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By Chris Queen We now know who will replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who suddenly passed away over the weekend. Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the late senator’s younger sister, to take his place in the Senate until the election in November. “Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him,” Nordone told reporters at a press conference with McMaster on Monday afternoon. “It is such a privilege to get to finish some of his important work, and I promise to work hard over the next several months to support the president and carry forward the efforts of my brother on behalf of the citizens of South Carolina and the United States.” “To Lindsey, I miss you more than I can even put into words,” she added. “But I’m going to do this. I got it.” Of course, Nordone’s name came up when President Donald Trump suggested that McMaster nominate her in a post on Truth Social : "I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lin...

By Chris Queen Listicles are a dime a dozen. They’re a quick, easy content option that can also provide clickbait headlines, which is why you see them on websites all the time. I remember a time here at PJ Media years ago under different leadership when we wrote an insane amount of listicle content. One popular form of the listicle is those lists of great or bad places to live. All you have to do is determine your criteria and rank states in a way that proves your point. A search for “best states” or “worst states” will give you plenty of options. And then there’s CNBC. The network released its list of the “ 10 worst states to live in for 2026 ” on Saturday, and you’ll notice a pattern: 10 worst states to live in for 2026, per CNBC: 1. Tennessee 2. Texas 3. Indiana 4. Louisiana 5. Georgia 6. Utah 7. Missouri 8. Alabama 9. Oklahoma 10.Arkansas — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) July 12, 2026 See it? Yep, they’re all red states. Many of them regularly show up on the lists of the bes...

By Becky Noble On Saturday, July 13, 2024, I was packing to head to Milwaukee to serve as an alternate delegate for the great state of Missouri. I decided to take a dinner break. As I waited for a food order, my phone began blowing up. There had been an assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. Not much was known at that point, just that, thankfully, President Trump was alive and only mildly injured. I got my food and headed home and watched the events unfold over the rest of the evening.  Never Forget — Today Marks Two Years Since Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, PA: ‘God Was with Me‘ https://t.co/1WhdrDoBui via @BreitbartNews — Woodrow Williams (@Woodrow17165268) July 13, 2026 Donald Trump was referring to a chart on illegal immigration under the Biden administration when gunshots were heard . Secret Service agents tackled Trump, who was grazed in the right ear by a bullet, to the ground. Just moments later, Trump stood up to let the crowd know ...

By Ward Clark The United States is unique among nations in the promise that our government will protect certain inalienable natural rights against all threats. Some (but not all) of those rights are described and guaranteed by the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to our Constitution. Washington and state/local governments haven't always had a perfect record in guaranteeing and protecting these rights, but by and large, they do a lot better than pretty much all of the rest of the world. The so-called International Criminal Court (ICC), however, has no such scruples. That's why the United States has never submitted to the ICC, and that's why the Trump administration is now working to dismantle the ICC. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal ran a column from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, outlining precisely why and how this is being done. Most of us would struggle to imagine a world in which U.S. soldiers, police officers, Border Patrol agents and elected leaders...

For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at recruiting former Iranian president Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and, at a later stage, even planned to install him as Iran’s leader. By AMIT AVITAN Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under house arrest by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence arm after Iranian authorities uncovered a significant portion of his contacts with Israel, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing four senior Iranian officials. For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at recruiting Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and, at a later stage, even planned to install him as Iran’s leader following the overthrow of the regime, according to an extensive New York Times investigation. According to the report, one of the operation’s more unusual stages took place in early 2024, when a senior Hungarian government official asked Gergely Deli, rector of the Ludovika University of Public Service i...

By Ward Clark The Iranian leadership, or what's left of it, seems determined to channel the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, who is said to have declared, "Hard pounding, this, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds longest." There's one key difference: Wellington won. There's no path to victory for Iran in this current business. Every missile, every speedboat, every drone they lose cannot be replaced. That's where they find themselves, with the Trump administration all too willing to keep turning the screws. Late Sunday, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a press release detailing some targets hit in the overnight strikes against Iran, and in an interesting side note, mentioned that this latest round included the first use of sea drones . U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran, July 12, hitting dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions to degrade Iran’s ability to continue a...

By Susie Moore We have breaking news out of Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning of a fatal shooting reportedly involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Early reports indicate the person shot may have tried to run over an ICE agent with their vehicle, prompting the agent to fire in self-defense. 🚨 JUST IN: Someone reportedly just tried to RUN OVER an ICE agent in Maine, resulting in self-defense shots and one person dying It was only DAYS ago a similar vehicle-ramming attempt happened with a Mexican national in Texas PRAY FOR ICE 🙏🏻 They face danger EVERY DAY for… pic.twitter.com/VPqBkxHv4A — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 13, 2026 BREAKING: Authorities say a person reportedly tried to run over an ICE agent in Maine, prompting the agent to fire in self-defense. One person was killed. pic.twitter.com/g8oOuAWpKk — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 13, 2026 Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who represents the city of Biddeford, issued a statement regarding the in...

By Rusty Weiss New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is facing accusations of undermining what was intended to be the largest U.S. naval parade in 50 years during the Sail4th 250 events celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Maritime expert, CEO of Captain, and a member of the Pentagon Press Corps, John Konrad, alleges that Mamdani’s administration used multiple city agencies to create obstacles, including complicating Navy permits, deploying barricades that misdirected crowds, and shutting down ferry service to the sold-out Governors Island viewing area following a minor overnight storm. Konrad cites multiple military sources, ranging from O-5 ranks to admirals, in laying out a long string of allegations on X . "Mamdani closed the ferry to the main viewing area (on the) morning of the US Navy parade," he initially states regarding what has been reported as a "flash storm." "There was a minor storm the night before the parade, and Mamdani ordered the fe...

By Jonathan Turley A virtual cottage industry has emerged among people finding James Talarico clips espousing everything from declaring his campaign meat-free to there being six genders to God being non-binary. One recently uncovered video from a meet-and-greet , however, attracted my interest and deepened my concerns about Talarico. It shows Talarico explaining why sweeping gun control laws do not violate the Second Amendment. The reason, he declared, is that the Second Amendment expressly embraces gun controls by referring to the right as “well regulated.” In the clip, Talarico mocks those opposing gun control measures and bans as not taking the time to actually read the Amendment: “A lot of politicians like to talk about the Second Amendment. Very few have actually read the Second Amendment, because, if they did, they would know that the words ‘well regulated’ are right there in the text of the amendment itself.” What he omits is the word following “well regulated”: “militia.” I...

By Andera Picciotti-Bayer When a school’s practices flow directly from its religious beliefs, penalizing what it does is the same as penalizing what it believes. For many families, there is a clear answer to the question of who they trust to help them raise their children: a school that shares their mission — a genuine partner in a child’s education. But some families in Colorado are being denied that opportunity, a case the Supreme Court will hear next term. Colorado’s Universal Preschool program offers 15 free hours of preschool per week to every 4-year-old in the state — except those who choose a Catholic school. The state excluded them for refusing to sign a provider agreement that would violate their religious beliefs. Two parishes — St. Mary and St. Bernadette — the Archdiocese of Denver, and the Sheley family have challenged that exclusion. The case turns on two questions. The first is whether Colorado’s program is truly open to everyone — or whether its many exceptions te...