Author: Rana McCallister

A terrible story unfolded Saturday night in Southport, North Carolina, when someone aboard a boat opened fire on diners at the American Fish Company. Witnesses described chaos and confusion as people ducked for cover and emergency crews rushed in. Local authorities say multiple victims were shot and at least three people were killed. Details are still emerging and officials have cautioned the public to wait for confirmed information. Early reports paint a grim scene at the Southport Yacht Basin where a popular dockside restaurant sits. Investigators have already launched a wide-ranging response to piece together what happened and why. Information…

Bannon, Thiel and Epstein: What the New Documents Say Bannon was listed in the new documents regarding a breakfast with Epstein in 2019, and Republican donor Peter Thiel reportedly had a lunch scheduled with Epstein for Nov. 27, 2017. It is not clear if either of those meetings took place. Those two lines landed like a thunderclap in a media landscape eager for scandal. Names stick fast, even when the details are thin, and Republicans know how quickly suspicion can calcify into assumed guilt. First, a bit of context so people understand what we are dealing with. Jeffrey Epstein was…

Turning Point USA is taking politics to the tailgate, registering students and handing out 5,000 “Freedom” shirts at the Penn State versus Oregon game in State College. This move honors Charlie Kirk and leans into what conservatives have known for years: college campuses and sporting events are powerful places to meet young voters where they live. If you want to change outcomes, you have to show up where people gather and talk straight about freedom, values, and limited government. The plan is simple and smart. TPUSA will distribute shirts that became a symbol in the wake of Kirk’s tragic assassination…

A federal grand jury has indicted three women accused of tracking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from work to his home, livestreaming the pursuit, and publishing his address online. The charged defendants are Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colorado; Cynthia Raygoza, 37, of Riverside, California; and Sandra Carmona Samane, 25, of Panorama City, California. The indictment alleges conspiracy and unlawful disclosure of personal information of a federal law enforcement agent. Prosecutors say the incident unfolded on August 28 after the agent left his downtown Los Angeles workplace. According to the charging documents, the women followed him to his…

The Supreme Court has handed a practical win to the White House by allowing President Trump to freeze roughly $4 billion in foreign aid that Congress had approved. This is being framed by Republicans as a necessary check on runaway spending and a push to make sure taxpayer dollars serve American interests first. The move comes amid heated debate over executive authority and congressional prerogative. The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Washington has long treated foreign aid as a line item that Congress signs off on and the president spends, but this ruling changes the tone of that bargain. The…

Mail-in voting returns in New Jersey’s 2025 governor’s race are tracking about nine points more Republican than they were at the same point in 2024, and that gap is getting people’s attention. Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Rep. Mikie Sherrill remain locked in a tight battle for the governor’s mansion, but the mail-in numbers are tilting the story. This is the kind of under-the-radar shift that can decide close statewide contests. On the surface a nine-point swing may not sound like a tsunami, but in modern elections small margins move mountains. Mail ballots often reflect disciplined, motivated voters who plan…

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night tells you everything you need to know about how the left treats political violence. They shrug and pivot to blaming conservatives for the fallout. That shrug creates a permissive atmosphere where bad actors feel free to escalate. Imagine Johnny Carson mocking a president’s murder and facing no consequences from his network — that would have been unthinkable in a different era. Yet today, the liberal media trade in a kind of selective outrage that excuses violence from their side. That double standard matters because it shapes who feels emboldened. There are three elements to…

Charlie Kirk’s persistent warnings about former FBI Director James Comey are suddenly being viewed through a sharper lens after Comey’s federal indictment on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice. For years conservatives dismissed as partisan the alarms Kirk sounded about Comey’s judgment and conduct. Now that federal prosecutors have filed action, many on the right see those warnings as not only political bluster but a premonition of real consequences. This moment is less about gloating and more about institutional accountability from a conservative perspective. Republican commentators argue that federal power must be constrained and that public figures…

We live in a country where we expect educators to follow the law, set an example, and keep kids safe, so this story lands like a punch in the face. The superintendent of Des Moines schools, it turns out, was in the country illegally and subject to a deportation order while leading a public school system. That revelation raises questions about judgment, vetting, and public safety all at once. When ICE officers tried to take him into custody, he bolted from them, abandoned his car, and was later found in brushy terrain with the help of a K9 unit. Agents…

Cory Mills, the Claims, and the Fallout: A Republican Take Congressman Cory Mills has been under fire for claiming he was “blown up” twice and “wounded twice while deployed.” Those phrases have become a political cudgel used by critics and rivals, and the story has been chewed over in public. What voters deserve is clarity, context, and fairness, not a media-led character assassination. The narrative During his 2022 campaign Mills presented himself as a contractor who saw serious combat and, as he said in his ad, “I was hit not once but twice with improvised explosive devices and explosive formed…