The U.S. military says it disabled a commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman after the vessel ignored repeated warnings and tried to leave the area following a call to an Iranian port. CENTCOM reports a U.S. aircraft fired precision munitions at the ship’s stern, halting it. This is not a drill, and it More

Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to commute the sentences of all 548 people on California’s death row sent shock waves across the state. He insists these commutations turn death sentences into life without parole, but victims’ advocates and prosecutors say the move was a raw, political act that ignored the people who were hurt the most. More

Charles Marino on Newsmax dropped a line that should make every conservative in Texas sit up: “Texas now should be considered a sanctuary state going forward,” he said. Marino, a national‑security contributor and former DHS adviser, was reacting to a string of local orders and a post‑election tilt in state politics that is already changing More

A recent commentary by volcanologist Bill McGuire has set off another round of breathless headlines about a possible “megatsunami” from the Cumbre Vieja ridge on La Palma. Before you start checking evacuation maps for Florida beaches, let’s be clear: this piece restates a worst‑case theory that has been around for decades, not a new finding More

Representative Elise Stefanik climbed onto a soapbox this week after a bruising midterm in New York and told her party what it already suspects: Republicans in New York stopped listening to voters. Her post‑midterm call for a “Republican reckoning and reset” is not showboating. It is a directional memo for anyone who cares about saving More

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries just made a splashy move. In a TV interview this week he said, “I’m a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution” and declared, “Pete Hegseth has got to go.” At the same time, Representative Thomas Massie is using a procedural trick to force a privileged impeachment vote on Secretary of More