Empire of Necessity: When Non-Intervention Fails
There is a taboo in polite American conversation: America as empire. Going to college during the War on Terror, partly out of contrarian instinct and partly to get a rise out of others, I began deploying my best neo-con arguments to anyone who would listen to my pro-Iraq War arguments. …
CCP-Linked Groups Join Anti-ICE Shutdown in Minnesota
What began earlier this week as a call for a statewide “Day of Truth and Freedom” has materialized into one of the largest coordinated acts of public protest in Minnesota in years — with thousands of residents marching through downtown Minneapolis, hundreds of businesses shuttering operations, and arrests made during …
U.S. Sanctions Nine Iranian “Shadow Fleet” Vessels to Cut Off Regime Funding Amid Brutal Crackdown
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a sweeping new round of sanctions Friday targeting nine vessels and their owners linked to Iran’s so-called “shadow fleet” — a covert maritime network used to export Iranian crude oil and petroleum products to global markets. The move is …
The Global Health Plan That Assumes You’ll Comply
A short clip circulating online has reignited a familiar debate: who decides what “health” means—and how far that authority extends? The remarks, tied to World Health Organization’s Immunization Agenda 2030, were welcomed by pediatric leaders including Lee Savio Beers of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The language was upbeat and …
FCC Signals Shift on “Equal Time” Rules for Talk Shows Ahead of 2026 Elections
The Federal Communications Commission has issued new guidance warning television broadcasters that daytime and late-night talk shows may no longer automatically qualify for exemptions from federal “equal time” requirements when featuring political candidates—marking a potentially significant shift in how election-season media appearances are regulated. In a public statement posted Wednesday, …
Trump Says ‘Huge Win’ for Americans as Greenland Deal Framework Emerges
President Donald Trump and his allies are framing a newly announced framework for a Greenland-related deal as a major success for U.S. interests, following tense diplomatic discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The development, which came after discussions with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, has been described …
NIH Ends Federal Funding for Research Using Aborted Fetal Tissue
The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday that it will end all federal funding for research projects that use tissue obtained from elective abortions, marking a significant shift in U.S. biomedical policy and reigniting a long-running ethical debate within the scientific community. Under the new policy, the prohibition applies broadly …
The $957 Billion Risk Hiding in Plain Sight
The $957 Billion Warning No One Is Talking About Why America’s Empty Office Towers Could Signal the Next Financial Collapse Prices are up. Savings don’t go as far. Retirement feels harder to reach every year. But turn on the news and they say inflation is easing. The markets are strong. …
Bezos Enters the Orbital Internet War With a Quiet Starlink Challenger
Jeff Bezos is once again upping the ante in the space-based internet race. This week, Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin publicly revealed plans for a massive new satellite broadband network called TeraWave — a megaconstellation designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink and to stake Amazon a stronger claim in orbital internet …
House Oversight Panel votes to advance contempt resolutions against the Clintons
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee voted Wednesday to advance resolutions holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after both declined to comply with subpoenas compelling testimony before the panel. In two separate votes, committee members approved the Bill Clinton contempt …
Inside the FBI’s Paid Network of Jan. 6 Online Sleuths
Newly reviewed internal FBI documents reveal that the bureau paid more than $100,000 to members of a loose online network known as the “Sedition Hunters” to identify and analyze video evidence related to the January 6 Capitol riot and a separate investigation into alternate electors—despite internal concerns about bias, foreign …
Oregon to Remove 800,000 Names From Voter Rolls Following Federal Lawsuit
Oregon election officials have begun the process of removing approximately 800,000 names from the state’s voter registration rolls, following a federal lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch, according to statements by the group’s president, Tom Fitton. The removals are tied to alleged violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), a …
What the St. Paul Church Incident Reveals About Protecting Worship
An incident at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported yesterday, has renewed debate over the security of religious institutions and the broader issue of religious freedom in the United States. While details of the event continue to be reviewed by authorities, the episode has prompted renewed political discussion about …
Inside RFK Jr.’s Plan to Overhaul Vaccine Liability
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has proposed significant changes to federal vaccine policy, particularly targeting the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), a decades-old system designed to protect vaccine access while compensating individuals who experience rare serious side effects. Kennedy’s proposals have drawn attention for their …
Trump Says the U.S. Should Reconsider Mental Asylums
President Donald Trump has stated that the United States should reconsider bringing back mental asylums, arguing that the closure of long-term psychiatric institutions has contributed to widespread homelessness and untreated severe mental illness. In recent remarks, Trump said the country “closed the asylums” decades ago and replaced them with systems …
Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Church During Worship
Anti-ICE demonstrations in Minnesota escalated over the weekend when protesters entered a Christian church in Minneapolis and disrupted a Sunday worship service, shouting slogans and confronting parishioners during prayer. The incident has drawn condemnation from religious leaders, civil-liberties advocates, and federal officials, while intensifying an already volatile debate over immigration …
Big Pharma Update: What Matters Most Right Now
1. Big Pharma Goes All-In on AI With Billion-Dollar Bets Two of the world’s largest drugmakers are doubling down on artificial intelligence, signaling where the industry believes power—and profit—will come from next. Eli Lilly and Company and NVIDIA announced a $1 billion, five-year AI research lab in the San Francisco …
Troops on Alert as Protests Raise Insurrection Act Questions
The Pentagon has placed roughly 1,500 active-duty U.S. Army soldiers on prepare-to-deploy status for a potential mission to Minnesota as protests intensify around federal immigration operations in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, according to multiple reports citing U.S. officials. Federal officials emphasize that no deployment is imminent, but the contingency planning …
How Venezuela Became a Narco-State by Design
For more than two decades, Venezuela’s political collapse has been explained almost entirely through the lens of socialism, corruption, and U.S.–Latin America tensions. That story is incomplete. A fuller picture requires examining the international networks, intelligence relationships, and criminal alliances that shaped the rise of Hugo Chávez and later Nicolás …
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
Chinese universities are rapidly climbing global rankings, while many U.S. institutions are losing ground—an unmistakable signal that the balance of academic power is shifting. The latest rankings measuring research output, citations, and scientific influence show China consolidating its gains across science and engineering fields, even as America’s traditional dominance shows …