The White House went on lockdown this evening after what sounded like gunshots near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW — the block that sits like a throat to the presidency. The U.S. Secret Service said it was working to corroborate reports; FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI was on scene supporting the response. […] More

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division dropped a bomb this week on UC Davis School of Medicine: a formal finding that the school discriminates on the basis of race in its admissions process. This is not a gentle nudge — the DOJ says Davis Med deliberately used race‑correlated tools to shape who gets in. […] More

The Swiss referendum to put a constitutional cap on the country’s population has come up short, but don’t tell that to the winners. Voters rejected the SVP’s 10‑million cap by a clear margin, yet the Swiss People’s Party is already treating the roughly 45 percent “yes” vote as a mandate to keep pushing for tighter […] More

President Donald J. Trump just signed a proclamation that reopens huge swaths of protected Pacific waters to American commercial fishing. The move is being billed as a win for jobs, American seafood and supply-chain security. Predictably, it also hands conservation groups a new lawsuit to argue about — because what else are they going to […] More

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that he and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, are the subjects of a Department of Justice inquiry. Newsom pointed the finger at President Donald Trump, saying the White House has directed the DOJ to “get” him because he’s weighing a presidential bid. Federal officials have declined […] More

The Collin County jury returned a guilty verdict and a 35‑year sentence for Karmelo Anthony in the fatal stabbing of 17‑year‑old Austin Metcalf. That outcome has set off a storm of reactions — none more theatrical than Cardi B’s public meltdown on X and an extended X Spaces session. Celebrity outrage is nothing new, but […] More

Senator Susan Collins formally locked up the Republican nomination in Maine’s Senate primary this week by running unopposed. That simple fact matters a lot more than the usual primary drama. With Graham Platner emerging as the Democratic nominee amid a string of reported controversies, this matchup has already become one of the key Senate races […] More

The South Carolina governor race has been jolted by an ugly incident that should concern every conservative who believes in law and order. A man publicly tied to Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s campaign was arrested after a recorded confrontation with a supporter of U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, and because President Donald Trump recently endorsed Evette […] More

Washington is in the middle of one of those stories that sounds like it was cooked up in some backroom pressure‑cooker: a draft memorandum of understanding reportedly speaking of roughly $300 billion for “reconstruction” or investment in Iran, and competing claims about a separate $24 billion in frozen assets. The numbers are big enough to […] More

Vice President JD Vance gathered state attorneys general for a White House roundtable on the administration’s anti-fraud task force, and what should have been a bipartisan push to stop theft from taxpayers instead turned into a partisan hand wave. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita showed up and spoke bluntly on Newsmax, defending aggressive fraud enforcement […] More

The scenes from north Belfast were the stuff of nightmares: a brutal knife attack caught on video, a man left fighting for his life, and then masked mobs setting fire to cars and homes while police tried to claw back order. If you want a neat, comforting explanation for why Britain is fraying at the […] More

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told CNN’s State of the Union that President Donald Trump wants to “tie the entire Middle East into the Abraham Accords.” That is a bold pitch — and it deserves both applause and a little practical scrutiny. The idea is simple: more normalization, more trade, less war. It sounds […] More

Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, took to Rob Schmitt Tonight to do two things: defend President Donald Trump’s economic record and remind viewers that his network is not fading into cable-TV oblivion. Ruddy’s message was plain and pointed — economic wins are real, polls and hostile outlets are loud, and Newsmax is growing fast enough […] More

A short video clip is creating a lot more noise than it should. Supporters say the footage proves Charlie Kirk privately backed his wife, Erika Kirk, to lead Turning Point USA. Skeptics demand the full tape. Meanwhile, the real story getting lost is simple: Turning Point needs unity, not more leaks and armchair detectives. The […] More

The Texas Department of Public Safety says one of its brush teams in Starr County rounded up a group of people who had slipped across the Rio Grande and were headed into the interior. A DPS spokesman posted photos and a short account on social media that named a “Special Interest Alien” from Russia among […] More

The Colorado Supreme Court just decided that a statute that says nothing about secrecy actually guarantees secrecy. Call it judicial origami: fold the words until they say what the court thinks they should. The result was a 5–2 ruling that parents who surrender newborns under Colorado’s Safe Haven law are entitled to anonymity — even […] More

President Donald Trump and Pakistani mediators say a U.S.–Iran peace framework is in hand — and markets reacted like a referee’s whistle at the end of overtime: oil prices fell and U.S. stocks jumped. If true, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and taking the war-risk premium off the table would be huge for energy markets […] More

An alleged Iran revenge plot that reportedly targeted Ivanka Trump’s Florida home has jolted the nation and made the Soleimani story personal again. Reports say an Iran-linked suspect moved beyond online threats into operational planning and allegedly obtained information connected to her residence, tying the threat back to the killing of Qasem Soleimani. For patriotic […] More

Good news you can actually cheer for: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that Big Dog Ranch Rescue has secured the agreement to remove the roughly 475 remaining beagles from Ridglan Farms. What began as a national scandal over a Wisconsin breeder is now moving toward a real, permanent […] More

The U.S. Supreme Court has quietly left in place an unusual, high‑stakes standoff inside the federal judiciary. By denying review of Judge Pauline Newman’s petition, the Court has allowed a suspension that keeps a Reagan‑appointed Article III judge off new cases to remain intact. The move ends one legal road for Newman and leaves bigger […] More

Councilwoman Julie Won suddenly finds herself in the kind of trouble that dogged many New York pols before her: an eviction-style court filing claims she lived rent-free in a luxury Long Island City condo and now owes roughly $25,000. The allegation — made public by the condo owner and his political consultant circle — comes […] More