President Donald Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt — in plain, unvarnished language — that the United States will step up strikes on Iran, calling its leaders “stone cold crazy.” Those words were not just talk. U.S. Central Command followed up by announcing another round of strikes, continuing what the administration says is a […] More
A new report makes a blunt claim: New York City’s public schools have been stuck on a treadmill of failed fixes for more than a decade. The study traced schools through six different accountability systems since 2012 and found that hundreds of schools remain labeled “in need of improvement” year after year. The numbers are […] More
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit just put a temporary stop sign on one of Governor Ron DeSantis’s headline-grabbing policies. In Pernell v. Florida Board of Governors, a 2–1 panel upheld a lower court injunction and blocked enforcement of the Stop WOKE Act’s rules for classroom instruction at Florida’s public colleges and […] More
President Trump’s latest Truth Social broadside at New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is the news peg here — not a rehash of every media gripe from the last decade. He lashed out after Haberman said the White House’s disclosures about his health were “like a black box.” Mr. Trump didn’t just […] More
The Justice Department has just taken a bold step into one of journalism’s favorite playgrounds: anonymous sourcing. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan served grand‑jury subpoenas on four New York Times journalists — Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt — demanding testimony in a leak probe tied to reporting about security gaps on […] More
A viral map posted by Mary Talley Bowden, president and founder of Americans for Health Freedom, lit up social media and set off a national conversation about who actually runs — and works in — American healthcare. The chart shows that “health care and social assistance” is now the largest employer in most states, and […] More
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The United Nations showdown this week was a stark reminder that the Islamic Republic of Iran prefers theater over truth, and too many in the West still play along. An Iranian envoy told America to “be polite,” and the U.S. response ripped the mask off a regime built on repression and violence. Americans watching saw […] More
Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke the usual back‑patting silence on his side of the aisle and told reporters what the rest of the country was already thinking: Graham Platner should drop out of the Maine Senate race. That came after a damning Politico report in which a woman, Jenny Racicot, accused Platner of forcing sex in […] More
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The small crowd at San Antonio City Hall this week was loud and certain. About 100 people marched and set up a memorial to protest the ICE shooting in Houston that left Lorenzo Salgado Araujo dead. Organizers used the tragedy to demand abolition of ICE, an independent probe, and to oppose a planned ICE processing […] More
The Trump Accounts program moved from promise to reality over the Fourth of July weekend. The Treasury flipped the switch, the Trump Accounts app went live, and eligible American children were seeded with a $1,000 federal deposit into investment accounts. This is a big, bold government effort to put ownership — not welfare — at […] More
A new Euromedia Research poll presented at the Pantelleria “Mediterraneo d’autore” event hands Italian leaders a blunt message: voters want illegal migrants sent home. The topline — about 73% in favor of repatriation — is hard to ignore. If politicians want to keep both their voters and their dignity, they’ll pay attention. Poll shows broad […] More
President Volodymyr Zelensky stirred the NATO Defence Industry Forum this week with a blunt line: Ukraine is “eliminating around 30,000 Russian soldiers every month” and, he said, Kyiv has video confirmation for every single one. That is a startling claim on its face, and it deserves the kind of hard questions journalists and policymakers should […] More
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The Los Angeles City Council just voted 12–0 to send a charter amendment to the November ballot that would cut the council’s required meeting schedule from three times a week to once a week. That’s right — the body that sets the city’s rules wants voters to decide whether councilmembers should be legally required to […] More
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President Donald Trump dropped another one of those Truth Social zingers — and the left melted down all over itself as expected. This time he threatened Iran with “1000 Missiles” and closed the post with the all-caps line that has everyone talking: “PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!” The message is raw, loud, and unmistakable. It also […] More
President Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara that U.S. forces have been taking out Iranian small attack and mine‑laying boats with “the same” weapon used against narco‑trafficking boats in the Caribbean. It’s a short, blunt claim — the kind that makes headlines and makes diplomats nervous — but it raises two plain […] More
A recent tabloid report claims Michelle Obama personally intervened to block actress Cheryl Hines from joining Larry David’s new HBO series produced by the Obamas’ Higher Ground company. The story — based on unnamed “insiders” — has been picked up by partisan outlets and turned into another feeding frenzy about Hollywood politics. Whether the claim […] More
President Trump warned this week that the United States would hit Iran “hard” after a series of attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The president’s language is blunt and meant to be unmistakable: when American commerce is threatened, Washington intends to protect it. What’s really going on in the Gulf For years […] More
The courtroom in Provo felt less like a legal theater and more like the rest of the country’s raw nerve this week: crowded, tense, and full of people who want answers. Prosecutors opened a weeklong preliminary hearing to convince Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graf there’s enough probable cause to send accused shooter Tyler Robinson […] More
Stephen King tried to play moral referee on X and ended up getting schooled — not by a theologian, but by the app’s users and a Community Note. The bestselling author quoted Jesus while defending Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner amid an explosive sexual‑assault allegation, only to have the scriptural line corrected, his post deleted, […] More
Senator Mitch McConnell has been quietly hospitalized with a mystery illness, and while questions swirl about his health, his wife Elaine Chao flew to China and met with high-level Chinese officials. That timing — and the company she kept — is the real story. Conservatives should demand clear answers, not polite shrugs. The trip and […] More
Erika Kirk has stepped forward with a short, clear statement on behalf of Charlie Kirk’s immediate family as a high-stakes preliminary hearing gets underway this week. The accused, Tyler Robinson, faces hearings in Provo as prosecutors lay out evidence and ask a judge to let the case go to trial — and to allow pursuit […] More
Jeb Bush stood on a stage at a United Against Nuclear Iran event and did what too many in Washington refuse to do: he named the danger plainly. Pointing at a Shahed‑136 drone, the former Florida governor warned that Iran has reportedly sent hundreds of these kamikaze drones to Cuba. That claim — and the […] More
The Politico report alleging that Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner sexually assaulted a woman has set off a political firestorm. Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Ruben Gallego quickly pulled their endorsements, and Democratic leaders signaled they will not bankroll a nominee under this cloud. The fallout is now a test of Democratic damage control — […] More
Marine Le Pen and her deputy Jordan Bardella just put on a show of unity as a French court prepares to rule on whether Le Pen can stand in next year’s presidential race. The decision, expected this Tuesday, could shape the future of the National Rally and France’s political landscape for years to come. What’s […] More
A federal appeals court has put a stop to Texas’ policy of giving in-state tuition to undocumented students. The Fifth Circuit’s recent ruling says federal law blocks states from offering residency-based higher education benefits to people in the country illegally unless those benefits are offered to all U.S. citizens from other states. In plain English: […] More
Washington and Tehran just traded another round of blows — rockets and pilots, not words — and the rest of us are left to clean up whatever fallout escapes the Middle East. The U.S. military says it struck Iranian military targets overnight after provocations that endangered American forces and regional partners; Iran answered back with […] More
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A Dominican Republic national who holds U.S. lawful permanent residency has pleaded guilty in a major unemployment fraud case. The plea marks another public win for the Department of Justice’s new fraud push. But it also reminds us how easy it was for criminals to exploit pandemic-era benefit programs. Guilty plea: what happened in court […] More