Border Security

Trump sends military after the cartels and it’s long overdue

Homeland Security reports detail 78 incidents of Mexican authorities violating the border. On Friday, Aug. 8, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military into action against Mexican and other Latin American drug cartels, taking an anticipated step after declaring these violent groups to be foreign terrorist organizations less than a month into his second term. Sending the military to...

August 11, 2025

Border Security

Trump’s immigration reset is lifting wages and forcing real economic reform

It’s illuminating when politicians speak the truth accidentally, letting voters know what they only say in private to their colleagues or big donors. A video recently resurfaced of New York Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke saying that her Brooklyn district could “absorb a significant number of these (Haitian) migrants,” because, she continued, “I need more people...

July 31, 2025

Energy & Environment

Study: 7 In 10 College Energy Courses Focus On So-Called Climate Change

‘Ignoring the extant realities of energy will render students unprepared for making sensible decisions, whether in the public or private sector.’ Some 60 percent of youth attend college after high school, some of them destined for leadership roles. Unfortunately, the things they’re taught aren’t grounded in reality, which ends up creating adverse consequences years down the line....

July 16, 2025

Criminal Justice

Democrats want a return to the worst of 1960s radicalism and violence

Recent ambushes of federal agents follow Rep. Jayapal calling ICE ‘a terrorist force’ as most Democrats vote against condemning attacks. The past few weeks have seen several violent attacks targeting ICE and law enforcement. On June 7, in Los Angeles, left-wing agitators clashed with federal law enforcement and state and local police during anti-ICE protests. A day later,...

July 13, 2025

Foreign Policy

Texas Hardens Itself Against The Chinese Communist Party

Customs and Border Protection officers broke up a scheme by two scientists from China who attempted to smuggle in deadly fungal samples that could have done widespread destruction to American crops and harm human health. Deemed an “agroterror” threat, the couple intended to reproduce the samples. At least one of the two was connected to an...

June 10, 2025

Economy

Financial Giant USAA Gets Downgraded After Debanking Trump Lawyer, Going Woke

Once a low-cost haven for service members, veterans, and their families, USAA’s troubles suggest a company prioritizing leftist ideology over its mission. For almost my entire military career and beyond, USAA, the San Antonio-based insurance and financial services giant that built its reputation serving military members and their families, provided my family with auto and...

June 9, 2025

Public Safety

Trump moves fast to save LA from a 1992 repeat

California governor calls deployment ‘purposefully inflammatory’ while federal officers face deadly attacks from protesters. Los Angeles is rioting again. Mobs, amped up by professional agitators and implicit support from Democratic elected officials, have attacked federal law enforcement officers with deadly intent. This violence, which includes hurling rocks, torching cars, launching fireworks, and assaulting federal law...

June 9, 2025

Economy

States Have No Incentive To Stop Food Stamp Fraudsters From Stealing Your Money

The DOJ discovered millions of dollars in fraud hidden in false food stamp reporting. President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Justice uprooted hidden millions May 29, charging an employee at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and five New York residents with defrauding the federal government of “$66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition...

June 5, 2025

Foreign Policy

Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system revives Reagan’s nuclear shield dream

On May 20, President Donald Trump launched the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. I was in college when President Ronald Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative—initially mocked by its opponents as “Star Wars.” Trump named Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein as the Golden Dome project’s leader, a tell that the system will be primarily space-based. Technology in two areas...

May 27, 2025

Foreign Policy

China’s Rising Naval Dominance Threatens U.S. Commerce And Safety

China’s race to be a maritime superpower presents the greatest threat to the U.S. since the British burned down the White House in 1814. On April 24, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report on China’s naval modernization, noting that, “China’s navy is, by far, the largest of any country in East Asia, and sometime between...

May 5, 2025

Foreign Policy

India And Pakistan Are On The Brink Of War

India and Pakistan appear ready for conflict, with tensions triggered by a terrorist attack on Indian citizens on April 22 in Jammu and Kashmir. India has good reason to believe that the attack originated in Pakistan from terror bases the Pakistani government knows about and supports. Prime Minister Modi of India will likely respond to the attack militarily. The...

April 28, 2025

Economy

South Carolina’s Play To Nullify Tariffs In 1832 Failed Spectacularly. Newsom’s Will Too

Gavin Newsom is dusting off John C. Calhoun’s playbook from 1832, arguing his state can nullify federal law. Oh, the irony! California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the gel-haired darling of the left, has decided to play President Andrew Jackson’s foil in a modern-day Nullification Crisis. His lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs — filed with...

April 23, 2025