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By Ward Clark The U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, has now revealed that two United States service members were killed and one remains missing following a missile and drone attack by Iran. The attack was targeted at the U.S. forces in Jordan . CENTCOM Statement on Recently Fallen, Missing U.S. Service Members TAMPA, Fla. — On July 17, two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. Additionally,… — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 18, 2026 The CENTCOM post reads: TAMPA, Fla. — On July 17, two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. Additionally, one service member is currently missing in action.  Four American service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals...

By Nick Arama President Donald Trump delivered an important speech about election vulnerabilities and foreign interference on Thursday night.  The liberal media did all they could to make sure that people didn't see it, with outlets like NBC, ABC, and CNN refusing to carry it live. CNN even admitted they had "executives" decide not to show it live because to show it could be "dangerous." So much for being journalists, presenting the facts, and letting the American people decide what to think of it. You have to think too; they seemed very anxious not to have people watch it.  Democrats, of course, lost their minds over it.  But the very last person who should be weighing in on the subject also weighed in - Hillary Clinton. How many years has Hillary been ranting about losing to Trump in 2016? She's still going after 10 years. So this is some world-class projection. Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two t...

By Scott Pinsker This is a major new story, because the PR implications are enormous: America’s #1 conservative media outlet is AWOL in the election fraud debate .  Which means, if Republicans are going to win the PR argument, we must do it without Fox News as a counterbalance to the mainstream media. After President Donald Trump’s primetime address on voter fraud on Thursday evening, the media noticed something curious: Fox News Channel was ignoring the story. Mediaite: Fox & Friends Completely Ignores Trump’s Election Speech — Doesn’t Mention It Once in 3-Hour Show As other networks picked apart President Donald Trump’s prime-time address to the nation early Friday morning, Fox News went in a completely different direction. Fox & Friends produced not one mention of the president’s address from the night before, during which the commander in chief once again attempted to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections — pointing a finger at Venezuela and China....

By Gary Abernathy The importance of codifying into law the guarantee of affordable, reliable energy for all Americans is driven home by the current turmoil surrounding Honda, which “reported its first annual loss since becoming a publicly traded company in Japan seven decades ago,” as reported by The New York Times back in May. Why did a company considered one of the most stable in the world suddenly suffer such a catastrophic about-face? In large part because it relied on Biden administration policies designed to funnel industries into a future where fossil fuels would be completely phased out. Alone among automakers, Honda goes all in in EVs Honda decided to gamble its prospects on the Biden era fantasy, but when Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the new administration quickly changed course, canceling policies that were based on climate change hysteria and resetting the economic course of the U.S. and, by natural progression, much of the world. As described in ...

By Catherine Salgado The Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the United States Postal Service can move ahead — for now — with a rule change with major implications for mail-in ballot reform and state compliance with federal review. The court granted the motion for stay in the case of the NAACP v. USPS , based on the strength of the appellants' arguments. In other words, the court agreed that USPS is likely to win its case based on the Constitution and on the timeframe which the Postal Service has to implement a framework for ballots ahead of the midterm elections. Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the central district of California, posted , “This ruling is a win for election integrity and would have significant implications for states like California that refuse to submit their voter rolls to verify compliance with federal election laws.” The decision came July 17, the day after President Donald Trump revealed disturbing evidence of mass e...

By Bob Hoge California Gov. Gavin Newsom found the perfect person to be his “First Partner,” someone who, like him, seems to have been created by an AI bot. They both speak in important-sounding but usually meaningless word salads that seem to come straight out of the Manual of Woke, they both have the generic good looks of daytime soap stars, and they both seem to think extremely highly of themselves despite constantly being embroiled in ugly controversies . Her name is Jennifer Siebel Newsom , and as with almost every recent public appearance she’s made lately, she turned the cringe factor up to 11 on Friday when she sat for an interview with the equally insufferable and self-satisfied newsperson, Stephanie Ruhle of the comedy network recently rebranded as MS NOW. Siebel Newsom went on and on about how Donald Trump is going on a “fishing investigation,” trying to bring down her and her hubby with a Department of Justice investigation into their highly questionable financial explo...

By Ward Clark Much of the eastern U.S. is still suffering under a pall of Canadian smoke , which is irritating and possibly dangerous, and it annoyingly doesn't even smell of maple syrup and poutine, as one might expect. No, this smoke is nasty, could cause health problems in the elderly, the very young, and anyone with compromised respiratory systems. On Friday, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to call Canada out for improper forest management, which may well have led to the fires . pic.twitter.com/rbe5QvMOTG — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 17, 2026 The president writes: We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable! I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it. The cos...

By Becky Noble We know Democratic socialists, aka communists, think government should be the be-all-end-all. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is no different. Since he became Mayor of America's largest city, he has spoken out on things that are just a bit out of his purview, like Israel and the war with Iran. But Hizzoner is not letting a little thing like boundaries keep him from sticking his nose into things that are not exactly among his duties as mayor — and it might get him in some hot water. Mamdani doesn't speak for America. President Trump does. Today I led a letter calling on the DOJ to investigate whether Mamdani’s Administration violated the Logan Act by engaging in unauthorized communications with the Islamic Republic of Iran. pic.twitter.com/IllAOWsrnF — Congressman Addison McDowell (@RepMcDowell) July 16, 2026 Breitbart reported on Tuesday that a group of House Republicans led by Rep. Addison McDowell (NC-6) requested in a letter that the Department of Justice ...

By Cam Edwards In a long-awaited opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has released its en banc decision in a trio of cases challenging New Jersey's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, holding that the ban violates the Second Amendment's protections for the right to keep and bear arms.  Besides the majority opinion, there are five opinions concurring either in whole or in part, along with three dissenting opinions, so Second Amendment attorneys and amateur law nerds like myself will have a lot of reading to do this weekend. Here's the most important part of the majority opinion as an appetizer.  Applying the framework announced in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , we agree with the District Court that New Jersey’s ban on Colt AR-15s violates the Second Amendment. However, because the record supports the same result for all semi-automatic rifles—not only Colt AR-15s—we will MODIFY the District Court’s order so t...