Author: Mandy Matthews

Hillary Clinton used a closed deposition to press the House Oversight Committee to target President Trump, spending much of her time recounting his legal troubles while saying she had no personal knowledge about Jeffrey Epstein. Hillary Clinton appeared for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee and pivoted quickly from questions about Jeffrey Epstein to arguments for questioning President Trump. She insisted she had nothing to offer about Epstein himself and instead outlined why Trump should be on any witness list. The exchange was released to the public when the committee published video of the session, and it looked…

A direct account of a sweeping military operation that toppled Iran’s leadership, the catastrophic retaliatory strikes on Gulf states, and how those events reshaped regional alignments and U.S. policy choices. American and Israeli forces carried out Operation Epic Fury in broad daylight, striking 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces and hitting military, naval, and nuclear centers with precision. The attacks killed Supreme Leader Khamenei, at least 40 senior regime figures, and thousands of soldiers while sinking 17 naval vessels and knocking out the nuclear program and missile headquarters before noon. The operation effectively decapitated a regime 47 years in the making.…

Low turnout in GOP primaries has shifted power inside the party, letting establishment figures shape outcomes and leaving conservative priorities on the sidelines. Republican voters’ routine apathy to the primary process has permitted RINOs to hijack the party and stonewall conservative priorities. That sentence captures a simple, uncomfortable truth about how nomination dynamics work when engaged voters are scarce. When fewer conservatives show up, a small but organized group can steer nominations and policy choices in a different direction than the broader base prefers. The result is predictable: candidates who sound moderate or status-quo friendly in general elections often win…

The piece examines how Americans divide over decisions to go to war, arguing for a cautious, interest-based approach that values strong defense, clear objectives, and thoughtful political checks on military action. Americans have long split into predictable camps when it comes to war: some reflexively oppose any use of force, while others seem ready to back almost any military option. From a Republican viewpoint, neither extreme serves the nation well, because national security requires both resolve and restraint. The sensible middle ground demands clear policy goals and honest debate about risks and costs before committing troops or resources. Starting a…

Justin Timberlake is suing to block the release of police body camera footage from his drunken driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons in 2024. The move has stirred a clash between a high-profile figure’s privacy and the public’s demand for transparency, with both sides pressing familiar arguments about fairness, safety, and spectacle. The arrest in the Hamptons last year put a private moment under a very public spotlight, and that attention hasn’t let up. Authorities recorded the encounter on body-worn cameras, and those recordings are now the focal point of a legal fight. The stakes feel larger than one case…

Many voters see a pattern: politicians who promise targeted tax hikes often broaden them after taking office, and the result is higher bills for more people than originally claimed. Politicians often arrive on the campaign trail promising to tax only the wealthy, but the reality after they take office looks different. What begins as a focused proposal quickly expands into broader revenue grabs that touch middle-income families and small businesses. That widening scope fuels public frustration because trust erodes when campaign language and governing actions diverge. Promises to tax “the rich” fit a simple, punchy political message, yet the mechanics…

The mainstream press keeps showing a pattern of softening the language it uses for hostile actors, and recent coverage of violent extremists and foreign dictators proves the problem is not a one-off lapse but a recurring habit. If you remember The Washington Post calling ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi an “austere religious scholar,” you know what happens when elite outlets try too hard to sound objective. That one line became a punchline because it exposed a deeper editorial tendency to sanitize violent actors with lofty phrasing. Now, with the death of Iran’s brutal dictatorial supreme leader, both The New York…

Sen. Susan Collins returned to the small towns near the Canadian border on the first full campaign swing since launching her reelection bid, leaning on long ties to the region and a message of experience and steady leadership in the Senate. Sen. Susan Collins spent time back where she grew up, visiting communities along the Canadian border to reconnect with voters and neighbors. The trip marked her first substantive campaign swing since she officially opened her reelection effort, and it drew attention to the practical, retail politics that have long defined her style. Locals responded to a familiar face who…

The House voted 217-190 to curb the Department of Energy’s power to impose mandatory, periodic efficiency rules on household appliances, replacing that treadmill with an as-needed approach and a public petition process while blocking certain updates to distribution transformers. The House passed a bill on Tuesday that would strip the Department of Energy of its authority to set energy conservation standards for household appliances, voting 217-190 along largely party lines to rein in one of the regulatory apparatus’s most direct intrusions into American homes. The measure, authored by Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia, seeks to change how the Energy Policy…

Steak ‘n Shake will remove all microwaves from its restaurants by April 15, shifting toward traditional cooking methods and saying the decision is about food quality, not fears of microwave safety. Fast-food burger chain Steak ‘n Shake is eliminating all microwaves from its restaurants by April 15, a change meant to return preparation to more traditional techniques. The move is not driven by fears of electromagnetic radiation or other possible harms from microwave ovens but a desire to prepare food the good, old-fashioned way. That explanation frames this as a quality and branding choice rather than a safety panic, and…