US Submarine Sinks Iranian Warship Near Sri Lanka: Report
A U.S. military strike reportedly sank an Iranian naval warship in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, according to officials and regional reports, marking a dramatic expansion of the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict. The vessel — identified as the IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class Iranian frigate — sank about 40 nautical miles south of Galle, Sri Lanka, […]
Morning Brief: Domestic Turbulence, International Warning
Good morning. Washington woke up to questions of boundaries — ethical, electoral, and geographic. A House Republican faces scrutiny at home. The Supreme Court freezes a political fight in New York. And the State Department is urging Americans across the Middle East to leave while they still can. Ethics Committee Investigates Rep. Nancy Mace The […]
Former South Park Writer Starts Initiative To Draft Barron Trump
A former television writer has ignited backlash after launching a website calling for President Donald Trump’s 19-year-old son, Barron Trump, to be drafted into the U.S. military and sent to a war zone. Toby Morton, a former writer associated with South Park, recently created DraftBarronTrump.com, a site framed as satirical but designed to spotlight the […]
Tillis Blasts Noem In Hearing, Threatens To Block DHS Picks
A tense Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday exposed something deeper than a Republican rift. It revealed the structural problem at the heart of modern American governance: too much power concentrated in too few hands, with too little accountability. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) did not mince words when it was his turn to speak. Citing reports […]
Deadly Chicago Pool Hall Shootout Ends With Concealed Carrier Critically Wounded
By Luke McCoy USACarry BRIDGEVIEW, IL – A late-night confrontation outside a suburban Chicago pool hall ended in a gunfight early Saturday morning, leaving one man dead and a legally armed concealed carry license holder seriously wounded. Police responded around 2:11 a.m. to reports of a shooting outside Que Ball Sports Bar located at 7735 S. […]
Trump Adviser Details ‘Utterly Surreal’ Escape From Middle East
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Trump, is recounting what he called an “utterly surreal” escape from the Middle East after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered retaliatory attacks across the region. Bruesewitz said he was in Doha, Qatar, “just as the Iranian attacks erupted, leaving me stranded amid the chaos,” according to a Monday […]
France Moves To Extend Nuclear Deterrence To European Allies
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – France will expand the size of its nuclear arsenal and implement a policy of “advanced deterrence” that could include deploying nuclear-capable forces to the territory of European allies, President Emmanuel Macron said. This follows recent Trump-led U.S. equivocation about its role as NATO’s ultimate nuclear guarantor. Still, President Emmanuel Macron […]
Supreme Court Blocks New York Redistricting Effort
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a state court order that would have required New York to redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections, preserving the current boundaries of the state’s only Republican-held seat in New York City. The high court granted an emergency stay requested by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and other […]
What Trump Means By Regime Change
One phrase can derail a conversation. Say “regime change,” and many Americans hear Iraq in 2003. They hear Kabul in 2001. They hear trillions spent, thousands dead, and decades lost. They hear mission creep. They hear the promise that we will be greeted as liberators, followed by the reality of insurgency and nation-building. So when […]