The White House is pushing back on reports that the CIA is preparing to arm Kurdish groups operating from northern Iraq, even as President Donald Trump has personally reached out to Kurdish leaders amid the escalating conflict with Iran. Officials confirmed that Trump has spoken by phone with political figures in Iraqi Kurdistan as well […]
The unexpected move suddenly opens Montana’s Senate race. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) withdrew from his reelection race just minutes before Montana’s candidate filing deadline, opening a U.S. Senate seat that had been widely expected to remain in Republican hands. Daines, who has represented Montana in the Senate since 2015, announced the decision late Wednesday, saying […]
A majority of Americans support deporting all illegal migrants, according to a new national survey conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX in partnership with Harvard University. The Feb. 26–28 poll of 1,999 registered voters found that 57 percent favor sending all illegal migrants back to their home countries. Support was strongest among Republicans, at […]
Good morning. Power is being tested this week — in a committee room on Capitol Hill, at the ballot box in Texas, and on the ground in South America. Congress is escalating its standoff with the Justice Department over the Epstein files. Texas Democrats have delivered a surprise in a high-stakes Senate primary. And American […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James has directed NYU Langone Health to resume its transgender youth medical services after the hospital paused the program, citing what it described as a challenging federal regulatory environment. According to reporting by the New York Post, James sent a letter dated Feb. 25 to the hospital system objecting to […]
Years back, I wrote a policy piece advocating for covert U.S. operations in Iran to leverage the country’s many ethnic divisions. I described numerous (often) armed Iranian ethnic groups opposed to the regime that would be happy to fight the Mullahs and help bring about the regime’s downfall. Among them are the Kurds in northwestern […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding she testify before lawmakers regarding the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoena intensifies the growing conflict between Congress and the Justice Department over transparency and accountability. Lawmakers say Bondi’s testimony is necessary to comprehensively review […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Texas Republican Senate primary should come to a swift conclusion, urging the candidate who does not receive his endorsement to exit the race once he announces his decision. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump said he plans to announce his endorsement in the coming days and argued […]
Via Shooting News Weekly by Lee Williams Gannett’s flagship, USA TODAY, actually warned its shrinking readership that gun owners may call out its staffers for using fake mass shooting data in their reporting. In a story published Monday, reporter C. A. Bridges, who writes for the USA TODAY NETWORK, first claimed there have been six mass […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – U.S. has shown China and Russia “who really is a military power,” says Trump’s ex-commerce secretary. Don’t expect them to get involved in Iran. Both Russia and China have condemned the military action that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, but haven’t provided any support for their ally beyond that. What’s […]
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), an 11-term congressman known for repeatedly pushing to impeach President Donald Trump and being removed from multiple State of the Union addresses, is headed to a runoff election after failing to secure a majority in his Democratic primary, according to Tuesday night’s results. Green, who has represented Texas’ 9th Congressional District […]
If Thune Will Not Move The SAVE Act, The Conference Must
The Senate is often described as the world’s greatest deliberative body. The phrase conjures images of long speeches, careful argument, and legislators wrestling openly with difficult questions. But today the Senate faces a simpler problem. A bill with majority support sits idle. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, S.1383, commonly called the SAVE Act, has […]