French philosopher and social activist Simone de Beauvoir once remarked: “If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.” This profound observation eventually becomes evident to those who have been hanging around this planet for some time. A case in point is the legal battles…
In Star Trek, there is a matter-energy conversion machine called a replicator that produces anything you want – food, water, and inanimate objects – and effectively eradicates scarcity. During our artificial intelligence-fueled euphoria, entrepreneurs and thought leaders like Elon Musk are optimistic that society will eventually copy the replicator and…
Like countless homeowners, John Durnell of Missouri used a popular herbicide to keep his home and community free from unwanted weeds.He used the chemical from the 1990s until 2018, when he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a diagnosis he blames on an ingredient known as glyphosate in his Roundup weedkiller.We had a…
A famous saying of Anton Chekhov’s has been making the rounds. “If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall,” Chekhov advised, “in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging…
True confession: It took me three sessions to make it through Allie Beth Stuckey’s interview with New York Times writer and erstwhile conservative David French, an interview that did him no favors. Between his intellectual dishonesty and his distracting fidgeting, squirming, sock-pulling, and nervous swallowing—all telltale signs of a man…
Cognitive dissonance is in the air once again. Failed former Obama and Biden national security and foreign policy apparatchiks, Democrats in Congress, assorted globalists in Europe, pro-CCP influence peddlers, the European descendants of Neville Chamberlain, and the legion of legacy media talking heads have been doing their damnedest to undermine the…
Georgia voters can cast their ballots early for the May 19 primary races that feature a slate of heavy-hitters seeking state and federal offices beginning Monday.Georgia law requires candidates to receive 50% plus one vote to avoid a runoff, scheduled for June 16. U.S. Senate Incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff’s seat…
Ohio Democrats are celebrating a decision from the Ohio Supreme Court they say protects renters from unfair energy pricing practices.The unanimous decision classifies submetering companies as utilities, meaning they are now subject to the same state regulations as traditional utility companies under the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, or PUCO.…
President Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 election, and Saturday night he was whisked away again from another lethal threat when a heavily armed gunman briefly breached a security checkpoint at one of Washington’s most famous black-tie galas and exchanged gunfire before being subdued by the Secret…
U.S. House Republicans face a daunting legislative to-do list for the week ahead.The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than 70 days, but House Republicans are still refusing to vote on Senate-passed legislation to reopen it until they see more progress on immigration enforcement funding. The…
Kanye West has no issue filling concert venues. Getting into the venues … is another matter.Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame has far fewer problems. Yet both promote views that many deem deeply antisemitic. Waters denies the charges, while West recently apologized for his foul rhetoric. Their disparate careers speak…
Federal courts are slamming the brakes on top-down efforts to mandate and inhibit gender ideology on impressionable children, ruling against the Trump administration and a prime antagonist days apart in lawsuits on regulatory procedure and free speech rights.Washington state’s requirement that Christian foster parents Shane and Jennifer DeGross affirm the…
In a sign of the intensifying politicization of the federal judiciary, complaints of misconduct are flying in both directions. Liberal advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers have targeted conservative Supreme Court justices and a Trump-appointed appeals judge, while the Justice Department under President Donald Trump lodged its own formal grievance against a…
President Donald Trump was rushed from the head table at the White House correspondent’s dinner on Saturday night after gunshots rang out, prompting a massive evacuation of the nation’s top leaders from the annual dinner with journalists. The president said a lone gunman from California was apprehended, and one Secret…
A high-profile evening packed with political figures and media elites quickly spiraled into chaos — but not everyone reacted with fear. According to Fox News, among those in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was Dana White, who found himself at the center of a terrifying scene when a…
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) CEO Erika Kirk was crying Saturday as she left the White House Correspondents Dinner venue immediately after a gunman’s thwarted attack. Tyler Robinson is facing capital murder charges in Utah; prosecutors say he fatally shot TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk during a Sept. 10 “Prove Me Wrong”…
The DC Metropolitan Police announced during a press conference on Saturday night that the armed gunman who opened fire inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a registered guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, the venue hosting the high-profile black-tie event attended by President Donald Trump. Speaking after the event,…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced charges against the gunman who opened fire at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner in an apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. Authorities arrested the suspect, who multiple outlets have reported to be 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California,…
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,…
Saturday’s 2026 White House Correspondents Dinner was expected to be an unprecedented affair with President Trump and members of his Cabinet entering political enemy territory on liberal, elite media’s biggest single annual day of self-adulating slop. Trump later joked he had prepared “the most inappropriate speech ever made,” but he…
By Sierra McLeod, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 26, 2026A pro-abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C. | Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images“This is over,” I whispered between tears, “I need you to…
By Teasi Cannon, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 26, 2026kadirdemir/iStockImagine hearing daily reports of doctors and hospitals being exposed for corruption and malpractice — not just in your area, but across the country. How would that make you feel? Safe? Confident? Or uneasy, fearful, and unsure where to turn? You realize…
Washington D.C. Mayor Bowser and federal officials are briefing the press after a shooting that occurred at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening. The shooting happened at the Washington Hilton Hotel.Authorities said they are in the early stages of the investigation into the suspect, who was apprehended. He is…
A 3-year-old girl lost two teeth and suffered deep bite wounds across her face after a 24-year-old illegal immigrant attacked her and her mother in a San Antonio park on April 18, and the Department of Homeland Security says the assault never should have happened. The man had already been…
Two transit buses slammed into each other head-on near a Pentagon bus stop in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday morning, injuring 23 people, 10 of them Defense Department workers heading to the nation’s military headquarters during the morning commute.The collision between an Omni Ride bus and a Fairfax Connector bus occurred…
Caroline Mattox, the president of Turning Point USA’s chapter at the University of Georgia, has stepped down with a pointed public statement alleging the conservative organization has abandoned its founding mission in the months since Charlie Kirk’s death.Mattox shared her resignation on Instagram, invoking Kirk’s name and legacy while leveling…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that federal prosecutors are closing their criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, shifting the inquiry over potential cost overruns at the Fed’s Washington, D.C., headquarters renovation to the central bank’s own inspector general. The move clears a major obstacle to Kevin Warsh’s…
Thirty-one sloths shipped from South America to stock a tourist attraction in Orlando died in an unheated warehouse or shortly after arrival, and the Florida agency that uncovered the deaths handed the operators nothing more than a verbal warning.The animals were destined for Sloth World, a self-described “slotharium” that has…
President Trump on Friday called for the 2020 presidential election to be “permanently wiped from the books” after federal prosecutors indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges that it funneled $3 million in donor money to white supremacist groups it publicly claimed to oppose. The indictment, handed down Tuesday,…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are facing sharp new criticism, not from Republicans, but from a prominent voice on their own political left. Jennifer Welch, host of the “I’ve Had It” podcast, called the two Democratic leaders “fascist collaborators” during an interview Thursday on…
Martha Odom was seventeen years old, weeks from graduation, and out with friends on a senior skip day when two groups opened fire inside the food court of the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Thursday afternoon. She died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The local coroner’s…
Two federal judges appointed by Democratic presidents struck down President Donald Trump’s border restrictions on asylum seekers in a split decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, setting up a likely showdown before the Supreme Court over the scope of executive power at the…
Michelle Obama used the latest episode of her podcast to praise her husband’s willingness to accept her drive, calling it “a rare thing”, a public display of marital warmth that arrives as the former first lady has spent months batting down persistent speculation that the Obamas’ 33-year marriage is on…
By Mikale Olson, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 26, 2026IDF soldier in Lebanon breaking statue, April 20, 2026. | Photo used under section 27A of the copyright lawIn recent days, a disturbing video and photos have circulated widely on social media showing two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in southern Lebanon…
By Samuel Rodriguez, CP Contributor Sunday, April 26, 2026Pope Leo XIV shakes the hands and greets people of the press after an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025, at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, April 26, 2026Unsplash/Solen FeyissaThree in five Protestant churchgoers in the United States say they are worried about artificial intelligence’s influence on Christianity, according to a new survey that finds deep divisions within congregations over whether pastors should use the technology to prepare their…
President Trump on Saturday evening released footage of the gunman who stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton and opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President Vance and others were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner amid a ‘security incident.’…
The gunman who attempted to gain entry to the White House Correspondents Association dinner has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a schoolteacher from Torrance, California. A registered Democrat who donated to Kamala Harris campaign. Cole Tomas Allen Engineering at Cal Tech 2013 – 2017, a master’s degree in…
By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, April 25, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C. President Trump is making a statement after the cancellation of the annual White House Correspondents Association…
A quiet stretch of television turned into a viral flashpoint when Russell Brand paused mid-interview, flipping through a Bible in search of a passage he couldn’t immediately find. According to Fox News, the moment unfolded during an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, where host Piers Morgan pressed Brand about the…
The detained suspect, who allegedly fired several shots including one that hit a Secret Service agent, during the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026, in an image released by President Donald Trump on Truth Social. @realDonaldTrump via Truth SocialThe Justice Department said on April 25 that…
Kamala donor.April 26, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield Leave a Comment President Trump’s appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner was interrupted when the president and other key members were rushed out by the Secret Service after shots were fired. The gunman has currently been identified as Cole Thomas Allen, a…
The shooter has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told the AP. The post Update: Gunman Stopped Before Reaching WHCA Dinner Named first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Only 7 months ago, Erika Kirk’s beloved husband, Charlie Kirk, was shot in the neck and killed by an assassin who reportedly shot him from a rooftop overlooking the stage where Charlie was speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Tonight, Erika Kirk,…
Authorities identified the gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday night as a California man, according to reports citing law enforcement sources. Cole Allen, from Torrance, California, allegedly attacked the event while President Donald Trump and other senior U.S. officials were in attendance,…
When I heard that Netflix was making a new Little House on the Prairie series, my reaction was, which one of them was going to be black and transgender. The teaser trailer is here and it’s oddly normal. Things had gotten to the point where I didn’t think I’d see…
President Donald Trump takes questions during a press briefing at the White House shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026. Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty ImagesA Secret Service agent was shot but survived an attack at the White House…
During the Obama and Biden administrations, states like Arizona and Texas were forced to fight legal and in some cases actual battles, setting up and having defenses torn down, to protect their borders from mobs of invading illegal aliens only to be told that states had no right to secure…
A Florida congresswoman is stepping into a controversial federal case, arguing that a decorated service member is being treated unfairly compared to lawmakers in Washington. According to Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna is calling for a pardon for Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a U.S. Special Forces soldier accused…