Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell just turned what some thought was a rhetorical flourish into a full-court press. After President Trump’s executive order made “Department of War” an official secondary title for the Department of Defense, Parnell publicly demanded Congress make the name change permanent. That demand is the news here — not the history lesson […] More

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump took the Rose Garden stage to sign an executive order titled “Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life,” a move conservatives should both cheer and scrutinize. The order directs the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to […] More

Barbara Bush quietly wrote a $2,500 check to Lone Star Rising PAC, the main outside group bankrolling Democrat James Talarico’s bid to flip a Texas Senate seat. It’s small cash, big symbolism — and a reminder that a famous name still moves headlines even when the dollars don’t move the needle. Small check, big signal: […] More

The midterm noise machine keeps churning, but one story stands out: a federal search and fresh questions about a California winery tied to Representative Ilhan Omar’s husband. That development is more than a TV sound bite. It could become a courtroom or congressional moment — or it could fizzle if evidence doesn’t back up the […] More

The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a blunt report last week that lifts the curtain on how big banks quietly cut off conservative groups. The OCC found national banks leaned on vague “reputational‑risk” rules and outside sources — including advocacy group designations — when deciding who gets a bank account […] More

The quick version: U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes refused the Justice Department’s bid to disqualify her from the lawsuit over the East Potomac Golf Course renovation. The government — led on paper by Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. — argued the judge showed bias. Judge Reyes disagreed, saying the DOJ did not […] More

Spotify says it pulled more than 50 million tracks it calls “AI slop and spam” out of its recommendations this year. That sounds like a win for real musicians and annoyed listeners — until you look closer. Big tech loves a catchy number, but the truth about how these fixes work and who controls what […] More

Matthew McConaughey — Hollywood’s favorite Everyman — has been urging “independent” voters to show up in the final stretch before the 2026 midterms, and Jesse Watters isn’t having it. Watters says McConaughey is confusing independents with independence, and that’s a point worth chewing on. Celebrity Megaphones, Not Policy Makers Let’s be blunt: a movie star […] More

María Corina Machado has done something bold and simple: she walked back into Venezuela and announced, in three words on social media, that she was home. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s surprise return and first public appearance at the Santa Rosa/Divina Pastora sanctuary in Barquisimeto is the fresh development everyone now has to deal with […] More

The latest Dancing With the Stars drama looks less like ballroom critique and more like a cautionary tale about living in an era of zero-tolerance for a blink-and-you-miss-it social-media joke. Producers at BBC Studios suspended pro dancer Val Chmerkovskiy for a week after he posted a now-deleted story defending his wife. The post was read […] More

Senator Thom Tillis went on CNN and did what too few conservatives will do out loud: he called out the White House for moves that look a lot like tilting toward Vladimir Putin. That is the news — not another weary debate about personalities, but a real worry about policy. Tillis warned bluntly that “Putin […] More

Hillary Clinton, speaking on her new podcast with Kara Swisher, called out actor Matthew McConaughey for urging Americans to take independent candidates seriously. Clinton said McConaughey’s timing was “really unfortunate,” warning that promoting independents so close to the midterms could help Republicans win more seats. The back-and-forth has put the spotlight on a bigger fight: […] More

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says someone tried to play voter-registration games with her name. The application was full of errors — a fake birthdate, a forged signature, the wrong party, and an address so on-the-nose it reads like political satire: Trump Tower in Manhattan, with the Fulton County Courthouse listed as the mailing […] More

A new report has put Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on the defensive again. The Washington Examiner compiled a set of posts on the social platform X that it says come from an account Talarico has publicly tied to his adoptive father, Mark Talarico. The posts are crude, mocking toward Christianity and insulting toward […] More

The Department of Justice has dropped a heavy hammer on Ohio State University’s medical school. The Civil Rights Division issued a Findings Letter saying OSU Med ran admissions policies that favored Black and Hispanic applicants and disadvantaged Asian and white applicants for the 2023–2025 entering classes. This is not a gentle nudge. The DOJ says […] More

Two short clips and one angry Facebook post tell you everything you need to know about the state of the Democratic Party right now. A viral video of Senator Elissa Slotkin urging “deterrence” prosecutions for people who worked with President Trump has conservatives filing an ethics complaint. And Stella Parton — yes, Dolly’s sister — […] More

Wired published a feature this week that should make anyone who watched the “move to Europe” Instagram fantasy roll their eyes. The piece profiles Americans who left after President Donald Trump’s reelection and now say Europe did not deliver what they expected — from healthcare to jobs to everyday comforts. Those personal stories, backed by […] More

Abdul El‑Sayed’s campaign just sent a simple message: “my name means ‘servant leader.’” That line is now the center of a little political drama. Conservatives and opponents have dug up older interviews where El‑Sayed told a different story about how he came to be called “Abdul” — a childhood anecdote that mentions Paula Abdul and […] More

President Trump rolled out a flashy new whistleblower initiative this week — the so-called Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, shorthand WHIP — promising to cut fraud out of federal programs and put cash in the pockets of tipsters. The rhetoric was big, the stage was the Oval Office, and the cameras were on. But when you […] More