Hostage Crisis Allegedly Involving Father And Son Holding Two Federal Employees At Gunpoint Ends After Hourslong Standoff

Two U.S. Forest Service employees were held hostage for hours throughout Thursday night in a Northern California national forest. The federal employees were freed early Friday after being zip-tied and held at gunpoint for roughly 15 hours inside a trailer in Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest, The New York Times reported, citing Siskiyou County Sheriff…

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Florida Surrogate Mother Battling For Custody After Intended Parent From China Allegedly Never Came To Get His Kids

A Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the head of a U.S. taxpayer-funded facility in the Mojave Desert where authorities dismantled a massive illegal marijuana operation, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Police seized over 15,000 marijuana plants and arrested 14 people — including eight Chinese nationals — while conducting a July 2022…

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Iran Reportedly Enlisting Houthi Terrorists To Cripple Crucial Flow Of Commerce If US Escalates Attacks

Iran has reportedly said it will enlist the help of a terrorist group to further constrain global shipping if the U.S. military attacks Iranian energy infrastructure. Iran has instructed Yemen’s Houthi rebels to prepare to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if the United States attacks Iranian power infrastructure, Reuters reported, citing Iranian and regional sources…

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Supreme Court’s ‘Vampire Rule’ Decision Has Breathed New Life Into Gun Litigation

The Supreme Court’s decision in Wolford v. Lopez has led to legal fallout across the country, with one federal appeals court striking down New Jersey’s long-standing ban on modern semiautomatic firearms. The high court ruled in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii’s law requiring private property owners who wished to allow concealed carry on the premises to…

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Can Senate Republicans Defy Conventional Wisdom In Midterms?

If prediction markets only give Republicans a 15% chance of expanding their Senate majority, take that bet. Conventional wisdom says 2026 should be a difficult cycle for the GOP. President Trump’s approval is underwater, history favors the party out of power, and voters remain sour on the economy and the Iran war. But Senate majorities aren’t won on…

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