Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk demanded a speedy trial on Jan. 16 in response to the alleged delay tactics in the case involving her husband’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson. Kirk’s attorney, Jeffrey Neiman, notified Utah’s Fourth District Court of her move in a Jan. 16 court filing that was...

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The U.S. murder rate in 2025 plunged to its lowest level in over a century, according to a report released Thursday. The average reported homicide rate declined 21 percent in 35 major U.S. cities in 2025, marking the largest one-year drop of all time and likely the lowest level since...

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Former Metropolitan Police Department officer Mike Fanone coughed “go f*** yourself” during a Thursday hearing where former special counsel Jack Smith testified. Smith appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for roughly five hours and defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump. During questioning, Republican Texas Rep. Troy Nehls blamed U.S....

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After a scorching speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the world Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canada was bounced from the Board of Peace that will oversee the next step of President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of...

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President Donald Trump ended the use of human fetal tissue harvested from abortions in research done by the National Institutes of Health. "NIH will no longer support research using human fetal tissue," the agency announced in a statement Thursday. Human fetal tissues include organs, cells, and body parts culled from...

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So, former special counsel Jack Smith, the man behind the federal government's Jan. 6 case, testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In case you missed it, Jack Smith sends his deepest thanks. Suffice it to say, if you missed it, things did not particularly go well for Smith....

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I don't consider it a particularly good week when I'm forced to address the existence of Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota more than once. Alas, the third full week of this year of our Lord, 2026, has been one of those weeks. It began on the Lord's day, actually;...

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At this point, instead of watching the Super Bowl halftime show, just take a bathroom break. Puerto Rican rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known by the ridiculous stage name Bad Bunny, has decided to use the opportunity not to entertain, but to honor "queer icons." Radar Online reported Thursday the...

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President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly had a friendly backstage chat at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, despite the recent barbs exchanged in public. Political commentator Mark Halperin posted Friday on social media, "According to sources in both camps, the two men engaged in affable...

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Every now and then, one receives a brief reminder of what makes America the greatest country in world history. Leaving the Capitol on Thursday evening, Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida provided one such reminder. In a clip posted to the social media platform X, Donalds spent more than 20...

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One quality defines the modern American left: narcissism. In a clip posted Thursday to the social media platform X, disgraced former CNN anchor Don Lemon dared President Donald Trump's Department of Justice to "keep trying" to arrest him for his role in Sunday's invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul,...

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As the crucial mid-term elections loom, the Republican Party might break precedent and hold a party convention. The Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee on Thursday approved the concept of calling a convention, according to Fox News. The new rule would empower Chairman Joe Gruters "to convene a special ceremonial convention...

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Five people across two states have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife. Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, were at their Lafayette, Indiana, home Sunday when they were wounded, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said...

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The death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is under investigation by the FBI, according to a new report. Irsay died in May at 65 years old. The Washington Post, citing documents and sources it did not name, said that Dr. Harry Haroutunian, an addiction recovery specialist who was...

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr put ABC and other broadcast networks on notice that programs like "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The View" are subject to "equal time" rules if they have political candidates on their programs. "For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late-night & daytime talk shows...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday shared with attendees the story of a life that almost was not -- his own. Johnson spoke Friday at the annual March for Life, held around the date of the since-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that claimed a legal right to abortion....

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Vice President J.D. Vance, speaking Friday at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., described abortion as the modern-day equivalent of child sacrifice. And it's true. There is no getting around the fact that without the abortion, another person with dreams and talent and the ability to have children...

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Even as most House Democrats stood aloof from Rep. Ashley Hinson's call to stand up for pregnant college students who want to be moms, the House on Thursday passed the Iowa Republican's Pregnant Students' Rights Act that requires colleges to give pregnant students information on keeping a child instead of...

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Democrats determined to find a new way to smear President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration have a new poster child in mind -- but a Texas Republican is beating them to the punch. The latest leftist cause célèbre involves the case of a 5-year-old picked up by Immigration and...

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Christians are still facing persecution in Nigeria, as 160 people are unaccounted for after an attack Sunday on a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church and two other churches in the village of Kurmin Wali. The BBC reported on one woman who managed to escape who was bludgeoned...

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama complained that people solely viewed her as “Barack Obama’s wife” during a Wednesday episode of “Call Her Daddy.” The former first lady graduated from both Princeton University and Harvard Law School and held multiple professional roles before entering the White House. She expressed frustration on the podcast...

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