Imagine you are standing beside a wide, fast river, watching debris rush past. Branches, leaves, a child’s lost ball. You could spend a lifetime cataloguing the objects on the surface and never understand the river, because the river is not explained by what floats on it. It is explained by its source, the high ground […]
An American citizen is facing espionage charges in Israel after authorities accused him of working on behalf of Iranian intelligence, marking the latest case in what Israeli officials say is an increasingly aggressive effort by Tehran to recruit operatives inside the country. The suspect, a U.S. citizen in his 20s whose name has not been […]
Los Lunas, N.M. — On April 24, 2026, New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agents were requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving NMSP in Los Lunas, New Mexico. By New Mexico State Police for Facebook Agents learned at around 8:30 p.m. the officer engaged their emergency equipment and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on […]
A Louisiana pastor charged with second-degree battery says he acted to protect his family after a neighbor allegedly threatened to rape his wife, kill his grandchildren, and attack his loved ones. Tony Spell, 48, pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Central, was arrested following a confrontation with a 20-year-old neighbor that left the younger man […]
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is under federal investigation over alleged campaign finance violations involving campaign-funded family travel and other expenses, according to multiple reports. ABC News, citing a person familiar with the matter, confirmed Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating whether Gallego improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses. The probe was first reported […]
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is turning over the reins of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to one of President Donald Trump’s most notorious enemies while he takes a two-month hiatus from the show. Kimmel announced this week that actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell will serve as one of several guest hosts filling in during his absence. Other […]
The Department of Justice is suing four Democrat-led states for hiding from fraud investigators data on a popular but often abused, federal food aid program. The federal government has now “filed lawsuits against Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota, seeking injunctions requiring their state SNAP agencies to turn over their last five years of SNAP applicant […]
A leading pro-life organization is demanding the United States commissioner of food and drugs be fired for protecting the manufacture and shipment of abortion pills. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America reports in a statement it “is calling for the immediate removal of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary following The Wall Street Journal’s report of the commissioner’s […]
In 2007, just before Apple unveiled the iPhone, Google announced something that sounded almost reckless. It called the contest the Android Developer Challenge, and it dangled a prize pool of $10 million for the best applications written for a phone that did not yet exist, a phone scheduled to launch in 2008. I was running […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Republicans and advocates for women’s sports a major legal victory, ruling that states may bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports without violating the Constitution or federal civil rights law. In a pair of closely watched cases—West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox—the Court upheld […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down an executive order on Tuesday that sought to end birthright citizenship, affirming that the Constitution guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil. The landmark 6-3 ruling blocks denial of citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and some temporary visitors, with dissents from Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and […]
Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons Strengthen US Deterrence
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): The nuclear deterrence gap is real and America needs low-yield nukes. Nuclear policy debates are best when they force hard questions about risk, deterrence, and military necessity, not when disagreement is recast as bad faith. In 2018, as an outgrowth of rigorous policy review process, Trump administration’s “Nuclear Posture Review” identified need for supplemental low-yield nuclear […]