Morning Brief: Legal Showdowns, Foreign Unrest & A Cultural Farewell
Legal fights over federal funding and gender policy are intensifying at home, tensions with Iran are escalating abroad, and the political world is marking the loss of a once-ubiquitous satirist. Letitia James Takes On Trump Over Transgender Care Funding A new legal showdown is unfolding between New York and the Trump administration, this time over […]
Letitia James Sues Federal Government
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued the federal government Tuesday, arguing that a new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy unlawfully ties major federal funding streams to compliance with the Trump administration’s new restrictions on gender-related medical care for minors. The lawsuit challenges an HHS policy that, according to the attorneys […]
China And Russia Make A Dangerous Arctic Power Grab
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Russia and China are increasingly working together in the Arctic region, and their presence there will be a growing threat to NATO allies, said Supreme Allied Commander Europe, a four-star American general. As Arctic ice recedes and access to the region improves, Russia and China are cooperating with joint patrols not only […]
US Marshals Seek ‘West Wing’ Actor After Arrest Warrant Issued In New Mexico
[UPDATE — 4:37 p.m. ET] Veteran actor and director Timothy Busfield, best known for roles on The West Wing, Thirtysomething, and Field of Dreams, surrendered to authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Jan. 13, 2026, four days after an arrest warrant was issued for child sex abuse allegations. Busfield, 68, turned himself in at the […]
Lawsuit Filed After This Radical Leftist Group Disrupted Trump Dinner
A top legal watchdog is taking the Secret Service to court to find out how a notorious left-wing group was able to disrupt a dinner between President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and top Cabinet officials. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement it “filed a Freedom of Information […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Pushes To Make Fraud A Deportable Offense
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said Tuesday that she is calling for changes to national immigration law that would make committing fraud a deportable offense and grounds for stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans. Speaking on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, Blackburn said the proposal would amend the Nationality and Immigration Act to explicitly classify fraud against the […]
Florida Republican Declines Reelection Bid
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) said Tuesday he would retire from Congress, further weakening the already-slim Republican House majority. “After much prayerful consideration and discussion with my family, I have decided not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives. This will conclude my service after five meaningful terms representing the people of Florida’s Second Congressional […]
I Ignored My Health Until My Heart Failed. Here Is What I’m Doing About It Now
I am launching a yearlong experiment in radical honesty about health. I am doing it publicly, deliberately, and without filters. The project is called The Mask Is Off: The 2026 Health Transparency Project. It is not a wellness brand, a coaching funnel, or a redemption narrative. It is a record. It is an attempt to […]
Dilbert’s Creator, Scott Adams, Dead At 68: A Useful Life…
Scott Adams, seen in a familiar midlife frame, a half-smile, a gaze that suggested he was already turning your sentence into a punchline, died on January 13, 2026, at 68, after a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. His former wife, Shelly Miles, announced his death in a live-streamed statement, and in a gesture that was […]