Paul: ‘Very hard’ to debate war powers once combat begins --- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the only Republican senator to vote last week for a resolution to halt military action against Iran, says it will be very hard to persuade GOP [...]

For the second time in less than two years a small public school district is paying over half a million dollars in damages to settle a case involving a teacher it fired for declining to use students’ preferred pronouns [...]

Senate Homeland Security Panel Plans Next Week for Mullin DHS Nomination Hearing --- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Monday he hopes to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Sen. [...]

Iran, War Powers, and the Power of the Purse: Leverage or Legalization --- In the early hours of Feb. 28, President Donald Trump initiated a military campaign against Iran alongside Israel: Operation Epic Fury. The attack on Iran, which as of [...]

Unfortunately, President [Donald] Trump listened to the neocons and [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu instead of his MAGA base and other voices of caution as he launched a surprise attack on Iran over the weekend. For the second time [...]

Defense officials were pushing for unrestricted lawful use of Anthropic’s AI models. Anthropic agreed—with two caveats. The leading AI company did not want its technology deployed for autonomous weapons systems or for mass domestic surveillance. The Biden administration previously [...]

Vance's support for unpopular policies could spell trouble for the GOP in 2028. But this could be a good thing for the party's future, says Jonah Goldberg. --- On Tuesday, citizens in 16 states headed to the polls to cast their [...]

The death of El Mencho shows why decades of prohibition enforcement have only strengthened cartels. --- On a Sunday in February, Mexico's second-largest city ground to a standstill. Gunmen used burning cars as flaming barricades, shutting down traffic in and out [...]

What you need to know about Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick to lead DHS --- President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mullin would replace [...]

Technological innovations allow the authorities to see who has visited whole geographic areas. --- It sometimes seems technology provides a moving target for the Fourth Amendment, evolving new means of snooping on people while courts struggle to keep up. That's the [...]