Ruling overturns decades-old deal at strategic waterway… PANAMA CITY — Panama’s supreme court has annulled a decades-old concession held by a Hong Kong-based company to operate two major ports at either end of the Panama Canal, a decision with sweeping implications for global trade and the growing geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China. […]
A Wyoming woman is getting her pet goat back after filing a federal lawsuit against city officials who confiscated it. The saga began when Powell resident Venus Bontadelli brought home “Porsche Lane,” a baby Nigerian pygmy goat. The real estate agent who sold Venus her home assured her she could keep a pet goat. Porsche […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Here are just a few recent examples. The Pentagon announced 25 small technology and drone companies to compete for the chance to quickly field thousands of low-cost one-way attack drones for our troops. Seattle-based defense firm Overland AI Inc. has raised $100 million in new funding to accelerate the use […]
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have unsealed court filings alleging that foreign nationals exploited Medicare and supplemental insurance programs on a massive scale, submitting more than $1 billion in fraudulent claims for medical equipment and diagnostic tests that were never delivered—and in many cases never authorized by patients or doctors. According to prosecutors, the schemes involved […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block California’s newly approved congressional map, clearing the way for it to be used in the 2026 midterm elections. In an unsigned order, the court rejected an emergency request from California Republicans and the Trump administration seeking to halt implementation of the map ahead of upcoming candidate […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that she has formally requested House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) subpoena Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to testify about his past interactions with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Last night, I watched Melinda Gates interview. I immediately asked the chairman of oversight, James Comer, to subpoena, Bill […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Ryan Wesley Routh to life in prison following his conviction in a 2024 attempted assassination plot targeting former President Donald Trump at a Florida golf course. Routh, 59, was found guilty in September 2025 by a federal jury on multiple charges, including attempted assassination of […]
Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, the son of former Libyan strongman Muammar al-Qaddafi, was shot and killed in what his representatives described as an assassination carried out by “four masked men,” according to Libyan authorities and media reports. He was 53. Libya’s chief prosecutor’s office said Seif al-Islam was killed in the western town of Zintan, located […]
The Washington Post announced major layoffs across its newsroom on Wednesday, a restructuring move that will eliminate the paper’s entire sports desk and impact more than 300 journalists, according to multiple reports. The cuts come despite weeks of internal objection and direct appeals from reporters to the paper’s owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos. Staffers were informed […]
There is a comfortable way to think about political influence in a democracy. Candidates make arguments. Voters choose. The winners pass laws. The losers regroup. Money matters, of course, but in the familiar way, it buys ads, staff, and the occasional glossy mailer. On this picture, a billionaire donor is a loud person with a […]
White House border czar Tom Homan announced Wednesday that the federal government is drawing down hundreds of law enforcement personnel deployed to Minnesota, citing what he described as “unprecedented cooperation” from state and local authorities. Speaking at a morning press conference in Minneapolis, Homan said approximately 700 federal agents would be leaving the Twin Cities […]
Congress Must Not Allow Foreign Governments To Censor American Speech
The House Judiciary Committee’s recent findings present a simple but unsettling conclusion. American speech is being curtailed in the United States, not because Congress has changed the First Amendment, but because foreign governments have learned how to route around it. Europe’s Digital Services Act, presented as a domestic regulatory framework, has in practice become a […]