By Corey Smith

By Liberty Nation Authors

Trump Directs Hegseth to Use ‘Available Funds’ to Pay Troops President Donald Trump directed War Secretary Pete Hegseth to use all of the Pentagon’s “available funds” to pay military workers during the US government shutdown, now in its 12th day. Republican lawmakers have attempted to blame their opponents for the potential pay lapse, with House […]

By John Klar

President Trump has adroitly played a sort of chess – or chicken, perhaps – with Democrats over the government shutdown. That battle has taken on additional nuance as another conflict continues over the administration’s controversial tariffs, imposed for national security reasons. President Trump has announced he will allocate tens of millions of tariff receipts to […]

By John Klar

The Trump administration has supported large American crop farmers with increased funding in the Big Beautiful Bill, and there’s also a recent pledge to earmark some tariff revenues for soy growers. However, cuts by the USDA to several key local agricultural programs have alienated the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) base and rankled many small-scale […]

By Dave Patterson

Conflict and strife have been the hallmark of the Middle East since Israel became a nation. Could that be coming to an end? Is the Middle East on the brink of peace? Recent diplomatic breakthroughs suggest that what was once inconceivable for decades could become a reality – a lasting peace. On October 8, President […]

By Leesa K. Donner

In a surprise announcement from the White House yesterday, October 10, First Lady Melania Trump revealed the substance of her ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of displaced Ukrainian children. Since the beginning of her husband’s second term, Mrs. Trump has revealed a more serious, some might even say no-nonsense side of […]

By Dave Patterson

The terrorist organization among us, Antifa, is finally identified as a Domestic Terrorist Organization (DTO) after years of fomenting terror and destruction in American cities. The DTO designation grants law enforcement significant latitude in identifying and engaging Antifa rioters, allowing for their arrest on the spot. Antifa flags and other logos self-identify the members as […]

By Liberty Nation Authors

With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act complete, we ask what comes next. For more episodes, click here.

By Kelli Ballard

If you think drinking alcohol is the only way to damage your liver, think again. A new study is shaking up conventional ideas about soda and liver health, suggesting that even diet soda may carry serious risks. At the 2025 United European Gastroenterology Week in Berlin, researchers unveiled results linking both sugary and artificially sweetened […]

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By Andrew Moran

New US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data show that China, the world’s largest consumer of soybeans, has yet to purchase any of the crop from American farmers this marketing season. As a result, a sizable share of President Donald Trump’s base is struggling in 2025. This is not the first time the Trump administration has […]

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Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. National Democrat leaders struggle with the probability of a Mamdani win. For more episodes, click here.

By John Klar

The climate change crowd may or may not intend to undermine farmers and food production, but it is an obvious result. Displacing farmland with solar panels and “rewilding” fertile pastures to grow trees for carbon sequestration reduces available agricultural acreage. This drives up land prices, making it harder for young farmers to take the reins […]

By Dave Patterson

Most analysts looking at an Indo-Pacific war with China focus on kinds and numbers of weapons. To be sure, having enough effective warfighting systems, air, sea, and ground forces is the endgame. However, if all that capability is sitting in warehouses and distribution centers in the US, it is not helping. Before and during a […]

By James Fite

Thursday marked day nine of the shutdown – and the seventh failed attempt to pass the House GOP’s continuing resolution. Now into the second week since government funding expired, both the Republicans and Democrats of Congress are standing firm on their all-or-nothing positions. But as the pressure mounts, cracks may be forming. Another Failed Vote […]

By Andrew Moran

When President Donald Trump stepped to the podium on Liberation Day and unveiled a chart of sweeping tariff rates on much of the world, economists immediately rushed to their economic models. Their conclusion? They declared that a Trump recession was imminent. It has been several months since the historic April 2 announcement, and despite a […]

By Liberty Nation Authors

Mamdani continues his surge, but do third acts and even fourth acts exist in political history? For more episodes, click here.

By Michele White

New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing two federal criminal charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, according to the federal grand jury indictment on Thursday, October 9, in the Eastern District of Virginia. James, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, is accused of falsely claiming that a three-bedroom […]

By Dave Patterson

As China expands its influence around the world, the US has an opportunity to counter Beijing’s efforts to establish a global presence. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Great Britain expanded its empire and was, de facto, the world’s sovereign. The British were everywhere and exerted enormous power over not only their ubiquitous colonies, […]

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Digging deep into the accusations and the reality. For more episodes, click here.