its cutting-edge products and services, is focusing its investment on advancing American innovation, research and development (R&D), and high-skilled manufacturing. This initiative will see the creation of 20,000 new jobs across the […]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) is under scrutiny after an off-hand remark caught on a hot mic after an interview at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London last week raised eyebrows. Following a discussion of the Russia-Ukraine conflict with GB News’s Steven Edginton, Crenshaw appeared to threaten conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, stating that […]
A controversial executive order by President Donald Trump expanding Obamacare-style mandates to force health insurers to pay for in-vitro fertilization is drawing criticism from one long-time pro-life leader, who notes the practice destroys millions of pre-born human lives each year. “President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling on his Domestic Policy advisor to make […]
The predictable wails have begun. The chattering class warns of imminent doom as another government shutdown looms, a consequence not of Republicans’ refusal to negotiate, but of Democrats actively using a shutdown as a tool to obstruct President Trump’s agenda. Rather than engaging in good-faith negotiations over the budget, they are leveraging the threat of […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Space Force will play a “central role” in the Pentagon’s efforts to develop a homeland missile defense shield, according to the service’s top officer. Trump’s order calling on the Pentagon to develop an “Iron Dome for America” – an advanced version of Israel’s Iron Dome, to counter a range of missile threats, including hypersonic weapons […]
The American judiciary is designed to be an impartial arbiter of the law, a safeguard against executive overreach and legislative tyranny. But what happens when those entrusted with neutrality weaponize their benches to obstruct a democratically elected administration? What happens when rulings become less about jurisprudence and more about ideological opposition? The case of U.S. […]
DOGE Won’t Leak Government Data – The Bureaucracy Already Did
The lawsuits against DOGE rest on a flimsy premise: that allowing Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to federal data presents an existential threat to privacy and national security. Yet, these same plaintiffs and judges—almost uniformly aligned with the Democratic Party—have turned a blind eye to real, systemic data breaches that have compromised the personal […]