President Donald Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office on Monday that potential military strikes in Mexico to disrupt the drug trade would be “okay with me.” By Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge He expressed rare openness to direct Pentagon action inside America’s neighbor to the immediate south, at a moment of ongoing deadly drone […]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a 16-term Democrat who has quietly wielded major influence in Washington for over three decades — announced she will not seek reelection in 2026. The unexpected decision means she will retire from Congress at the end of her current term. A Long Tenure Comes to a Close Velázquez, 72, has represented […]
Democratic Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick responded Thursday to her federal indictment by accusing political opponents of deploying “intimidation tactics” and unfairly targeting minorities as she faces mounting calls for her removal from Congress. A federal grand jury indicted Cherfilus-McCormick on Wednesday over allegations that she and her co-defendants diverted $5 million in FEMA overpayments from […]
Minnesota authorities and federal investigators say Somalis involved in the state’s Medicaid autism-care programs stole millions of dollars through fraudulent billing schemes and funneled portions of the money overseas, including to terror groups in Somalia, according to reporting from City Journal, Breitbart News, and statements from federal officials. In July, Breitbart News reported that nearly […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – “Capitulation.” U.S.-Russian peace plan would force Ukraine to cede land and significantly cut army. The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian input, comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters amounting to capitulation. Some see the proposal as a Russian bid to press Ukraine […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now pursuing new rule changes following his botched handling of the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. According to Axios, Johnson is pushing for revisions to the House’s discharge petition process after a recent petition forced action on the Epstein records — blindsiding House leadership. He argues […]
President Donald Trump was not invited to attend former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to Axios, while a source told CNN that Vice President JD Vance also did not receive an invitation. Cheney died on November 3 at age 84 due to complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular […]
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., dealing the latest blow to the president’s efforts to crack down on crime. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, ruled that the Pentagon’s deployment of D.C. National Guard members for “non-military, crime-deterrence missions” and its calls for assistance from […]
Congress is taking action after a Virginia prosecutor seems to have allowed liberal activists to cultivate threats against a top Trump official and his children. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee report Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has “sent a letter to Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, prosecutor for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church, demanding information about […]
Trump’s Fix For Weaponized Whistleblower Laws
Federal whistleblower laws were created to protect honest civil servants who expose real wrongdoing, not to empower senior officials to sabotage an elected president’s agenda. Yet over time, these protections have developed into a shield that some anti administration bureaucrats employ to freeze policy they dislike. The result has been a strange inversion of constitutional […]