PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): U.S. forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones as Tehran appeared to attempt to strike commercial ships transiting Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Trump announced a “great settlement” to end the war. Trump called off planned Thursday evening strikes on Iran saying discussions to end conflict have reached highest […]
Former Fox host says ex-FBI deputy director was ‘terrified’ discussing probe into assassination attempt… Tucker Carlson has ignited a fresh controversy surrounding the investigation into the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, claiming former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino privately told him that Trump personally ordered the Butler, Pennsylvania, investigation shut down. The explosive […]
Election officials say evidence does not support candidate’s eligibility as investigation into unusual Senate bid intensifies Alaska election officials have taken a major step toward removing a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, escalating a controversy that has drawn national attention in one of the country’s most […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge on Friday rejected an emergency effort to block President Donald Trump’s UFC event at the White House, clearing the way for thousands of spectators to descend on the South Lawn this weekend for what critics have called an unprecedented merger of politics, entertainment, and private business interests. U.S. District […]
Begin with a simple question. Who is John Thune’s constituency? The civics textbook answer is the people of South Dakota. The textbook is wrong, and the SAVE America Act proved it. President Trump declared the bill his number 1 legislative priority. The House passed it. The Republican base demanded it. Polling showed broad public support […]
A senior Pentagon official has acknowledged for the first time that some people killed in the U.S. military’s controversial anti-drug boat strike campaign may have been victims of human trafficking rather than cartel operatives, adding a new layer of scrutiny to an operation that has already triggered congressional investigations and legal challenges. The admission came […]
A federal judge has blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from moving forward with a lawsuit targeting ActBlue, the Democrat Party’s dominant online fundraising platform, ruling that the case likely violates the organization’s First Amendment rights. According to The Hill, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns issued a preliminary injunction Thursday preventing Paxton from continuing […]
Country singer Zac Brown is defending his decision to perform the National Anthem at an upcoming UFC event on the White House lawn, saying the appearance is about honoring America and the military rather than taking a political side. Brown discussed the performance Wednesday during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, where he said […]
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the federal government could “take back” Washington, D.C., if democratic socialist mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George wins next week’s Democratic primary, inserting himself directly into one of the country’s most closely watched local elections. “I wouldn’t like it,” Trump said when asked how he would respond to a Lewis […]
Ask any executive recruiter the first question they pose about a candidate and you will hear some version of this: who does he answer to? Not who does he claim to serve, not whose interests does he invoke in speeches, but who, as a matter of cold institutional mechanics, can take his job away. The […]
A federal judge in Virginia on Friday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s controversial $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” keeping the program frozen while legal challenges continue and raising fresh doubts about whether the initiative will ever take effect. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia issued a preliminary injunction extending an earlier […]
Is Anthropic Using An AI Blackmail Hoax To Buy Power Over Regulators?
Consider the following thought experiment. A pharmaceutical company designs a lab test in which a rat, placed in a sealed box with no food and a single poisoned pellet, eventually eats the pellet. The company then presents this outcome on national television as proof that rats are suicidal. Journalists run with it. Policymakers demand new […]