Category: News
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“What Are You Afraid Of?”: Can Newsom Dictate How Federal Officers Do Their Job?
A new law signed in California, born from the white-hot political conflict over immigration, has set the nation’s most populous state on a direct and unavoidable collision course with the federal government. The immediate issue is whether federal immigration officers can wear masks during enforcement operations. But the foundational question at stake is far graver:…
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Elon Musk’s War on a ‘Broken’ Visa System Comes Back to Bite Him
In the span of just 24 hours late last year, one of the world’s most powerful billionaires went from vowing to “go to war” to defend a key immigration program to calling that same program “broken.” This sharp pivot from Elon Musk on the H-1B visa has come roaring back into the spotlight this week,…
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The SCOTUS Ruling That Could Dismantle the ‘Fourth Branch’ of Government
With a brief, temporary order, the Supreme Court today allowed President Trump to fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. This single personnel decision, however, is merely the opening shot in what is poised to become one of the most significant constitutional battles in modern American history. At stake is not just one person’s…
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How a Tragedy Is Being Used to Justify State Surveillance of Political Speech
In the wake of tragedy, the call for security is a powerful and understandable impulse. But a new initiative launched today in Florida, created in the name of preventing violence, raises a chilling question for every citizen: What is the cost of that security, and is it the very constitutional rights that define us as…
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Charlie Kirk desperately wanted Elon Musk and Donald Trump back together. He succeeded.
In the somber quiet of a memorial service, two of the most powerful and volatile men in the world shook hands. The gesture between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was, on its surface, a moment of personal reconciliation in the face of shared grief. But to view it as merely that is to miss…
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Right Move? Disney Announces Return of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ After Suspension Over Kirk Comments
After a week of intense speculation and a fierce national debate, a late-night television host is returning to the air. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following his controversial remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a media firestorm. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to…
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Trump Vows to Take Chicago in Charlie Kirk’s Name, Declares ‘Bullet Was Aimed at All of Us’
In a stadium filled with tens of thousands of mourners on Sunday, the President of the United States stepped to the podium to eulogize his fallen friend and ally, Charlie Kirk. But what followed was not a traditional eulogy. It was a complex and jarring speech that blended profound grief with political threats, a vow…
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In a Stunning Moment, Charlie Kirk’s Widow Forgives His Killer: “The Answer to Hate is Not Hate.”
This is a lesson in civic virtue. Before a crowd of tens of thousands in a vast stadium, a grieving widow stepped to a podium to eulogize her assassinated husband. In a nation raw with political division and primed for a call to vengeance, she offered something far more radical, and far more constitutionally significant:…
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Trump’s Public Goading of His Own Attorney General Tests a Core Constitutional Norm
In a pair of remarkable social media posts over the weekend, the President of the United States publicly aired his frustration with his own Attorney General, demanding she move faster to prosecute his political enemies. This public pressure campaign, targeting specific individuals by name, is more than just a glimpse into the President’s thinking. It…
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How a Bribery Investigation into a Top Trump Aide Was Killed
In the world of public corruption investigations, an undercover recording of a cash exchange is the kind of evidence that builds careers and ends them. It is the beginning of a story that almost always concludes in a courtroom. But in the case of Tom Homan, the President’s current border czar, that damning evidence appears…