President Trump announced today that he authorized another military strike against a Venezuelan narco-terrorist vessel operating in international waters off the country’s coast. The president said the action was part of his administration’s ongoing campaign to dismantle transnational drug cartels and protect U.S. national security interests in the Western Hemisphere. Trump posted on his Truth Social … Read more
Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s recent domestic military deployments and accused U.S. institutions of capitulating to political pressure in an interview released Monday on comedian Marc Maron’s long-running “WTF” podcast.The former president’s comments came after the Trump administration finalized a major peace deal in the Middle East. Obama, however, suggested that … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over a reported plan by the Democratic leader to keep the government shut down at least until a left-wing rally scheduled for Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., is held. Speaking from the U.S. Capitol on the 13th day of the government shutdown, Johnson said … Read more
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have postponed their scheduled depositions before the House Oversight Committee as part of the panel’s ongoing investigation into the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, according to congressional officials. A spokesperson for the committee confirmed Monday that neither Clinton appeared on … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down an appeal from Alex Jones, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who was trying to overturn a $1.4 billion libel verdict against him for making false statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones has been under a lot of legal pressure since jurors in Connecticut and Texas found him … Read more
President Donald Trump is receiving some very rare praise from Democrats and other political opponents after he and his administration managed to broker a peace deal between Israel and Hamas after two years of fighting. Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack against Israeli communities in October 2023, killing nearly 1,300 people and taking more than … Read more
Republicans and Democrats are now both blasting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over a plan by the Democratic leader to keep the government shut down at least until a left-wing rally scheduled for Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., is held. Two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries indicated that Democrats are keeping the government … Read more
The Mystery of the Purple Fence Have you ever walked through a quiet neighborhood or a country trail and spotted a purple fence? Not brown, not white—but bright purple, like someone dunked it in grape juice. Your first thought: why? Just an odd paint choice? Surprisingly, there’s a reason. In many rural areas, purple on … Read more
A federal judge has ordered federal agencies to sharply limit their use of tear gas and other riot control tactics against protesters in Illinois, marking a major restriction on law enforcement as unrest continues across the state. Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, issued … Read more
For weeks, whispers in Washington hinted that the next round of presidential approval ratings would be bad. Not just ordinary-bad — historic. Now, the numbers are in. And the truth, depending on who you ask, either confirms what the media’s been saying for months… or exposes just how divided the United States has become under Donald … Read more