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The Founders’ Intentions For the “Right to Bear Arms”

A single attacker, armed with a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol. The horrific event in Minneapolis, like so many before it, immediately forces a wrenching national question: Why does our Constitution protect private access to such an arsenal? The debate that follows these tragedies often boils down...

Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Extending Court Fight with Trump Administration

A single federal judge has drawn a firm, constitutional line in the sand. In a direct and powerful confrontation with the executive branch, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has issued an emergency order forbidding the Trump administration from deporting Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This...

Speaker Johnson Tours Nation to Promote New Law Eliminating Taxes on Tipped Wages

The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, stood not in the halls of Congress this week, but in a classic Nashville honky-tonk. He was there to sell the President’s “big, beautiful bill” not with complex budget charts, but with a simple, powerful, and politically brilliant promise to the...

Trump Signals Major Shift on Chinese Student Visas, Drawing Criticism from Rep. Greene

President Trump has signaled that the United States will not only welcome, but potentially more than double, the number of Chinese students studying at American universities. This is not a minor adjustment. It is a major reversal of the administration’s own hardline rhetoric. The President’s...

After “Bloody Weekend,” Some Blue City Residents Plead for Trump to Send in Troops, Defying Their Own Governor

After another weekend of tragic violence that saw six people killed, including a five-year-old boy, a desperate and constitutionally dangerous cry is rising from some corners of Chicago. Frustrated with the relentless crime, some residents are now openly welcoming President Trump’s threat to send...

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Flag Burning, Directly Defying a Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

In a dramatic Oval Office ceremony, the President of the United States signed a new executive order. “If you burn a flag,” he declared, “you get one year in jail.” This is not, however, a simple act of patriotic enforcement. It is an act of open political defiance. The President’s order...

ICE Detains Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Sparking New Legal Battle Over Deportation to a Third Country

A man, once illegally deported by the federal government and then ordered to be returned by the nation’s highest courts, stood outside an ICE office in Baltimore on Monday morning. Surrounded by supporters, he was there for a routine check-in. Minutes later, he was arrested again, with the...

Trump Declares War on a GOP Senator, Demands an End to the “Blue Slip” Tradition He Says Is Blocking His Judges

The President of the United States has launched a public attack on a senior senator from his own party. The target is not a policy disagreement, but an “old and outdated ‘custom’” – the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition. This is not a minor procedural squabble. It is a high-stakes,...

Days After FBI Raid, John Bolton Publishes Scathing Critique of Trump’s Ukraine Policy

Most people, just days after having their home raided by the FBI in a national security probe, might choose to remain silent. John Bolton is not most people. In a defiant and blistering new op-ed, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor has unleashed a sweeping critique of the...

‘You Are Absolutely Forbidden’: A Federal Judge’s Dramatic Intervention to Stop a Man’s Second Deportation

A man who has become the central figure in a months-long constitutional war was taken back into federal custody on Monday. Within hours, his lawyers were in court, and a federal judge was issuing a new emergency order, once again placing her court directly between the Trump administration and its...

Illinois Governor to Trump on National Guard Threat: “Do Not Come to Chicago.”

“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.” With those words, the Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, drew a constitutional line in the sand. His defiant press conference was a direct response to President Trump’s threat to send the National Guard to Chicago to combat what he called a city that...

Trump’s DOJ Finds New Way to Deport Who Noem Calls “Monster” Migrant

Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked out of a Tennessee jail on Friday, released on bond to await his criminal trial in Maryland. For a moment, it seemed like a victory for the legal process. But that moment was fleeting, as the Trump administration immediately unveiled a shocking new plan: not to try him...

ICE Agents Injured, Suspect Arrested After Mob Attack Outside San Francisco Courthouse

A protest outside a San Francisco federal courthouse this week devolved into a violent mob attack, with four ICE agents punched, pepper-sprayed, and ambushed. One U.S. citizen, armed with a knife, now stands federally charged after allegedly slashing a government vehicle’s tires and threatening...

Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist: The Troubling Precedent of the Government’s New Stake in Intel

In a stunning and unprecedented move, the United States government is now one of the largest shareholders in Intel, a foundational giant of Silicon Valley. This is not a traditional bailout of a failing company. It is a deliberate and radical philosophical choice by the Trump administration to...

Federal Judge Deals Major Blow to Trump’s War on Sanctuary Cities, Calls His Threats “Unconstitutional.”

A federal judge in San Francisco has stood as a bulwark against the power of the White House, blocking the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to dozens of so-called “sanctuary” cities and counties. This is not a ruling on the merits of immigration policy. It is a powerful and...

Why the 2026 Midterms are the Most Unpredictable in Modern History

For over a century, the midterm election has followed a predictable, almost ironclad, rule: the party holding the White House suffers a major, often brutal, defeat in Congress. But as the 2026 election looms, a series of unprecedented factors has shattered that historical certainty. A unique...

Trump Admin Proposes New “Ideological Litmus Test” to Deny Student Loan Forgiveness

For nearly two decades, the federal government has made a simple bargain with a generation of teachers, nurses, social workers, and other public servants. If you work in a vital, often lower-paying, public service job for ten years and make your student loan payments, the government will forgive...

DOJ Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Prison Interview

In a dramatic new move in the escalating war over the Jeffrey Epstein files, the Department of Justice has publicly released the full transcript of its recent prison interview with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Hailed by the administration as an act of “transparency,” this is...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Flattering Words for Trump Raise Alarming Questions

In a dramatic attempt to quell a political firestorm over the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Department of Justice has released the transcripts of its recent, highly unusual interview with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell . Her words, delivered from a federal prison, offer a staunch and...

Russia BOMBS American Factory Days After Peace Summit

Days ago, it was handshakes and talk of a “path to peace” in Alaska. Today, it is fire and smoke rising from the wreckage of an American-owned factory in western Ukraine. In a brazen and violent rebuke to President Trump’s personal diplomacy, Russia has unleashed one of the largest aerial...