New York City is facing mounting fiscal pressure as Mayor Zohran Mamdani warns of a widening budget gap and calls for both new revenue streams and changes in the city’s financial relationship with the state. Speaking as city officials moved to delay a key budget deadline, Mamdani described the situation as a crisis requiring urgent […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday called on Tennessee lawmakers to reconvene and redraw the state’s congressional map in a way that would eliminate its lone Democratic-held House seat, a push that comes amid a broader Republican redistricting effort nationwide. Blackburn’s appeal followed a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the day that struck down a […]
Mexico scored another major hit against organized crime this week with the capture of a top figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most powerful and violent criminal groups in the Western Hemisphere. Mexican authorities announced Monday that Audias Flores Silva — known as “El Jardinero,” or “The Gardener” — was […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): Trump showcased the U.S. military during King Charles III’s White House visit. Hundreds of ceremonial troops in Revolutionary War and current day uniforms stood in formation to welcome Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, as President (not a king) Trump and First Lady Melania rolled out red carpet to celebrate the 250th […]
An Indiana State Senate race just took a bizarre turn. Democrat Senate hopeful Andrew Dezelan was arrested Sunday night after allegedly going door-to-door in a Fishers neighborhood while under the influence of cocaine, according to local reports. Police say the incident began around 8 p.m., when an officer responded to a resident’s complaint about someone […]
SAN ANTONIO — A man in the country illegally is facing multiple criminal charges after police say he carried out a sudden and violent attack on a mother and her young daughter at a public park, leaving the child hospitalized with serious facial injuries. Authorities say the suspect, identified as Atharva Vyas, approached Gabriella Perez […]
On Wednesday, the Florida House of Representatives voted to pass a new redistricting plan that could help boost Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. The House overwhelmingly passed the measure 83 to 28. The proposal, which would apply to the 2026 midterm elections, must first pass Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate before heading back to the Governor […]
A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals in connection with the April assault of journalist Savanah Hernandez, marking a significant development in a case that drew national attention after video of the incident circulated online. The attack took place on April 11 near the Whipple Federal Building, where Hernandez, a reporter affiliated with Turning […]
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before the House Oversight Committee next month as part of the ongoing congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and the handling of related Justice Department records. The announcement came on Wednesday morning, shortly after House Democrats moved to hold Bondi in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with […]
Consider a sentence that ought to disturb anyone who cares about the survival of democratic politics in the U.S. On April 25, 2026, a 31-year-old Democrat donor named Cole Tomas Allen finished a 75 hour Amtrak journey from Los Angeles to Washington, walked into the Washington Hilton with a 12-gauge shotgun, a .38 caliber pistol, […]
Lawmakers reject effort to rein in executive authority… The U.S. Senate has blocked a measure that sought to prevent President Donald Trump from taking unilateral military action against Cuba, highlighting ongoing tensions over war powers and presidential authority. The Democratic-led effort would have required congressional approval before President Trump could launch military strikes on Cuba. […]
From Paris To Sacramento: How California’s Wealth Tax Will Kill Its Future Steve Jobs And Elon Musks
California voters are now being asked to approve what is being marketed as a one-time tax on roughly 200 billionaires. The proposal imposes a 5% levy on the net worth of individuals worth $1 billion or more, aiming to extract approximately $100 billion from their balance sheets. The framing is populist, the targets are unsympathetic, […]