U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix just reminded Washington that the Constitution is not a menu from which federal agencies may pick what they like. In a clear, limited ruling, he found that key National Firearms Act (NFA) registration and approval requirements can’t survive on a legal theory that Congress quietly erased when it set […] More

Hunter Biden’s new interview on the I’ve Had It podcast landed like a hand grenade in a quiet room. On Jennifer Welch’s show, he said his father’s single biggest mistake as president was appointing former Attorney General Merrick Garland to run the Justice Department. That one line has stirred the usual political pot — and […] More

Hunter Biden just won a courtroom victory many on the right will find hard to swallow. A federal judge has slapped former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne with a $1.7 million punitive-damages award after finding Byrne spread a baseless claim that Hunter had sought an $800 million bribe from Iran. The ruling is a clear rebuke […] More

Lil Wayne climbed behind a microphone this week and did something rare in pop culture: he spoke plainly, praised a concrete idea, and sided with common sense. On the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, the rapper defended President Donald Trump’s plan to build a new indoor ballroom at the White House. His point was simple — […] More

California voters were promised pension sanity after the 2013 PEPRA reforms. Now the unions are back with a plan to roll much of that progress back — and the state Legislature is listening. The newest move: AB 1383 cleared the Assembly and just got a “do pass” vote in a Senate committee, only to be […] More

The Department of Housing and Urban Development this week moved to cut off federal money to the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority. HUD says the agency mishandled nearly $2 billion meant for hurricane recovery. The suspension is immediate and it raises hard questions about who was watching the money. HUD pulls the plug — and […] More

President Trump turned up the heat this week, urging Senate Republicans to cancel their August recess and “terminate the filibuster” so the SAVE Act can pass. Senate Majority Leader John Thune answered with a blunt reminder: the votes simply aren’t there. That showdown — pressure from the White House vs. Senate reality — is the […] More

The Senate hearing where Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth has opened a nasty window into what Americans are being told — and what they are not. Republicans on the committee, led in part by Sen. Joni Ernst, raised sharp questions about NIH‑funded experiments that used human fetal tissue in “humanized” mice. Conservative voices like […] More

State Sen. Kelda Roys just released an eye-catching campaign ad titled “Kill Us” in her Democratic primary bid for governor of Wisconsin. The spot frames health-care policy fights as life-or-death and stages a close call with an ambulance while Roys says, “It’s almost like they’re trying to kill us.” The move is loud, blunt, and […] More

The oil-rich nations of the Gulf are finally treating energy security like a real problem, not an opinion poll. After Iran’s disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and fresh attacks in the Red Sea by Houthi fighters, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Baghdad have moved from worry to action. They are fast‑tracking pipelines and deals that […] More

President Donald Trump used a primetime address this week to dump a stack of declassified documents onto the public table and call out what he says was a deliberate effort inside the intelligence world to hide China’s sweeping grabs of American voter data. The papers and internal emails now public show raw, ugly arguments inside […] More

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani went on record saying his city can’t arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on an International Criminal Court warrant — and then promptly asked the federal government to do it anyway. It’s a headline-grabbing move that sounds brave until you notice the part where he admits the law and diplomacy […] More

Seven Save A Lot grocery stores on Chicago’s South and West sides just shut after Save A Lot ended its operating deal with local partner Yellow Banana. The immediate story is simple: the chain walked away, customers lost neighborhood grocery options, and city leaders are scrambling to patch a mess that was partly made in […] More

Sen. Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation facility and will continue physical therapy at home, his office said. The Kentucky Republican is not expected to return to Congress before the August recess, though he is expected to come back to finish his final term. He is not running for reelection, and Republicans have […] More

The U.S. military just put real teeth behind its warnings. U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carried out a verification boarding of the commercial tanker M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman. At the same time, U.S. forces launched strikes aimed at crippling Iranian supply routes near Bandar Abbas. This is not […] More

Body language experts have a funny way of saying what TV anchors won’t: sometimes the truth leaks out of the face. On “Greg Kelly Reports,” expert Lena Sisco watched Dr. Anthony Fauci testifying before the Senate and said his “subconscious actions” point to deception. Whether you trust body-language analysis or not, this moment matters because […] More

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just put every state governor on notice: federal election funding will come with strings. After President Trump’s recent declassification move highlighting alleged election vulnerabilities, Secretary Mullin said states that want federal grants to run federal elections will need to clean up voter rolls and harden voting machines first. That’s a […] More

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s guest spot on MasterChef Australia was supposed to be an easy bit of feel‑good PR. Instead it landed like a soggy soufflé — a short FaceTime cameo from Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, a promo line calling her “royalty,” and a wave of social‑media mockery that proved viewers are tired of […] More

The Ninth Circuit issued a split ruling this week that takes a big bite out of teacher speech rights inside schools. In a published 2–1 opinion filed July 21, 2026, the court upheld a lower court’s decision denying a preliminary injunction for Roderick Theis, an education specialist who was disciplined after displaying three children’s books […] More

Senator John Cornyn announced this week he won’t yet pledge support for President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The hold comes after Blanche’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, when he insisted the so‑called Anti‑Weaponization Fund is “dead” even though no written change to the settlement language exists. This is the […] More

Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 put together a duo no one asked for: Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes. The hour‑plus sit‑down has become the latest media spectacle. Both men used the stage to try to clean up their images — and both made the mess worse. The interview raises big questions about judgment, platforming, and where […] More