Dominican security forces recently exposed a catastrophic regional failure during “Operación Armada,” a multi-city raid that seized 200 firearms and 40,000 unmarked rounds. This massive crackdown triggered six chaotic days of lethal shootouts, leaving 17 suspected gunmen dead and shattering the diplomatic fiction of a “secure border” with Haiti. Among the casualties was operative José […]
The legacy media love a predictable narrative. Mainstream outlets recently flooded the airwaves with anonymous leaks claiming that the Trump administration was quietly preparing to hand Iran sweeping sanctions relief and release frozen assets in exchange for minor nuclear concessions. It was framed as a desperate rush for a diplomatic win. Then, President Donald Trump […]
President Donald Trump says he regrets nominating Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Asked in a Time interview whether he regretted those choices, Trump answered: “Yeah. Yeah. What can I do? I put them in. They voted against me too often.” He added that he had given them […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing. Not just the war he launched on Ukraine in 2022, but any credibility or respect from other world leaders. His invasion of Russia’s former Soviet state should have been over quickly. He failed to grasp that after experiencing independence, Ukraine had no desire to again be controlled by a […]
The internet — and all these extremely portable devices carrying the internet — were supposed to make life easier for sports fans. From the early days of the smartphone, I recall ads promising me I could watch the NCAA tournament on my phone, maybe while riding a city bus, or sitting by a peaceful stream. […]
Outside the White House and in front of the press, President Donald Trump’s convocation of artificial intelligence industry leaders seemed to have finally unified the frontier. The smiling CEOs all signed on to the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, establishing four layers of AI oversight and control. But the guardrails, Trump explained, are “self-policing” […]
President Donald Trump is an expert at branding and marketing, but right now, he gives himself low marks for sales. That was Trump’s explanation for why he is hitting the campaign trail despite increasingly grim poll numbers for Republicans seeking to defend their fragile congressional majorities. “I’m going out because nobody’s selling it… We’re doing […]
Some past and present diplomats are upset that the State Department has removed the flags of all the countries and territories in which the United States has diplomatic relations, replacing them with American flags. “It’s so much worse than ‘America First,’” former peace processer Aaron David Miller quipped. Miller’s objection is ignorant on multiple levels. […]
Religious college students in Virginia should not have to choose between following their religious calling and receiving the same educational assistance available to other students. That is the central issue in Hall v. Fleming, a case that presents the Supreme Court of the United States with an opportunity to correct a troubling anomaly in its...
As midterm elections approach, concerns are growing that President Trump may attempt to nationalize voting or invoke the Insurrection Act to maintain power if Republicans face significant losses.
In today's issue: ▪ Backlash to Cornell controversy grows ▪ FCC OK with Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads ▪ CNN blocked from White House press pool ▪ Fallout from a botched execution Outrage over the handling of an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 has reached a fever pitch this week, with Democrats calling...
Cornell University is facing angry calls from politicians, activists and the general public demanding more transparency over how it handled the investigation into a former student's alleged gang rape. Cornell is under a microscope after a lawsuit was filed in September alleging the 20-year-old student was raped by seven men at a fraternity house...
President Trump’s appearances with Chinese President Xi Jinping, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and leaders from Silicon Valley risk turning off his political base just as Republicans are seeking to turbocharge turnout ahead of the midterms, say GOP strategists. The president has always loved meeting with the powerful, even if they are dictators...
Senate Republicans say President Trump has become increasingly toxic with independent voters critical to winning Senate races in battlegrounds such as North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska. Some GOP senators are warning Trump to stay away from key Senate races, cautioning that his presence would likely turn off independent voters. But vulnerable incumbents such as...
