Federal agents have opened a probe after police in Mokena say they stopped a man carrying multiple Molotov cocktails while he wandered through traffic in Will County. Prosecutors say the suspect has a record of being ruled an “inadmissible alien,” and they urged detention. Instead, under Illinois’s SAFE‑T Act, a Will County judge released him […] More
This week’s arrest and firing of Mount Vernon Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Lackard reads like a crime drama with terrible casting — except it is real, and the consequences are for public safety, not ratings. The city moved quickly to terminate a senior police official after Bronx prosecutors indicted her for allegedly helping her son carry […] More
Abdul El‑Sayed’s narrow victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is more than a single win. It turned into an early test of who will carry Senator Bernie Sanders’ progressive banner — and it exposed the growing rivalry between Representative Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez and Representative Ro Khanna. For conservatives watching the Democratic civil war, this was a […] More
Iran’s foreign ministry announced this week that talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz have “made progress,” and that Tehran is also deepening contacts with Pakistan. Call it what you want — diplomacy, deal-making, or a very bad auction — but the news should set off alarms in every capital that depends on unmolested […] More
Forget the press releases and the corporate calm that comes from people who don’t have to look their kids in the eye after a bad decision. Reports that the White House is quietly lining up a U.S.–Iran understanding while simultaneously “keeping options open” for military strikes deserve a hard look — and so does the […] More
Abdul El‑Sayed scraped past Haley Stevens to become the Democratic nominee for the Michigan Senate seat by a hair — and the whole thing smells like a preview of November’s worst-case scenario for Democrats. Narrow primary wins never look like unity in the making; they look like a bullseye. The big question now is whether […] More
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The big reveal this week was not some new scientific discovery. It was a stack of notebooks and a showdown on Capitol Hill. Senator Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic‑era diary entries, and then hauled him into a Senate hearing where Dr. Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment. The […] More
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President Donald Trump got another chance in court this week in his $15 billion defamation fight with The New York Times. A federal judge in Florida refused to toss the case outright and instead told Mr. Trump’s lawyers to fix the complaint and file a cleaner version by the court’s deadline. That small win keeps […] More
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President Donald Trump’s raw warning after an attempted Iranian missile assault made one thing plain: the White House means to respond with force if diplomacy fails. CENTCOM says Iranian Revolutionary Guard units tried a surprise missile attack on U.S. forces and that American and Saudi jets struck Iran‑aligned sites in Iraq. The moment is a […] More
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Senator Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, made it plain on the Hugh Hewitt Show this week: finish the military plan and keep the blockade in place until Iran is neutralized. His comments put a sharp spotlight on the pause in U.S. air strikes after 13 nights of strikes and the White […] More
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The Rubin Report clipped a short CNN segment and handed conservatives a neat little gift: CNN senior data analyst Harry Enten saying that roughly 58% of voters now call the Democratic Party “too liberal.” That line lit up right‑leaning feeds like a match to a stack of political tinder. If you want a quick read […] More
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President Donald Trump turned the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner into exactly what he wanted: a roast that got people talking. He singled out Kaitlan Collins, compared her to Dylan Mulvaney and referenced the old Bud Light controversy. The buzz that followed — from AI images on Truth Social to hot takes on cable TV […] More
President Donald Trump stood at the Washington National Cathedral this week and delivered a stirring eulogy for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The service in the cathedral followed a tribute at the U.S. Capitol and will be followed by a second service and burial in South Carolina. Trump called Graham a “beloved friend” and […] More
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Former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci’s private pandemic diary has exploded into a political firestorm. Senator Rand Paul’s committee released more than 1,100 pages of journal entries and zeroed in on a Feb. 8 entry where Fauci wrote the COVID fatality rate looked “more like 0.2–0.3%.” Weeks later, under oath, he told Congress the danger looked […] More
Saudi Arabia says it stopped multiple drones fired at its eastern oil facilities, and it blames Iran-backed Shiite militias operating from Iraqi soil. This is not a run-of-the-mill border spat. It is another chapter in a widening campaign by Tehran and its proxies to punish Gulf states and disrupt global energy flow — and Saudi […] More
Dr. Anthony Fauci chose silence over explanation at a high‑profile Senate hearing this week. Facing questions about his pandemic‑era conduct and the private diary pages Republicans released, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment while sitting before Senator Rand Paul’s committee. The dramatic moment leaves more questions than answers — and makes accountability a lot harder […] More
Former FBI Director James Comey just asked a federal judge to end the so‑called “seashells” case before it goes any further. His lawyers filed motions this week in the Eastern District of North Carolina asking Judge Louise Wood Flanagan to dismiss the indictment that accuses him of threatening President Trump with an Instagram photo that […] More
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a Wall Street Journal op‑ed this week arguing that the coming era of AI “superintelligence” should be put into the hands of many people, not hoarded by a few powerful institutions. The pitch sounds inspiring: give everyone a personal superintelligence to create, learn, and start businesses. That is the […] More
The New York Times reported this week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has widened airport enforcement to detain travelers whose U.S. visas have expired. The story names filmed incidents at major hubs and traces the arrests to a passenger‑list matching program that shares airline data from the Transportation Security Administration with ICE. If you like […] More
This week’s Fox News Sunday interview with Democratic Socialists of America national co‑chair Megan Romer did more than make headlines. It put a clear, short list of radical DSA proposals on tape — and handed Republicans a ready‑made midterm message. The DSA’s own newsletter and program rollout now back up what Romer affirmed on TV, […] More
A new newspaper investigation says Iran may be using migrant boats across the English Channel to place suspected operatives inside the United Kingdom. That claim should make every citizen sit up. Whether the story is fully proven or not, it exposes how weak border security and soft diplomacy can be a real danger to our […] More
Senator Rand Paul just dropped more than a thousand pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries, and Dr. Fauci is set to testify under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this Wednesday. That’s the news — and the rest is the political and legal fireworks everyone should be watching. If […] More
In a narrow, party-line victory, the Senate has finally put a confirmed leader back atop the nation’s intelligence apparatus. The confirmation of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence ends a clumsy interim period and hands the intelligence community a steady, Senate‑approved hand at a time when clear leadership matters. Senate confirms Jay Clayton as […] More
President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice have taken their fight over the $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment to the U.S. Supreme Court. The new petition asks the high court to overturn that blockbuster verdict by applying presidential immunity and by having the United States substituted as the defendant under the Westfall […] More
Rep. Gregory Meeks took a victory lap on CNN News Central this week, telling viewers he “can go on and on and on” about what Democrats have done while blaming President Donald Trump for the current turmoil over Iran and higher prices. The quick clip revealed a bigger problem for Democrats: voters oppose the war […] More
The Fox Cities dodged the worst this week, but it was close. A violent tornado carved a long, violent path through Appleton, Menasha and nearby communities. National Weather Service survey crews have given the twister a preliminary EF‑3 rating, and state and local officials have declared emergencies. By luck, timing and warning systems, there were […] More
The U.S. Department of Education has stepped into the growing controversy over “MyGender Dolls,” opening a federal probe to see whether Minnesota schools and state officials broke the law by using these transgender-themed toys without telling parents. This is not a culture-war rumor; it is an actual Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) inquiry prompted […] More