Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., former editorial assistant to Ludwig von Mises and congressional chief of staff to Ron Paul, is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute, executor for the estate of Murray N. Rothbard, and editor of LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Against the State and Against the Left. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
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President Donald Trump was handed a mixed bag of rulings from federal courts this week, exemplifying the old saying that you have to take the bad with the good. Certainly, he isn’t happy about his 75-country visa ban being struck down on Friday. Yet, on the same day, he was granted permission to keep working on the controversial White House ballroom, and on Thursday night, the first deportation flight left for Haiti since the country and a dozen others lost Temporary Protected Status (TPS).The TPS Triumph Now, the Supreme Court decision that eventually brought about this week’s TPS triumph for…
After years of throwing stones at President Donald Trump’s administration over alleged ethical concerns, Forbes’ glass house recently suffered a major crack. The global media brand fired its top editor, now-former Chief Content Officer Randall Lane, for taking a secret $6 million payment from the founder of a company with financial ties to the magazine.Journalistic Ethics for Sale: $6 Million RJ Shook, founder of Shook Research, a market research company that partners with Forbes, paid Lane the large sum after the private equity firm PPC Enterprises acquired a controlling interest in Shook Research last year, two people familiar with the…
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., former editorial assistant to Ludwig von Mises and congressional chief of staff to Ron Paul, is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute, executor for the estate of Murray N. Rothbard, and editor of LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Against the State and Against the Left. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
By Joe Toly, Op-ed contributor Sunday, August 23, 2026Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for US Senate in Michigan, speaks before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders is visiting the midwest on his Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here tour. | Getty Images/Sarah RiceAs a young conservative living in Michigan, it is both bewildering and incredibly alarming to see the sinister specter of socialism — which Winston Churchill aptly described as “the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy” — become more corporeal…
As great-grandmas across the heartland like to say, “the bloom is off the rose” when it comes to MAGA and Donald Trump. The steadiest base the president has kept since 2015 has eroded with each promise unkept, and many who once followed him unquestioningly have become more vocal in their disillusionment. But MAGA folks aren’t the only ones shaking their collective heads in hurtful disappointment: The black base of the Democratic Party also had the door slammed in its face over the location of the 2028 convention. But it’s all alright because New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a…
President Donald Trump scored a crucial win Friday when Chief Justice John Roberts allowed construction of the White House ballroom to continue, stopping a lower-court order from bringing much of the project to a halt. The last-minute intervention came only hours before restrictions on above-ground work were scheduled to take effect. Crews can now remain on the job while the Supreme Court considers the administration’s emergency request for a longer stay. The dispute focuses on a roughly 90,000-square-foot ballroom and security complex being built at the site of the former East Wing. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued after…
First Lady Melania Trump brought style, horsepower, and a serious cause together at the White House, posing beside a patriotic IndyCar tied to a new $2 million scholarship push for young people leaving foster care. The red, white, and blue machine carried branding for her BE BEST and Fostering the Future initiatives. Trump unveiled the expanded effort during a Rose Garden event Thursday, August 20th. Photos and video soon spread across X, drawing praise for the first lady and her work. The event paired Trump’s foster-care program with IndyCar and Fox Corporation days before the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix…
A leaked Republican campaign memo is warning that opposition to artificial intelligence data centers could cost the GOP a crucial Senate seat in Ohio. The National Republican Senatorial Committee reportedly believes the issue has become a serious liability for Republican Senator Jon Husted as he faces former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown. The committee warned that a defeat in Ohio could also turn politicians across the country against future data center projects. Husted and Brown are competing in the November 3rd special election for the Senate seat Husted currently holds. Brown has made data center development a major part of his…
A socialist lawmaker in New York recently came forward and stated that individuals who steal basic goods from stores shouldn’t be charged with a crime because they have a “biological need” for the items they take. State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher stated her belief during a news conference held outside Manhattan Criminal Court. Gallagher is, not shockingly, a Democrat, who represents parts of northern Brooklyn. Speaking to reporters, Gallagher said that most cases of theft that she has looked over involved folks stealing what she deemed to be essential items. She then said that arresting people over such items is akin…
The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) over allegations of sexual misconduct, after he was accused of kissing a much younger aide who worked for a different member of Congress, in June 2026. The situation was first reported on in April. The committee made the formal announcement about the investigation on August 17, 2026. “The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), is reviewing allegations that Representative Jimmy Gomez may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct, including engaging in inappropriate sexual…
The New York Times suffered a major courtroom defeat Thursday when an Alabama jury found that the newspaper defamed former University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears. Following a nine-day federal trial, the eight-person jury awarded Spears $9.25 million in damages. The case arose from a 2023 Times article that falsely placed the then-18-year-old freshman at the scene of a fatal shooting. Spears was not there. The dispute was heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Spears was a freshman walk-on for the Crimson Tide when Times sports reporter Billy Witz published the article on…
A group of individuals in McKinney, Texas are now calling for three city council members and the mayor to be removed from their positions after the city approved plans for a local mosque. The McKinney Recall group is now pushing for the removal of Mayor Bill Cox and councilmembers Ernest Lynch, Justin Beller, and Gere Feltus as a result of the action. The effort comes after the city council took a “procedural vote” to approve the plans for a mosque to be built on Virginia Parkway. The Council gave the plans their stamp of approval in a unanimous vote on…
The Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation into the sudden death of actress Hayden Panettiere, adding a federal agency to a case that remains unresolved nearly a week after the 36-year-old was found unresponsive. Greenville police in South Carolina are leading the investigation, while the DEA is assisting, according to reports citing sources familiar with the matter. Authorities have not announced an official cause of death, though dispatch audio in which first responders referred to a possible overdose has fueled speculation. Panettiere died Sunday, August 16th, at a residence on Easley Bridge Road in Greenville. Police and emergency personnel…
If Democrats thought they were going to breeze through the November 2026 midterm election cycle and pick up enough seats to flip things around for them in the proceeding month, CNN data analyst Harry Enten has some bad news. Things are not looking likely to go the way the left wants them to go, but conservatives say this is nobody’s fault but their own and is the natural consequence of refusing to course correct away from radical left-wing ideology. “How are voters feeling about Democrats right now?” CNN anchor Kate Bolduan asked Enten, who then dumped a bucket of cold…
Radical Democratic socialist Florida congressional candidate Oliver Larkin got smacked into the previous century in the primary race to become the Democratic Party nominee, losing to Jared Moskowitz, which is good news for Americans, as the policies that Larkin advocates for threaten the rights the country is founded on. Larkin sat down for an interview on Fox News Channel’s The Big Weekend Show, where he was pressed by anchor Clay Travis about some of his far-left policies, including his horrific immigration policy that is essentially open borders. “Oliver, appreciate you coming on. Clay Travis here. You’re obviously very concerned with giving…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Earlier this week, the European Central Bank issued a dire warning, warning that a “market correction” following years of AI hype and massive spending could be nigh — a crash that could have enormous international consequences. It joined a growing chorus of analysts warning of urgent signs of an impending market collapse, a sobering possibility for the US economy that’s grown incredibly overleveraged on AI. Investors are paying orders of magnitude more for every dollar of average annual profits, indicating that something is…
A court on Aug. 18 effectively ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the last of 13 nationalities that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targeted during President Donald Trump’s second term.In total, more than a million foreign nationals living in the United States with such deportation protections are now up for removal.The 13 countries included Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Sudan, Burma, Somalia, and Ethiopia.In June, the Supreme Court allowed Trump to end the status for Syrians and Haitians and did so with reasoning that applied to cases involving other nationalities as well. Some lower…
The Islamist Iranian regime reportedly hacked into a British power plant and shut it down for multiple days in a deeply concerning first of its kind attack that should theoretically be impossible. According to London’s Daily Telegraph broadsheet, a British power plant was shut down by hackers working on behalf of the regime in what appears to have been a coordinated series of strikes, including several hacking attacks on water infrastructure in the United States. While British officials refused to identify which plant was affected, it is believed to have been small enough not to have dramatically impacted the UK’s…
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Washington is ramping up economic pressure on Tehran, with the U.S. Navy’s blockade not allowing ships to enter or leave the Persian Gulf while its destroyers shepherd ships through the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, which President Donald Trump has declared “U.S. territory.”That vise will tighten further, the president vowed in an Aug. 19 Truth Social post, with a new raft of sanctions that will impose “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences” on nations providing “any lifeline to Iran,” declaring an “ECONOMIC D-DAY” awaits Tehran.The blockade appears to be working. The International Monetary Fund expects Iran’s already sanction-strapped economy to contract by more…
PolitiFact is based in Florida, so it seems more invested in how Florida campaigns are operated, with their usual focus on aiding the Democrats. This week, the Democrats chose a member of the Democratic Socialists of America as their nominee for the U.S. Senate. But somehow, PolitiFact tried to suggest on Friday that state Rep. Angie Nixon can’t be completely connected to the DSA’s radical platform. The headline: How aligned is Angie Nixon with democratic socialists? Moody’s Florida Senate race attack misleads PolitiFact’s Maria Briceno and Samantha Putterman exemplified how “fact checking” is often about Republican spin spoiling. There wasn’t…
Voters in Colorado will choose between one of two opposing income tax measures on the Nov. 3 ballot – or potentially an unintended combination.The two income tax proposals recently gained signatures from Colorado voters across the state, as is required to be included on the November ballot. One is an effort to solidify the state’s current flat tax rate, while the other would introduce a graduated tax rate. Colorado is one of 15 states with a flat tax rate, meaning all earners – individuals and corporations – pay the same 4.4% state tax on their income, according to the Tax…
New Orleans has been paying private contractors using a service list that includes thousands of addresses that may be vacant, duplicated, nonexistent or otherwise ineligible for taxpayer-funded trash collection.A Louisiana Legislative Auditor review released Wednesday found 12,915 of the city’s 164,625 approved sanitation locations — nearly 8% — were potentially improperly included on the list used to pay contractors. The city had no formal process for routinely cleaning up the database. That included 4,900 addresses the city itself had already classified as retired, meaning they were no longer valid addresses. The city told auditors it had not analyzed its sanitation…
Arguments in the California redistricting lawsuit were heard in a federal courthouse in Los Angeles earlier this week, attorneys involved in the case told The Center Square.They expect a ruling soon. The case, which actually involved two lawsuits over the November 2025 redistricting election in the Golden State, were consolidated in court in recent months. Plaintiffs argue California’s redistricting constitutes a racial gerrymander, which is illegal. Defendants say the newly-drawn electoral maps are a politically-partisan gerrymander, which is legal. “There’s a lot argued about standing, who can bring a case,” J. Christian Adams, an attorney for the Public Interest Legal…
(Headline USA) A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the United States.U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, set aside the policy Friday as “contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which “runs afoul” of the Immigration and Nationality Act by mandating “the refusal of visas to eligible applicants…
“Breaking News.” That’s how The Washington Post begins the story whose headline read, “The Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism on Ivy League campuses pressured universities into punitive settlements despite little to no evidence of systemic abuse, according to a whistleblower.” “Little to no evidence of systemic abuse,” you say? According to a “whistleblower,” forsooth. More like a whistling-in-the-wind blower.” You can read the 25-page complaint here. It posted on August 17. The next day, Johnny on the Spot “I-Hate-Trump” Rep. Jamie Raskin was on the case with a seven-page screed addressed to Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for…
Florida’s election primaries ended last week. They were among the most contentious, silliest, and perhaps most portentous for the country’s future. Can we predict what’s going to happen in 2028 based on what happened in Florida? It’s possible. It’s worth keeping in mind that if President Trump can achieve military victory in Iran and the major Islamic terrorist leaders in Tehran leave once and for all, that will bring oil prices down. Republicans will have the wind at their backs going into November. President Trump has broken many precedents, not the least of which is that he is the second…
As has been previously pointed out, ever since Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff implied that White House aide Natalie Harp’s relationship with President Trump is more than just business, the left wing media has been obsessed with the story. On Thursday they were given some new ammunition thanks to an article in The Daily Beast, which printed a pair of letters allegedly written by Harp to Trump in 2023. They reinforce the admiration, loyalty and closeness that Harp feels for the President, that the left has been using to attempt to pervert the relationship. But the article also contained vital context,…
San Antonio fuel workers are the latest in Texas to oust union bosses from their workplace.Support to remove the union was so great that union officials left rather than face election defeat. Fueling employees with Allied Aviation Fueling Company of San Antonio ousted the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), District 142, from their workplace with the assistance of the National Right to Work Foundation. The foundation provides free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism. It’s the second NRWF assisted union ousting from a major workplace in Texas in…
At the Illinois State Fair this month, controversy surrounding ethics, transparency and complaints against lawmakers followed politicians from the State Capitol to the state fairgrounds just 3 miles north.A “workplace culture and accountability” working group was created by House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch in response to issues of sexual harassment by former member Rep. Harry Benton. Following the investigation and resignation of Benton this summer, Welch faced scrutiny both from his caucus and across the aisle over his handling of early complaints of sexual harassment by Benton, and his financial support for Benton’s previous reelection campaign thereafter. A third member,…
Climate activists and supporters high in the White House have long promised that green hydrogen was key to replacing fossil fuels in difficult-to-electrify sectors, brushing aside critics’ concerns wholesale.Now, the list of failed hydrogen projects has grown quite long, squandering billions of dollars on yet another futile climate initiative. An American company that specializes in hydrogen officially canceled plans to build a green hydrogen plant at the Port of Antwerp. In mid-August, Plug Power cited “uncertainty about economic viability” in explaining the cancellation, which will force the company to take a $15.9 million loss. According to energy newsletter, FCW, in August…
When the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first ever, two weeks ago, the pharmaceutical company that reaped billions from federal taxpayers with its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine didn’t wait for the agency to even publicly post the approval. Moderna rushed out the news at 10 p.m., with a 4% increase in its share price the next morning.It was a promising market signal for a drugmaker whose revenue cratered following the collapse in demand for COVID vaccines, which also led Pfizer to cancel a trial this spring for its own updated mRNA COVID jab. What Moderna left out of the release…
As the conflict with Iran nears its six-month anniversary, President Donald Trump has traded bombs for a comprehensive economic blockade of the Islamic Republic, hoping to strangle the regime by cutting off its economic lifelines.This week, the president — frustrated with the Iranian leaders’ failure to agree to a deal to settle the conflict that includes ending the country’s illicit nuclear program — vowed to significantly ramp up the United States’ campaign to crush the Iranian economy. Trump: “Tremendous economic circumstances” On Wednesday, Trump announced the “most crushing economic operation ever taken” against the Iranian regime that would target Iranian…
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Molly Gillihan, the fiancée of retired Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, is pushing back hard against claims by his ex-wife Kayla Reid that Gillihan helped destroy their marriage, insisting she never dated a married man and that Reid filed for divorce before the relationship began.Gillihan sat down with TMZ for an interview published Thursday, directly challenging a People magazine profile in which Reid accused Lochte of substance abuse and infidelity and portrayed Gillihan as a former friend who crossed a line. Gillihan rejected every piece of it, the friendship, the timeline, and the “home-wrecker” label Reid pinned on her, the New…
Dr. David Morens, a 78-year-old former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by hiding federal records from public disclosure, a case that reaches toward the highest levels of the pandemic-era public health establishment.The Department of Justice announced the guilty plea this week, capping a federal investigation into Morens’s years-long scheme to evade the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Records Act. Morens admitted he used a personal Gmail account to conduct government business related to controversial COVID-19 research grants, deliberately routing sensitive communications outside the…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio runs stronger than Vice President JD Vance against nearly every leading Democrat tested in a new Emerson College national poll, a finding that could reshape the early 2028 Republican presidential conversation.The Emerson College survey, published in August 2026, tested a series of hypothetical head-to-head contests pitting the two most prominent Republicans against a bench of Democratic contenders that includes former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. The results paint a consistent picture: Rubio matches or outpaces…
A 23-year-old Tucson police recruit was shot and killed at his own home just eight days before he was set to graduate from the academy, and authorities are still searching for three suspects caught on surveillance video wearing ski masks and all-black clothing.Carlos Ramirez died around 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, after gunmen arrived at his residence in the 7700 block of South Enchanted Spring Drive, roughly 17 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona. His fiancée, a 23-year-old Pima County corrections officer, was also shot. She was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The couple shared a child. The…
President Trump announced a 90-day tariff exemption on up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef, a move designed to push retail prices down 25 percent while the shrinking American cattle herd rebuilds.Trump posted the announcement Friday morning on Truth Social, calling it a direct win for household budgets squeezed by record-high beef prices. The deal requires imported ground beef to be sold at 25 percent below current market prices for the duration of the exemption, though the administration has not named the country or countries supplying the beef or disclosed the enforcement mechanism behind that pricing commitment. The White…
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration’s top prosecutor in Albany was never lawfully appointed, a decision that voids two grand jury subpoenas targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James and sends the Justice Department scrambling to the Supreme Court.The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a divided 2-1 ruling Friday finding that John Sarcone III, the U.S. attorney leading a federal investigation into James, held his position illegally. The decision upheld a lower court’s earlier conclusion and strips legal force from subpoenas Sarcone secured against the attorney general’s office, the New York Post reported. The ruling hands…
President Trump flew to South Carolina Friday night to throw his full weight behind Sen. Darline Graham in Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff, brushing off a protester mid-speech with a quip that drew roars from the crowd.Trump took the stage at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center and delivered a pointed message to the thousands of supporters packed inside: treat this runoff like his name is on the ballot. The rally marked one of Trump’s most direct campaign interventions ahead of the midterm cycle, and it came just three days before Graham faces Rep. Ralph Norman in a Republican primary runoff for…
A 63-year-old New York grandmother who vanished during a Las Vegas visit was found dead in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport nearly two weeks later, and mysterious texts requesting Bitcoin from her phone have raised more questions than police have answered.Alisa Goods left a friend’s apartment near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue around 12:45 p.m. on August 8, headed to catch a bus to a nearby CVS to buy iron pills. She never came back. Her longtime friend Roger John, who she was staying with, began calling and texting her that same day. When she didn’t respond,…
Chief Justice John Roberts stepped in hours before lower-court orders would have shut down aboveground work on President Trump’s White House ballroom, handing the administration a temporary but significant win on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket.Roberts issued a one-page administrative stay on Friday blocking enforcement of a preliminary injunction that U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee sitting in Washington, D.C., first entered in April. That injunction had ordered a halt to all aboveground construction on the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom and military complex rising on the site of the demolished East Wing. The stay keeps crews on…
Newly surfaced evidence from the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, who stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death at a high school track meet, paints a picture of a young man consumed by violent fixation long before the killing.Anthony, already convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison, told police after the stabbing exactly what he had done. A video released after the trial captured him speaking to officers without hesitation: “I’m not alleged. I did it.” He did not equivocate. He did not ask for a lawyer. He stated it as fact, and a Collin County jury agreed,…
Florida public schools are beginning the first year of a state law that substantially expands required instruction on the history and consequences of communism.The law requires age-appropriate instruction on communist movements in the United States, atrocities under communist regimes, Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and other mass killings, conditions that preceded communist revolutions, and communism in Cuba and Latin America.Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1264 in April 2024 and the State Board of Education approved the specific standards in November 2025, with instruction beginning this school year.Six districts—Orange, Osceola, Broward, Hillsborough, Escambia, and Duval—told The Epoch Times that instead of…
WASHINGTON—Drivers raced around the nation’s capital as fans cheered the kickoff to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Aug. 22, while International Race of Champions, better known as IROC, legends competed, and reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou earned pole position during the qualifying trials.Drivers started the morning with practice sessions. Videos showed the impact of rain showers and bumpy roads on the performance vehicles, with tight, technical turns requiring lightning-quick precision and a stretch on Pennsylvania Avenue that allows for high-speed displays. Several vehicles touched the walls during the day as some drivers struggled to navigate the new track.Palou dominated…
This screen grab made from video provided by WCVB-TV shows a police officer standing guard over a home in Worcester, Mass., on Aug. 18, 2026. WCVB-TV via APWORCESTER, Mass.—An arrest warrant has been issued for a mental health advocate who remained missing Saturday, more than four days after police found the Massachusetts officer she had been married to dead in their home.Karen Solomon, 58, was last spotted in a doorbell camera video, walking down a street in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops early Tuesday morning, just minutes after Worcester police officers responded to a call from the home where Kurt…
Islamic charity really isn’t ‘charity’, unlike Judeo-Christian charity, it’s about expanding the Islamic presence and subjugating civil society to Islam. So weaponizing Islamic ‘charity’ to elect Islamic candidates to take over America is the essence of Koranic ‘charity’. To that end, Islamic organizers are advancing a nationwide plan to back Muslim and other Islamic-friendly candidates with financing from a potential political war chest of more than $140 million a year in mosque and other donations from the swelling Muslim-American community. Earlier this year, the Qadhi-led Fiqh Council of North America issued a legal ruling (fatwah) in coordination with the Assembly…