Coast Guard and DEA Interdict Narco-Submarine Carrying Four Tons of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific Maritime Corridor
Tactical boarding teams seized 8,200 pounds of uncut narcotics worth $125 million aboard the custom-built 55-foot semi-submersible vessel in international waters. SAN DIEGO — United States Coast Guard Tactical Law…
Why Unchecked Municipal Bond Debt and Sanctuary Spending Threaten a Systemic Urban Fiscal Crisis — OPINION
With pandemic-era federal bailouts exhausted and downtown commercial property tax assessments plunging by 40 percent, America’s largest metropolitan governments are hurtling toward a historic debt reckoning. CHICAGO — For half…
Senate Energy Committee Approves Bipartisan Grid Reliability Act Mandating Baseload Power Reserves Before Plant Retirements
Passed by a 15-5 bipartisan margin, the measure amends Section 215 of the Federal Power Act to halt premature closures of dispatchable natural gas, nuclear, and coal facilities unless replacement…
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Agency Mandate Requiring Ideological Compliance Certifications for Faith-Based Charities
In a unanimous 3-0 decision, the federal appellate panel ruled that forcing religious adoption agencies and homeless shelters to abandon doctrinal hiring standards violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. NEW…
Trump Signs Executive Order Invoking Defense Production Act to Expand Domestic Rare Earth Refining and Magnet Production
The directive mobilizes $1.8 billion in federal off-take guarantees and capital grants under Title III to eliminate Chinese monopolies over defense-critical neodymium and samarium-cobalt magnets. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump…
Border Patrol Interdicts Record Fentanyl and Weapons Smuggling Cache in Advanced Subterranean Tunnel Under Nogales
The sophisticated 140-foot underground passage featured reinforced timber shoring, forced-air ventilation, and a motorized rail cart system beneath the international boundary. NOGALES, Ariz. — U.S. Border Patrol tactical units, operating…
Why the Federal Reserve’s Dilemma on Stagflation Risks Exposes the Failure of Fiscal Deficit Spending — OPINION
As central bankers wrestle with persistent core inflation and contracting industrial output, the illusion that endless federal borrowing comes without economic consequence is collapsing. WASHINGTON — For over two years,…
House Passes Bipartisan Supply Chain Reshoring Act Establishing $25 Billion Defense Industrial Investment Tax Credits
The legislation provides accelerated 30 percent capital expensing for domestic foundries, heavy machine tooling, and titanium forging plants critical to national readiness. WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Monday…
Federal Judge Blocks Department of Education Effort to Condition Federal Research Grants on Diversity and Inclusivity Quotas
The ruling finds that mandatory demographic scoring criteria violate constitutional equal protection guarantees and exceed statutory authority granted by Congress. DOTHAN, Ala. — A federal district judge on Monday issued…
Trump Directs EPA and Army Corps to Issue Unified 60-Day Clean Water Act Siting Rule for Domestic Manufacturing Hubs
The presidential memorandum establishes binding interagency timelines under Section 404, curbing multi-year bureaucratic delays for semiconductor, defense, and energy fabrication plants. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday issued an…