Silicon Valley billionaire and longtime Trump ally Peter Thiel has reportedly moved his family to Argentina, becoming the latest high-profile wealthy American to seek refuge from what critics describe as an increasingly hostile political and tax climate in the United States. According to a report from The New York Times, the PayPal co-founder has purchased […]
A federal judge has dealt a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s effort to remake the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that neither the center’s controversial renaming nor plans for a prolonged closure can move forward without authorization from Congress. In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered […]
By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson Ammoland Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed SB 334 into law, and gun rights groups wasted no time dragging the state into federal court. The National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenging the state’s new ban on so-called “machine gun […]
A Texas man has been arrested after authorities say he threatened to bomb an upcoming Turning Point USA event and kill the organization’s CEO, Erika Kirk, in a series of disturbing online posts and emails. Jacob Wenske, 26, was arrested Thursday morning in San Antonio and charged with felony terroristic threat offenses tied to alleged […]
A federal immigration officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan man during a controversial ICE enforcement operation in Minneapolis has been arrested in Texas after spending nearly two weeks as a fugitive from state authorities. Christian Castro, a 52-year-old officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was taken into custody Friday following a nationwide warrant issued […]
Louisiana lawmakers approved a new congressional map Friday that dismantles one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts, reigniting a yearslong legal and political battle over race, representation, and voting rights in the Deep South. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the map during a special session called by Gov. Jeff Landry after a federal court ordered […]
Rep. Frederica Wilson announced Friday that she will retire from Congress at the end of her current term, closing out a political career that has spanned nearly three decades in state and federal office. The Miami-Dade Democrat, 83, said concerns about protecting her district during Florida’s latest redistricting battle contributed to her decision to delay […]
More than 200 journalists, academics and filmmakers have signed a letter opposing Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, warning the deal could threaten CNN’s editorial independence and give CEO David Ellison too much influence over major American news outlets. Warner Bros. Discovery owns CNN and HBO The letter, organized by the Freedom of […]
Consider a simple test for any claim of desecration. Ask whether the act in question is genuinely foreign to the place, or whether it merely feels foreign to the person complaining. The distinction matters, because desecration is not a synonym for discomfort. To desecrate something is to violate its essential character, to do to it […]
A growing number of musicians are backing out of the Freedom 250 concert series set to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, citing concerns that the event is more politically affiliated than they were initially led to believe. Freedom 250 Presents: The Great American State Fair is scheduled to take place on the National Mall in Washington, […]
First civilian casualties inside a NATO member state linked to Russia’s war… A Russian Geran-2 attack drone crossed into Romanian territory and struck a 10-story apartment building in the city of Galați early Thursday, injuring two civilians and causing significant property damage in what officials described as one of the most serious spillover incidents of […]
How Ken Paxton Finally Brought Texas Children’s Hospital To Justice
There is a particular kind of public servant who treats a press release as the end of the work, and another kind who treats it as the beginning. The difference between these two dispositions is the difference between a politician and a fighter. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the latter, and the settlement he […]