Author: Rana McCallister

Federal Court Rules Bans on Carrying Firearms in Post Offices Unconstitutional; Democrats Take the Heat This federal court decision is a clear win for the Second Amendment and millions of Americans who lawfully carry. A judge found that bans on carrying firearms inside ordinary U.S. post offices and on surrounding postal property run afoul of constitutional protections. Expect the left to howl and the right to celebrate a restoration of a core individual liberty. At the center of the case were public-interest groups defending citizens’ right to carry where they go about daily life. The challenge targeted a federal statute…

Trump administration sends universities compacts to sign to receive federal funding The White House has sent a set of ten-page compacts to several leading universities asking them to accept clear terms in order to get federal money. The proposal ties taxpayer support to a bundle of reforms that push back on campus excesses and enforce basic academic norms. It is a direct attempt to realign federal research and student aid with national priorities instead of elite preferences. The institutions contacted include flagship public and private schools that shape the national conversation and receive a lot of federal research dollars. The…

Elon Musk becomes first person in history to be worth over $500 billion Elon Musk has crossed a staggering milestone, becoming the first person in history with a net worth that tops $500 billion, according to real‑time billionaire estimates. The jump followed a strong day for Tesla shares that lifted his paper fortune by roughly nine billion dollars in a single session. Markets moved quickly, and so did his ranking at the very top of global wealth lists. This new peak arrives less than a year after Musk first cleared the $400 billion mark, showing how founder-led companies can create…

Conor McGregor Says UFC White House Fight Is ‘Done Deal’ Conor McGregor has confirmed he will take part in a UFC event tied to the White House’s 250th anniversary celebration in 2026. The announcement came during an interview with Sean Hannity and landed like a fireworks salvo. It changes the idea of a July 4 celebration from backyard barbecue to prime-time spectacle. “It ain’t a negotiation,” said McGregor while speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “It’s a done deal, signed, delivered. McGregor will compete in the White House for America’s 250th birthday.” The claim is bold and unmistakable, and it…

Trump administration halts $18B in NYC transit work and nixes $8B in green projects The White House this week moved to pause roughly $18 billion in New York City transportation work and to cancel about $8 billion in energy grants, actions aimed squarely at Democratic-led agendas during the shutdown. The decisions are being framed in Washington as a fiscal and constitutional check on what the administration calls politically driven spending. Expect loud back-and-forth from governors and congressional Democrats who see jobs at stake and politics in motion. The Office of Management and Budget highlighted the green energy cuts with a…

Pennsylvania authorities say a violent episode ended with three people dead after a woman, her husband, and their 1-year-old son vanished following an evening outing. Investigators have charged a man they say was obsessed with the woman and enraged when she would not leave her husband for him. The case has shocked the community and unfolded through phone records, surveillance video, and grim discoveries at a remote site. Officials say surveillance captured the woman and her child entering a vehicle registered to a man identified as Jose Rodriguez just after 8:20 p.m. on the evening they disappeared. Rodriguez initially told…

Multiple Republican senators and House members said on Wednesday that they will not accept pay while the federal government is shut down, a move framed as solidarity with furloughed federal workers and unpaid service members. Their statements landed as a pointed contrast to the usual reality that elected officials continue to receive compensation even when many federal colleagues do not. The choice is being presented by supporters as a moral and political signal that the people who make the rules should feel the same consequences as the people who follow them. Nebraska Republican Sen. Debra Fischer formally asked the Senate…

Dennis Prager made his first on-camera appearance since the November 2024 injury, and he said he is “thrilled to be alive.” His short statement was calm and unvarnished, the kind of clarity people expect from a lifetime of speaking plainly. There was an immediate sense of relief among listeners who have followed him for decades. <p”He has always spoken a language conservatives understand,” is how many longtime supporters put it, and his return only reinforced that. He did not offer a political sermon in that first sighting, but his presence alone felt like a reminder that ideas outlast setbacks. Conservatives…

Supreme Court pauses Trump’s bid to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook The Supreme Court has put a temporary hold on President Trump’s emergency effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and will take up the dispute in January. The court declined the emergency appeal this week and signaled it wants a full argument before making a final call. That buys time for both sides and sets the stage for a high-stakes winter showdown over presidential authority and accountability at the Fed. Mr. Trump asked the court to let him fire Cook over serious allegations tied to mortgage paperwork, allegations…

Mikie Sherrill’s Muddy Response To Resurrected Navy Cheating Scandal A Bad Look Trust is the linchpin of any fighting force and it was the center of the controversy that erupted around the Naval Academy years ago. Sailors and officers rely on one another for split-second decisions where failure is not an abstract result. When that trust frays, the damage reaches far beyond an academic record. I graduated from the Naval Academy and served as a submariner, so this story lands personal and sharp for many of us who wear those years as a moral ledger. The 1992 “double E” cheating…