Insanity Defense Drama Collides With Cold Evidence
Juries do not reject insanity defenses because they are callous about mental illness; they do it when the record persuades them that intent and...
Foreign Cash Shadows California Power
Large-dollar political giving is not just about who signs the check; it is about what kinds of access those checks can buy and, when...
Russian Money, Trump Wedding – Optics Nightmare
Ethics in public life hinge on appearances as much as on statutes; when someone with proximity to presidential power accepts six-figure hospitality from a...
Hispanic Backlash Explodes Over ICE Dragnet
Intra-party fights over immigration aren’t really about “tough” versus “weak”; they turn on who is being targeted and what counts as a public-safety threat....
Southcom Took Out Four More Narco-Terrorists
The United States has shifted from boarding drug boats to destroying them at sea—an escalation that rests on classified intelligence, tests unsettled legal theories,...
Jim Acosta on Trump’s White House Media Ban
When the White House opens its doors to credentialed journalists, it also binds itself to constitutional guardrails; Jim Acosta’s 2018 ban crystallized that boundary...
Trump VOWS to Form ‘AI Force’
U.S. AI policy is crystallizing around a blunt choice: race faster or pace the frontier. President Trump has thrown the federal government behind speed,...
Trump’s Iran Gamble Hits A Wall
Deterrence works only when capability, credibility, and clarity align; in the U.S.–Iran contest under President Trump, Washington projected formidable capability and unambiguous red lines,...
Joe Rogan Wants AI to Run the Government
The hard truth at the center of the “AI should run government” fantasy is this: if you want fewer wars, you need more accountable...
Media Blacklist Shocks Washington
When a White House bars named outlets from its briefing rooms and press pools because of their coverage, it is not merely a spat...
