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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 its...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →“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...
Read more →FBI Director Kash Patel Says Agency is Investigating ‘Theories and Questions’ in Charlie Kirk Assassination
In the digital age, a national tragedy is inevitably followed by a second, virtual event: a tidal wave of online speculation, rumor, and conspiracy theories. The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been no exception. In the week since his murder, a grieving and outraged public...
Read more →Man Who Tried to Kill Justice Kavanaugh Now Identifies as a Woman Ahead of Sentencing
A routine court filing ahead of a sentencing hearing has revealed a startling personal development. The man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 now identifies as a woman and has asked to be referred to as Sophie Roske. This personal...
Read more →Pentagon Considers Controversial Campaign to Recruit a “Generation of Warriors”
What does it mean to be an American warrior? A new and explosive report suggests that the Pentagon is considering a radical new answer to that question – a military recruitment campaign built around the legacy of the recently assassinated conservative activist, Charlie Kirk. While the Pentagon...
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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,...
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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...
Read more →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...
Read more →“It’s This or a Shutdown”
The United States Congress has many complex duties, but its most fundamental, most essential responsibility is to fund the government it creates. This is the bedrock of its power. Today, in a remarkable display of political brinkmanship, the Senate has formally chosen to fail at that task,...
Read more →The Loyalty Test Reaches the Taxman: White House Halts IRS Advisory Panel
In the vast machinery of the federal government, there are countless committees staffed by ordinary citizens who volunteer their time to improve its function. These panels are the essence of civic duty, operating far from the glare of partisan politics. But a new directive from the Trump...
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On its 238th Anniversary, a Look at the Constitution’s Creation: Trump’s Vision vs. the Founders’ Reality
This week, America marks the 238th anniversary of the signing of its most sacred civic document. In a new presidential proclamation, the U.S. Constitution is hailed as a “legendary charter” that codified “eternal truths.” But the story of the Constitution’s birth in the hot, stuffy summer...
Read more →Trump Administration Escalates Harvard Fight, Threatens Student Aid and Civil Rights Sanctions
The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its pressure campaign against Harvard University , opening a new and powerful front in its ongoing war with the nation’s oldest university – federal student aid . In a one-two punch on Friday, the Department of Education announced it is...
Read more →Trump’s Security Under Scrutiny Ahead of Charlie Kirk Memorial Amid New Threats
As a nation prepares to mourn the assassination of one political leader, its security apparatus is in a frantic, high-stakes race to protect the President from becoming the next victim. President Trump is scheduled to speak at a massive stadium memorial for Charlie Kirk, and federal law enforcement...
Read more →Democrat Votes With Republicans AGAIN, Condemns Own Party’s Rhetoric
In the rigidly defined battle lines of Washington, clarity is a given. Republicans stand on one side, Democrats on the other. Yet, as a government shutdown barrels toward reality, a lone Democratic senator has shattered that partisan alignment, making a constitutional argument against his own...
Read more →A Power the President Does Not Have: The Unconstitutional Threat to Outlaw a Domestic Ideology
In the charged and grieving atmosphere following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the President of the United States has made a fiery and constitutionally explosive declaration. He has announced his intention to designate the domestic political movement known as “antifa” as a “major...
Read more →Did Florida Just Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man on a Technicality?
As the lethal drugs began to flow into his arm, David Pittman , a man convicted of a brutal triple murder and arson more than 30 years ago, maintained his innocence. But the final, desperate legal battle for his life was not about guilt. It was about his mind. The execution of David Pittman, the...
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‘What SCUM’: After House Fails to Censure Ilhan Omar, Trump Unleashes Vicious Attack on Her and Her Somali Heritage
A deeply divided House of Representatives has just failed, by the narrowest of margins, to formally rebuke one of its own members for her controversial speech. But this legislative battle has now been eclipsed by a furious attack from the President of the United States – an attack aimed not just...
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