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On Sunday, April 12th, 2026, Donald Trump announced that “effective immediately” the U.S. Navy would be preventing ships from passing through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz, accusing Iran of “extorting” them. He had previously criticized Iran for blocking the critical oil shipping passageway. This comes after neither the U.S. nor Iran was able to come to terms to end the current war taking place in the region, started by the Trump Administration on February 28th. The current conflict...

On February 24th, 2026, Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term. Besides setting a record for being the longest ever given by any president since these sorts of things have been tracked, it also set a record for lies per minute. In typical Trump fashion, a lot of ketchup was thrown at the wall to see what might stick...and a lot has happened since that evening in late February. Let’s examine just a few key points, shall we? Jobs Created vs. Jobs Lost...

It has only been two and a half months since Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered, but it feels as if it has been years. Since that time, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a part of, has continued its campaign of intimidation and terror against both undocumented and actual citizens. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” funded ICE to the tune of $75 billion (yes, with a “b”) which the agency can allocate and use over the course of the...