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    Duo Still Pressing for House War Powers Resolution on Iran, but Speaker Says It’s Not ‘Necessary’
    Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are spearheading a war powers resolution that would direct President Donald Trump to cease using the military against Iran without congressional approval. But it might not get a vote in the House, if House Speaker Mike Johnson has anything to say about it. The resolution “directs the…
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump Proclaims End to ‘12-Day War’ Between Israel and Iran  
    President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Monday.   “Congratulations to everyone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and total ceasefire (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed…
    Virginia Allen
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    Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race, According to Report
    If the U.S. is going to maintain its military edge in the 21st century it can’t rely on defense contractors that prioritize DEI over building the best warfighting tools. A report recently released by conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and co-author Ryan Thorpe alleges that defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s executives “were so committed to DEI policies that they awarded some…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    New Figures on Iranians Let in Under Biden Reportedly Emerge as US Braces for Tehran Counterattack
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Border Patrol agents reportedly released hundreds of Iranian nationals into the U.S. during President Joe Biden’s time in office, drawing national security concerns as military tensions escalate. The Biden administration arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals during fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024, releasing 729 of these individuals into the country, according to Customs and…
    Jason Hopkins
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    House Set to Vote on Resolution Condemning LA Riots, Commending Law Enforcement
    The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a resolution condemning the recent Los Angeles riots and thanking law enforcement. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., “condemns unequivocally the violence perpetrated against federal, state, and local law enforcement” and “calls on local and state elected leadership to work with the…
    Jacob Adams
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    BREAKING: Iran Launches Missiles at US Military Base in Middle East
    The Islamic Republic of Iran launched missiles against at least one U.S. military base in the Middle East Monday in retaliation for the U.S. strike on its nuclear facilities over the weekend, according to news reports. Qatari forces announced that the missiles had been intercepted with no loss of life. “I can confirm that al…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Feds Arrest Dozens of Iranian ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Amid Heightened Security Concerns
    THE CENTER SQUARE—Prior to President Donald Trump authorizing targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, federal agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have been arresting Iranian nationals, nearly all men, in the U.S. illegally. In the last few months, federal prosecutors have also brought terrorism charges against Iranians, including those in the…
    Bethany Blankley
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    National Security Expert on the Iran Strikes: Ending 50 Years of Iranian Hostility
    “What happened last night, in my estimation, isn’t about starting another forever war in the Middle East, it’s about ending the longest one.” Victoria Coates, vice president of The Heritage Foundation’s Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, discussed Saturday’s military action against Iran with Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo. Her…
    Al Perrotta
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    Vance Assails Newsom and Bass Policies
    Vice President JD Vance visited Los Angeles on Friday, castigating California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for policies that enabled the rioters. The vice president held a press briefing at the Federal Building Command Center in Los Angeles, delivering remarks amid the ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and…
    Lorenzo Prieto
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    Misunderstanding Trump
    Many are now demanding that President Donald Trump act abroad in the way they think he had promised and campaigned—which can be mostly defined as how closely he should parallel their own version of MAGA. But Trump’s past shows that he never claimed that he was either an ideological isolationist or an interventionist. He was…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    China’s Vape Offensive and the Mexican Cartel Pipeline: A Growing Threat to US Security
    In Mexico, the cartels have found their perfect staging ground to capitalize on a low-risk, high-profit cash crop. Lax enforcement against illicit tobacco has created vast gray zones where cartels operate openly, stockpiling illicit goods, laundering profits, and planning cross-border smuggling with little fear of government intrusion. For the past two decades, I have investigated…
    Francisco Rivas
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    Hegseth Outlines Pentagon’s Budget, Priorities at Senate Panel Hearing
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday testified on the Pentagon’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026, articulating the Trump administration’s vision for a strong United States. Addressing the elephant in the room, Hegseth said the decision about whether or not to strike Iran is at the presidential level, and that he would go…
    Jacob Adams
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    Did LA Riots Help Put Trump and Musk on Track Toward Reconciliation?
    The riots against enforcement of federal immigration laws that began in Los Angeles more than a week ago have led to vandalism, destruction of property, and assaults on law enforcement officers. But one of the results of the riots their instigators surely did not intend was the creation of common ground between Elon Musk and…
    Virginia Allen | Elise McCue
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    Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think
    On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using race in admissions, which they had been doing for decades. Effective immediately, offers of admissions to the highly selective military service academies must be based “exclusively on merit.”     Hegseth justified…
    Cully Stimson
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    Media Shows Sympathetic Views on Antisemitic Terrorist
    Mohammed Sabry Soliman, armed with an improvised flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, attacked a group of peaceful Jews in Boulder, Colorado, who were remembering the hostages taken from Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. At least one of Soliman’s victims was a Holocaust survivor. Soliman and his family had come to the United States on…
    Erick Erickson
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    Marc Elias Moves to Thwart Trump DOJ’s Litigation Over Alleged Voter Inaccuracies
    Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias moved this week to intervene in a Trump Justice Department lawsuit filed last week against North Carolina for the state’s alleged inaccurate voter registration rolls.  The Justice Department’s lawsuit alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter registration form that failed to require voters to provide identifying information…
    Fred Lucas
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    WATCH: DHS to Deport Family of Man Charged in Colorado Terrorist Attack
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement concludes a new operation in South Carolina as protests among leftists break out over arrests of illegal immigrants in New England, California, and Oregon. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announces that the family of the man charged in connection with a Colorado terrorist attack Sunday will be deported. House, Senate,…
    Tony Kinnett
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    WATCH: Legacy Media’s Bizarre Relationship With Terrorism
    Legacy media outlets can’t decide how to cover a horrific Islamic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, and continue repeating debunked stories straight from Hamas. Arrest and deportation efforts by the second Trump administration cause crocodile tears on and off national television. Pride month brings out the weirdest people on Earth, but notably fewer than in…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Slow to Condemn Colorado Attack, Reps. Omar and Tlaib Are Branded ‘Muslim Terrorists’ by Fellow Lawmaker
    The morning after an attack on a group of people in Colorado demonstrating in support of freeing the hostages held in Gaza, Democrat Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both of whom are Muslims, had yet to issue statements condemning the violence.   Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who is Jewish, was critical…
    Virginia Allen
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    5 Years After the Floyd Riots, the Left’s Thirst for Political Violence Has Not Quenched
    Five years after the death of George Floyd, the political Left is increasingly embracing violence as legitimate action, aided and abetted by soft-on-crime forces funded by billionaire George Soros. Floyd’s death sparked numerous deaths and other violence, including massive property damage to predominantly black neighborhoods and businesses. The Minneapolis–Saint Paul riots alone saw two people…
    Carrie Sheffield
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