Senator Bernie Sanders recently lit up social media with a sharp post about the low percentage of Black doctors, dentists and nurses in America — and accused President Donald Trump of “cutting funding for Black medical schools.” The statistics Sanders used are broadly accurate about underrepresentation, but his charging language and the partisan spin deserve […] More
The Justice Department has just told a federal judge something ugly: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could fall into “terminal decline” and might have to be torn down if court orders block the board’s plan to raise money and renovate. That filing, signed by Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, is not […] More
The Pentagon just dropped a small bomb of its own: Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell says the Defense Department’s special review of the Afghanistan withdrawal has recovered “highly relevant classified documents” that were “stashed and hidden away in safes” and “should have been disclosed.” That short announcement, made as the nation marked the fifth anniversary […] More
President Donald Trump made a plain promise in a recent radio interview: he would “absolutely” prohibit Sharia law in the United States. The answer was short, blunt, and meant to reassure voters who worry about parallel systems of law taking hold in American communities. His exact words were hard to miss: “I would absolutely prohibit […] More
Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students, has scored himself two court dates next year. A judge has ordered a status conference and an evidentiary hearing in June 2027 to consider his bid to withdraw that guilty plea. The move puts a spotlight back on a case that […] More
Townhall’s new video profile, part of its “Heroes of 9/11” series, reintroduces Rick Rescorla to a fresh audience as we approach the 25th anniversary of September 11. The piece is a reminder that real leadership looks nothing like a press release — it looks like a man with a bullhorn who chose people over protocol […] More
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Alisa Goods was a 63-year-old grandmother from New York who went out for iron pills while visiting Las Vegas and never came home. Her body was found in a drainage area near Harry Reid International Airport after family members received suspicious texts from her phone asking for gas money and Bitcoin. The Las Vegas Metropolitan […] More
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Governor JB Pritzker’s recent social‑media boast — that “Illinois is the most affordable state in the country to buy a home” — landed like a puffed‑up press release dropped into a sinking ship. It’s a bold claim, easy to check, and easy to contradict with the very data most voters rely on. So let’s cut […] More
Abdul El-Sayed’s recent sit-down with Jesse Watters was supposed to be a chance to show he can spar with a tough host. Instead, the clip that’s now all over social media looks like the moment a candidate tried to sell a used car with a smile and a tape deck. Slick answers met sharper reality, […] More
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President Donald J. Trump has turned up the pressure on Tehran with a blunt Truth Social post. He says Iran is starving its own military of pay while continuing to jail and execute protesters. His post came right after Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent launched a stepped-up sanctions campaign called Operation Economic Outcast. This […] More
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The Supreme Court this week cleared a major procedural hurdle for President Donald J. Trump’s plan to tighten rules around mail-in ballots. The justices paused a lower-court injunction that had blocked key parts of the president’s executive order, saying the states that sued hadn’t shown concrete harm. The decision does not say whether the order […] More
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries quietly met with Jared Kushner in New York this week, and the political world is suddenly pretending this was just a friendly coffee catch‑up. It wasn’t. The private meeting, reported by major news outlets, was about finding common ground on immigration, housing and the cost of living as the midterms […] More
The Federal Reserve’s latest industrial production report gives conservatives something to crow about: business equipment output is climbing, factories are running harder, and the administration’s “CapEx comeback” message looks less like campaign talk and more like real economic momentum. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned this would happen, and now the numbers are backing him up. […] More
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford just raised the stakes in the U.S.–Canada trade fight, saying his province could cut electricity and critical-mineral shipments to the United States after trade talks collapsed and Washington slapped 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian goods. The threat is loud, direct and aimed at states like New York, Michigan […] More
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Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume this week after social media users said the product image resembled Jim Crow–era caricatures. The item — listed as the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume” from Target’s Hyde & EEK! Boutique — was removed and the company issued a short apology saying the costume “is offensive […] More
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China’s state-run Global Times decided to turn a domestic social-media anecdote into a diplomatic broadside this week, blasting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for saying she couldn’t bring herself to kill a cockroach in the official residence. The editorial didn’t stop at mockery — it tied her tiny act of mercy to a major policy change […] More
The Department of Justice has taken the next step in the long, messy saga surrounding Kilmar Abrego‑Garcia. This week the DOJ asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reverse a district judge’s surprising decision to toss a federal migrant‑smuggling indictment. In plain terms: prosecutors want the case back on the table […] More
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Jesse Watters went after a self-described socialist candidate in a hard-hitting Fox News interview, and for anyone paying attention it was a reminder that big, feel-good slogans don’t survive a few minutes of real questions. The segment left the candidate looking unprepared and the campaign scrambling — the kind of political damage that can’t be […] More
Cracker Barrel has a new captain at the helm after a year that felt like a business school case study in how not to manage a brand. The board named David Deno as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective August 10, 2026, and Julie Felss Masino will step down from the board and remain as […] More
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Royce White — the former NBA player and Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate — has formally filed to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft while identifying as a transgender woman. Former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz signed the declaration as White’s legal counsel and publicly warned the WNBA to preserve records and expect litigation if the league rejects […] More
Abdul El‑Sayed finally issued a statement about the violent comments from his high‑profile supporter Hasan Piker — and it was about as forceful as a soggy leaf. The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate tried to distance his campaign from Piker’s livestream line that “eventually someone’s going to come around and take action … not against the […] More
Recent audits by the Media Research Center and AllSides found major news apps tilting hard to the left, and the Federal Trade Commission has finally waved a warning flag. The story isn’t theory or old grievances — it’s fresh audits and a real regulatory letter to Apple’s CEO. If you get your news from Apple […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has just dropped a regulatory bomb: a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would tack a $103,265 fee onto every H‑1B petition subject to the annual cap. This is not a rumor or a speech — it is a formal rulemaking that opens a public comment window and could remake how […] More
A judge has denied the bid for a new trial in the Karmelo Anthony case, and that matters. After a two‑day hearing where Anthony’s former trial lawyers said informal limits and private talks kept critical evidence and testimony out of the public trial, Retired District Judge Michael Chitty reviewed the papers and said no. The […] More
Florida state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off an upset in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary this week. Within hours a short interview clip — circulated by Republican channels and partisan accounts — showed Nixon saying, “they are literally trying to kill us,” and calling ICE a “weaponized paramilitary force.” That little clip has already become […] More
Audio clips released by a pro‑GOP super PAC this week have put Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie squarely back in the political hot seat. The short recordings show Harvie laughing at a public meeting and joking about having approved a pay increase for county officials — after he pushed through a property‑tax hike. Harvie has […] More
The new provisional numbers from the CDC are the sort of result that leaves career pundits blinking. The Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics reports a big drop in estimated deaths tied to synthetic opioids, and the White House says its enforcement-first strategy is getting results. If you’re tired of hearing excuses, […] More