TAC Staffers discuss the week's events. The post TAC Right Now: JD Vance’s Very Bad Week appeared first on The American Conservative .
Andrew Day, Jude Russo, and Harrison Berger talk about the U.S.-Iran talks to end the war, Vice President J.D. Vance’s bad week, sexual misconduct allegations in Congress, and the political fight over domestic surveillance. Recorded April 15, 2026 The post TAC Right Now: JD Vance’s Very Bad Week appeared first on The American Conservative .Open
VATICAN CITY — Seated inside a fortress with 40-foot walls and surrounded by Swiss guards, Pope Leo XIV cautioned the rest of the world's population not to fear mass Islamic migration.
Steve Bannon cultivated an image of embattled populist martyrdom, but his conduct reflects something far more performative than principled. There are moments in American political life when pretense parades as principle and spectacle supplants substance. The saga of Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro stands as a vivid illustration of that inversion, a study in contrast […] The post Theatrics, Evasion, and Unequal Justice: The Bannon Illusion and the Navarro Reality appeared first on StoneZone .
Steve Bannon cultivated an image of embattled populist martyrdom, but his conduct reflects something far more performative than principled. There are moments in American political life when pretense parades as principle and spectacle supplants substance. The saga of Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro stands as a vivid illustration of that inversion, a study in contrast where calculated defiance is confused for courage and genuine consequence is overshadowed by theatrical self promotion. Steve Bannon cultivated an image of embattled populist martyrdom, but his conduct reflects something far more performative than principled. His contempt of Congress citation became a stage upon which he constructed a narrative of persecution, a carefully…Open
A bomb threat was reported at the home of Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, in New Lenox, Illinois. A supporter of President Donald J. Trump, the Pope's brother had been praised by the President earlier this week. The post Pope’s MAGA Brother Targeted by Bomb Threat. appeared first on The National Pulse .
A bomb threat at the home of Pope Leo XIV’s brother in Illinois was found to be a hoax after a police investigation. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A bomb threat was reported at the home of Pope Leo XIV’s brother, Louis Prevost, in New Lenox, Illinois. A supporter of President Donald J. Trump, the Pope’s brother had been praised by the President earlier this week, amid a dispute between the administration and the pontiff over crime and U.S. military action in Latin America and the Middle East. DETAIL: The New Lenox Police Department conducted a thorough search using bomb-sniffing K-9s and found no evidence of an explosive device, concluding that the bomb threat was a hoax. Residents were evacuated as a precaution but have since…Open
Senior leaders from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps provided an update on steps their respective branches are taking to improve the quality of life for service members during a hearing in Washington before the House Armed Services Committee's readiness subcommittee.