President Donald Trump continued his increasingly personal feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the weekend, posting a series of images on Truth Social that mocked the conservative European leader and suggested she was obsessed with him. Among the posts was a photo of Meloni appearing to look toward Trump with the caption, “RESTRAINING […]
Good morning. Maine’s Democratic Senate race has been thrown into turmoil after its nominee was accused of sexual assault, an armed man carrying an alarming cache of weapons was arrested outside a North Carolina church before services, and Sen. Mark Kelly sparked a social media firestorm after wearing a Mexico soccer jersey to a World […]
President Donald Trump says his administration is exploring a major overhaul of America’s retirement system modeled in part on Australia’s widely praised savings program, signaling that the White House’s recently launched “Trump Accounts” for children may be just the beginning of a broader effort to reshape how Americans prepare for retirement. Speaking Monday during a […]
Hasan Piker is backing away from Graham Platner. The left-wing Twitch streamer, one of the most influential online voices in progressive politics, reversed course after Politico published a new sexual assault allegation against the Maine Democratic Senate candidate. Piker had previously defended Platner against earlier reports about his conduct, but said Monday’s allegation changed his […]
Watch the play at full speed and you see a footballer falling. Watch it at one-eighth speed and you see, if you squint hard enough, something sinister. The gap between those two viewings is the whole of the Balogun affair, and it explains why President Trump was right to pick up the phone, why FIFA […]
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman after forcibly entering her home. This news follows the sudden cancellation of several planned campaign events by Platner’s campaign. The accusation comes from his ex-girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, who claims that nonconsensual sex occurred in late 2021 while he was intoxicated and […]
A Bloomberg opinion columnist is drawing criticism from Second Amendment advocates after arguing that a recent Supreme Court case involving Hawaii’s concealed carry law was largely about the inconvenience of complying with permitting rules rather than the scope of constitutional rights. The criticism centers on the Supreme Court’s June decision in Wolford v. Lopez, which […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) ignited a political firestorm over the Independence Day weekend after declaring that “when it comes to answering the question of what America owes Black women, the answer is everything,” prompting swift criticism from conservatives who accused her of injecting identity politics into the holiday. Crockett made the remarks during an appearance […]
An armed man accused of posing as a law enforcement officer was arrested outside a North Carolina church Sunday after police say he arrived with an alarming cache of weapons, including flamethrowers, crossbows, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a notebook listing schools, churches, and other public buildings. The incident unfolded during Sunday morning services […]
ABC’s The View reportedly declined a request from New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani to feature two Democratic socialist congressional candidates alongside him, as the network takes a more cautious approach while facing an ongoing Federal Communications Commission investigation into its political guest bookings. According to a report from Semafor, representatives for Mamdani approached the […]
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) found himself at the center of a social media firestorm Sunday after posting photos of himself wearing a Mexico national soccer team jersey while attending a FIFA World Cup watch party for Mexico’s matchup against England. Kelly shared the images on X, showing himself dressed in Mexico’s signature green while cheering […]
Inside The US Plan To Build Taiwan Into A Drone Fortress
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): Taiwan needs “hornet’s nest” of drones to help deter conflict and provide security, says top U.S. diplomat to the democratically governed island. The de facto U.S. ambassador said drones represented “game-changing opportunity” to enhance Taiwan’s security and reinforce peace in region. U.S. and Taiwan can anchor “democratic” drone production and strengthen the collective […]