A Jan. 6 defendant who spent two years and seven months behind bars said President-elect Donald Trump was supported by inmates and guards alike during his third run for the White House.
Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter's death within a matter of minutes. That's how it works in a small town, even for a former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner known throughout the world.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has found there is now a record number of homeless people in the United States. Liberal policies are primarily to blame. The homelessness census report found that homelessness in the U.S. increased by 18% to a record number of 771,480. That 18% increase from 2023 to 2024 is […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has no doubt had a turbulent year as the leader of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, but any effort to replace him with someone else will not create smoother sailing. President-elect Donald Trump made clear that any effort to replace Johnson as House speaker lacks his support. […]
In July 2019, during the twilight of the first Trump administration, the Defense Department kicked Turkey out of the F-35 joint strike fighter program. While analysts can debate the wisdom of including Turkey in the F-35 program to start with, its expulsion was warranted: By purchasing Russia’s S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, Turkey put NATO at […]
A recent study examining the government’s annual National Crime Victimization Survey reports that, during the Obama administration, “minorities, especially Black Americans … experienced high and volatile victimization rates.” By contrast, during the Trump administration, “there was a notable decrease in victimization rates for most minority groups, particularly Black Americans.” It didn’t last. During the Biden administration, “victimization rates increased […]
By failing to fully appreciate the asymmetry between a democratic state defending itself against terrorism and an organization committed to that state’s annihilation, Carter’s advocacy often did more harm than good.
Former President-elect Trump advisor Steve Bannon told tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk to “sit in the back and study” amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect's Silicon Valley backers and his anti-immigrant base over visas for highly skilled workers. “They’re recent converts,” Bannon said Tuesday on his “War Room” podcast, referring to Musk...
2024 was a landmark year for prosecutions tied to politics. It marked the first criminal conviction of a former president and the first criminal conviction of a sitting president's child. Lawmakers in both chambers faced criminal charges. And lawyers, aides and allies to those political figures were ensnared in legal troubles of their own. Here’s...