Category: Politics
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Venezuela’s Earthquakes: A Nation in Ruin and the Response the World Owed
On June 24, 2026, Venezuela was hit by two massive earthquakes in quick succession. First, a magnitude 7.2 foreshock struck near San Felipe, the capital of Yaracuy state, just after 6:04 p.m. Eastern, CNN reported. Then, about 40 seconds later, a 7.5 mainshock followed. It struck some 23 kilometers, or about 14 miles, southeast of…
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‘I’m the Boss’: What Really Happened at the G7 Évian Summit
The line everyone will remember from the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains did not come from a communiqué. On Wednesday, June 17, the last day of the June 15–17 meeting hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump arrived late for a leaders’ session and said, “I’m the boss.” Newsweek reported that he joked he was…
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Trump’s Iran Deal: The Islamabad Memorandum — Win, Workaround, or Warning?
On June 17, 2026, President Donald Trump signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, officially ending the 2026 Iran War, a conflict that began on February 28 when the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The signing took place in two locations simultaneously: Trump at the Palace…
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U.S. Military Kills Tren de Aragua Leader: Why?
On Friday, June 12, 2026, President Trump announced that U.S. Southern Command had carried out a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, better known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Tren de Aragua. The Venezuela-based gang is one of the most violent criminal organizations in the Western Hemisphere, and the…
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$70 Billion for the Border: What the Secure America Act Actually Does — And What Conservatives Should Still Demand
Congress sent President Trump the Secure America Act on June 9, 2026, and he signed it the next day. It is a roughly $70 billion reconciliation bill. The law funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through fiscal 2029, the end of his term. Senators passed it 52-47 on Friday, June 5.…
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One Death Per Week in ICE Custody. 2026 Has Already Broken the All-Time Record. Here’s What the Data Shows.
Twenty-nine people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between October 1, 2025, and mid-April 2026, according to government data reported by NPR. That already passed the previous full-year record of 28, set in fiscal 2004, with five and a half months of the fiscal year still to go. Those are not just numbers. They…
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DACA Is No Longer a Shield. Half a Million People Need to Know This.
On Friday, April 24, 2026, a three-judge panel at the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a DACA ruling that changed the legal landscape for about half a million people living in the United States. The ruling is straightforward. DACA status is no longer automatic protection from deportation. That is not a small change. Since 2012,…
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Trump Called Our Allies Cowards. Then the King of England Came to Tea. Here’s the Full Picture.
With Trump calling NATO allies cowards, think like a chess player right now, not a fan. What has happened to the global alliance structure this spring is not just a story about diplomatic feelings or protocol. It is a story about whether the United States will have the partners it needs to end the war…
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Russian Intelligence Sharing Is Helping Iran Target the U.S.
Here is the piece of the Iran war coverage that keeps getting buried, and that every American needs to understand: Russian intelligence sharing is helping Iran target American forces. That is not speculation from a think tank. It has been reported by multiple outlets, backed by Ukrainian intelligence, and confirmed in part by Western sources.…
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Comey Indicted for a Seashell Photo — Three Days After an Assassination Attempt
Three days after a gunman charged a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a shotgun, the Department of Justice had former FBI Director James Comey indicted for posting a photo of seashells on Instagram. The conservative instinct is to say: finally. Hold on for one minute, because the principled conservative answer to…
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