Voters Agree: Calling Trump a ‘Threat to Democracy’ Prompts Political Violence

The majority of voters agree that “irresponsible rhetoric,” such as calling a political adversary a “threat to democracy,” has led to the recent assassination attempts on former president Donald Trump. The poll, conducted by the Senate Opportunity Fund, found that 57 percent of voters somewhat or strongly agree that “labeling a political opponent a threat

After Pledging To Leave Moscow Over Ukraine War, Tobacco Giant PMI Stays Put—and Rakes In Billions From Russian Sales

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) promised to exit the Russian marketplace in 2022 due to its ongoing war in Ukraine. Two years later, the company is still pulling in billions of dollars in revenue from Russia and paying Moscow hundreds of millions in tax dollars. PMI raked in nearly $8 billion in profits from

‘We Do Not Wait For Any Threat’: Israel Strikes Hundreds of Hezbollah Strongholds Amid Fight To ‘Change the Balance of Power In the North’

Israel struck more than 300 Hezbollah strongholds on Monday as it works to change the “balance of power in the north,” provoking retaliatory strikes by the terror group that shows no sign of slowing down. More than 270 people were killed and around 1,000 wounded when Israeli warplanes struck a bevy of sites across southern

Dream On: Harris Flip-Flops on Promising Path to Citizenship for Millions of ‘Dreamers’

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is retreating from her pledge to use executive authority to grant a pathway to citizenship to two million illegal immigrants, Axios reported Monday. Harris’s campaign declined this week to answer whether the vice president is still committed to the measures she supported during her 2020 presidential campaign. Those measures would

Prosecutors: Would-Be Killer Plotted Trump Assassination for Months, Staked Out Golf Course

Ryan Wesley Routh wrote letter offering $150,000 to copycat killer Ryan W. Routh (Martin County Sheriff’s Office/Reuters) The man charged with the most recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump started plotting the attempt months before he pointed a rifle at the former president, according to federal prosecutors’ Monday filing, which includes a chilling letter written

‘Why Would They Be Eating Animals? They Have Vouchers!’ Springfield, Ohio, Overwhelmed by Haitians and a Housing Crisis, Has Much Bigger Problems Than Pet Rumors

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—”If we only had 5,000, I wouldn’t be talking to you right now,” says Reverend Barron—real name Kenneth Selig—in what’s become a common refrain in the embattled city of Springfield, Ohio. Barron, a street preacher, food truck owner, and former warehouse manager, has emerged as a colorful champion for the small city as it

‘I Took On the Sinaloa Cartel’: Democratic House Candidate Will Rollins Claims He Fought Drug Lords, ISIS, and MS-13. Did He?

Democrat Will Rollins has made his prosecutorial record central to his rematch against Rep. Ken Calvert (R., Calif.). The Palm Springs lawyer repeatedly boasted that he went after ISIS, the Sinaloa cartel, and MS-13 when he worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California. “Rollins, a counterterrorism prosecutor, took on ISIS