Trump Signs Law Delivering First Medal Of Honor Pension Increase In 25 Years
President Trump has signed the Medal of Honor Act, a bipartisan measure that delivers the first pension increase for Medal of Honor recipients in a quarter-century. The law lifts annual compensation from $16,880 to $67,500, a major boost aimed at honoring the 61 living Americans who earned the nation’s highest award for valor. A Rare […]
Mace Shoots Down Talk Of Early Exit From Congress
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is pushing back strongly against claims that she plans to leave Congress before her term ends. In both a statement and a post on X, she called the speculation flatly incorrect and said she has “no intention” of stepping aside early. Talk of an early departure didn’t emerge in a vacuum. […]
FBI Arrests Suspect In Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Case
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Thursday that it has arrested a suspect believed to have placed pipe bombs outside the headquarters of both the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021 — the night before the Capitol riot. This arrest marks the […]
Morning Brief: Global Pressure, Local Politics
Three major developments are unfolding — a chilling new line of inquiry behind the D.C. shooting that killed a young National Guard soldier, a high-stakes push at the White House to end one of the world’s deadliest and most enduring conflicts, and an eyebrow-raising gubernatorial bid that complicates Minnesota’s 2026 landscape. Investigators Probe Taliban Coercion […]
Hundreds Of State Employees Accuse Tim Walz Of Silencing Whistleblowers, Ignoring Warnings Of Widespread Somali Fraud
Nearly 500 employees within Minnesota’s state government say Democratic Gov. Tim Walz ignored years of internal warnings about extensive fraud within state-funded aid programs — and that his administration retaliated against them for attempting to expose criminal activity connected to the state’s Somali community. The employees, who work within the Department of Human Services (DHS), […]
‘Squad’ Democrat Makes Decision On Highly-Speculated Senate Run
Rep. Ayanna Pressley is taking herself out of the conversation around Massachusetts’ Democratic Senate primary, ending months of behind-the-scenes chatter about whether she would challenge Sen. Ed Markey. In a statement, Pressley acknowledged that she had been actively encouraged to consider a statewide run—encouragement that intensified as potential candidates weighed whether to take on the […]
Report: Suspect May Have Been ‘Blackmailed’ By Taliban Prior To National Guard Shooting
More details are coming to light… Intelligence officials are reportedly exploring a new motive in the recent ambush shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The Afghan suspect in the shooting may have been blackmailed into carrying out the attack by the Taliban. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is facing first-degree murder charges after allegedly […]
DC Soldier’s Killer Tied To CIA’s Secretive Afghan ‘Zero Unit’
Why did he turn? Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who served with an elite CIA unit in Afghanistan and ambushed and shot two West Virginia National Guard troops near the White House in Washington, D.C., is now facing first-degree murder charges. This, after Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her injuries. She was shot […]
Universe 25 Explains The Great Society’s Catastrophic Failure
Universe 25 was not a fable about rodents; it was a behavioral model of what happens when structure, hierarchy, and purpose are replaced by unlimited external provisioning. Dr. John Calhoun observed that when mice lived in a habitat where every material need was met automatically, their social roles collapsed. Male withdrawal, weakened parental investment, falling […]