By Bedford The District of Columbia still won’t have to issue concealed-carry permits after a judge issued a stay pending appeal on a lower court’s ruling that a clause in the city’s gun law is unconstitutional. The stay comes after a federal judge ruled the D.C. law requiring citizens to show a “good reason” for…
By Casey Harper Hundreds of officers searching hundreds of miles for weeks to find two escaped murderers all came down to a one on one between the remaining prisoner David Sweat and one officer: New York State Police Sgt. Jay Cook. Cook, 47, is a marksman instructor, and that came in handy when he came across…
America’s 5th Generation, $1-Trillion, Cutting-Edge Fighter Is ‘About As Maneuverable As An F-16′ By Jonah Bennett The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, which through its history has cost more than $1 trillion, just received a scathing review from one of its test pilots. Earlier this year, on January 14, the F-35A flew with the F-16D in mock battle to…
By Blake Neff The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to revisit the case of a Texas woman who claims affirmative action prevented her from attending the University of Texas. The move means race-based affirmative action is once again in danger of being abolished at public institutions. The case, Fisher v. Texas, concerns the troubles of Abigail…
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Author Thaddeus Russell joins the Freedom Report podcast today to discuss racism, minorities, and American culture in the backdrop of the shootings in South Carolina. Russell is the author of The Renegade History of the United States, a controversial book that examines how the malcontents, mischief makers, and ne’er do wells in American history were…
By Josh Fatzick Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the union and give its residents a real voice in the chambers. The Senate legislation garnered 17 co-sponsors, slightly less than the same legislation achieved last year, but Sen. Tom Carper, who introduced the legislation, is…
By Jonah Bennett Army officers ruled Sunday evening that Maj. Matthew L. Golsteyn, stripped of awards following a secretive investigation, can retire with benefits. The Board of Inquiry heard testimony alleging that when he was interviewing for a CIA position in 2011, Golsteyn disclosed that he killed an unarmed man in Afghanistan who was supposedly…
By Peter Fricke French police arrested Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and Uber Europe GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty Monday, charging them with “operating an illegal taxi service.” The news, originally broken by Agence France-Presse, comes just days after violent protests of French taxi drivers who accuse Uber of creating unfair competition by failing to comply with regulations governing traditional taxis. In addition…
By Josh Fatzick Published: June 29, 2015 In his upcoming book, “A Time for Truth,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz describes the time he watched pornography with Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor. Juicy. The Supreme Court was in the process of ruling on a case that challenged the laws regulating online porn…
By Casey Harper During a speech in Baltimore at the National Sheriffs’ Association Presidential Forum on Law Enforcement Monday, Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Mike Huckabee made gave an interesting response to a question about cyber security. “We’ve seen just last week what happens when supposedly the Chinese have now hacked into the personell records of upwards of 20 million government…