A former U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after admitting to trying to pass highly sensitive military information to the Chinese government — a stark reminder of the growing national security threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty to two felony charges […]
Newsweek senior editor-at-large Josh Hammer came under fire Wednesday after publishing a column that critics mischaracterized as calling for harm against Tucker Carlson — an accusation Hammer says is rooted in bad faith and deliberate misinterpretation. In the piece, Hammer faulted Carlson for having an amicable interview with Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes, arguing that […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – China’s persistent use of maritime gray zone tactics, designed to achieve strategic aims without crossing the threshold of war, poses a fundamental challenge to U.S. regional interests. Using ambiguity and indirect coercion, China seeks to “advance without attacking,” shaping a favorable strategic environment under the guise of civilian activity. China […]
Federal Courts Step In Two federal judges have ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to tap emergency funds to continue paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown. Judge John J. McConnell of Rhode Island directed the USDA to access roughly $5 billion in contingency funds “as soon as possible” to […]
President Donald Trump’s long-envisioned plan to add a grand ballroom to the White House has deep roots — going back more than a decade before his presidency. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump first pitched the idea to President Barack Obama in 2010, offering to build the facility himself. The Journal revealed that Trump, then a celebrity […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Former NFL running back Doug Martin, an All‑Pro with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders, died earlier this month at age 36 after a confrontation with police in Oakland, California, officials say. According to authorities, Martin was involved in a “brief struggle” with officers investigating an early morning break-in at a […]
A Senate Republican accused Google and its AI of targeting conservatives with false allegations and fake news stories, including allegations of a sexual assault that never happened. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a letter first obtained by Fox News that Google’s large language model AI Gemma allegedly produced false and defamatory allegations against […]
Democrat’s latest Medicaid maneuver is not a policy choice, it is a scheme. Despite federal law explicitly barring Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants, Governors like Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats have engineered a backdoor that effectively launders federal dollars into state programs that provide exactly that. This is not speculation, it is arithmetic. Spending on […]
Via Ammoland by Editors and Staff DAVENPORT, FL – What started as an impatient drive-thru order at 3 a.m. turned into what Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called “a McMess,” after a McDonald’s employee allegedly defended himself with gunfire when two customers threatened to attack him. Drive-Thru Dispute Turns Violent According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, […]
It will be good for the GOP and good for Trump. As soon as I saw the groundswell of idiotic and ignorant Democrat support for the radical 34-year-old African-born, Jew-hating, Islamist-communist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, as his first-ever job, I was one of the few who saw his winning as a good […]
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave CNN‘s Jake Tapper a sharp rebuke after the anchor suggested that gerrymandering is primarily a Republican issue. “No, Jake. There has been gerrymandering going on for 200 years,” Schwarzenegger hit back, noting that both Massachusetts and New Mexico are prime examples of it. “In a state like […]
Judge McConnell’s SNAP Order: A Short-Sighted Violation Of Separation Of Powers
Obama-appointed Judge John J. McConnell’s recent order compelling President Trump to use emergency funds to pay November SNAP benefits is both short-sighted and unlawful. The order, issued in late October 2025, directs the administration to draw from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) contingency reserve to issue benefits despite Congress’s failure to appropriate funds for […]