UNCONDITIONAL: President Trump declared on social media that he would settle for nothing short of “unconditional surrender” by Iran, setting a standard that could lead to a protracted conflict. With considerably diminished military capacity, Iran is still fighting back with no …

JOBS REPORT: President Trump yesterday fired embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and kicked her to the curb, appointing her to the created job of “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas,” which he said would be a new security initiative …

WORLD AT WAR: In one of the most stunning strikes in the war on Iran, A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 members of the crew of roughly 180. The …

WORLD AT WAR: Aaannnd, we’re back. The skiing was great while the world caught fire.    President Trump yesterday said he attacked Iran because he had a “feeling” that Iran was about to attack first. He did not cite any intelligence report, …

TAKEN: The FBI says it recovered DNA in a glove found in the desert that appears similar to the gloves worn by the kidnapper in security video captured at the front door of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie outside Tucson. The hunt for …

ICE MELT: The Department of Homeland Security went into partial shutdown overnight as Democrats blocked funding in a dispute over the practices and behavior of immigration agents in the field. The department says essential services will continue while many employees will …

GASLIGHT: President Trump yesterday declared that he is abandoning the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life by warming the planet, effectively eliminating the federal government’s authority to fight climate change through regulation.   Trump says in direct opposition to scientific …

THE BLACK HAND: Investigators scouring the desert around Tucson found a  black glove that appear similar to the ones worn by the kidnapper in video taken at the front door of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. It’s been 12 days since the mother of …

BLOOD SIMPLE: In what may be the most significant break in the case, The FBI and Pima Couty Sheriff released doorbell video of a masked man at the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s home outside Tucson the night she was abducted. …

OMERTA: Some members of Congress were allowed to see the unredacted files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and had questions about the shielding of identities in the Department of Justice release.    Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who’s been bucking President Trump …