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Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usTue, 28 Apr 2026 04:15:55 -0400<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:11:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/28/the-morning-briefing-hakeem-jeffries-isnt-man-enough-to-argue-with-karoline-leavitt-n4952252<![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio probably didn't really want to be there.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:45:17 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/27/rubio-talks-whcd-shooting-thats-the-kind-of-world-we-live-in-right-now-n4952267<![CDATA[Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 22 Buddhist monks at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka, after discovering a record 242 pounds of cannabis concealed in their luggage, officials said.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:42:58 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan S. Jung]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Thailand]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2026/04/27/22-buddhist-monks-arrested-in-record-drug-bust-n4952269<![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that it’s been just under two years since the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. What’s even harder to believe, however, was just how badly the Secret Service had failed at the time, resulting in the resignation of then Director Kimberly Cheatle, who couldn’t even answer basic questions surrounding the incident. It left many wondering about the state of the Secret Service.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:19:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael A. Letts]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2026/04/27/there-was-another-shooter-incident-surrounding-donald-trump-but-this-time-they-were-more-than-ready-n4952237<![CDATA[President Donald Trump isn't waiting for the Indiana primary to sort itself out; he's moving early, backing challengers, and calling out Republicans he believes don't align with his agenda.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Indiana]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/27/trump-pressures-gop-ahead-of-indiana-showdown-n4952268<![CDATA[President Donald Trump has joined his wife in calling for ABC News to sack vile “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel, and the president was even more furiously direct than the first lady was.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:20:25 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Jimmy Kimmel]]><![CDATA[Melania Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/27/beyond-the-pale-trump-joins-melanias-call-to-abc-to-fire-kimmel-n4952262<![CDATA[Pssst. Did you hear the conspiracy theory about President Donald Trump staging his own attempted assassination? It's in the news.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:37:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/04/27/see-if-you-can-spot-why-democrats-claim-president-trump-staged-latest-assassination-attempt-n4952261<![CDATA[One of the more bizarre aspects of the third attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump is how the left’s propaganda mills, more commonly known as the mainstream media, have treated the would-be assassin, Cole Allen. As his manifesto makes abundantly clear, he is very much one of them, and so we see nothing of what we would be seeing if, say, a would-be assassin of some leftist had turned out to be a MAGA hat-wearing patriot. In that case, the media would be saying, all day every day, how dangerous the ideas that motivated the shooter really were, and calling for legislation and programs to stamp them out once and for all.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/27/meet-the-democrats-new-top-strategist-n4952264<![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three federal charges Monday against the crazed anti-Trumper who tried to murder administration officials at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And one of the charges is attempted assassination of the president.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:25:36 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/27/breaking-charges-against-cole-allen-of-attempted-assassination-n4952263<![CDATA[Every time I perform my stand-up act for an audience that is somehow aligned, such as a fundraiser at a VFW hall, where everyone knows everyone, I always ask if there has been a recent tragedy that affected the community. For example, if someone were recently killed by a drunk driver, I would tell the other comedians to avoid doing jokes about drunk driving.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:11:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin Downey Jr.]]>https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/04/27/the-funny-thing-about-assassination-isnothing-n4952255<![CDATA[Let's take a little trip to the Bahamas and explore what a little Joe Biden-era neglect will get you. &nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:04:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/27/tracking-china-in-the-americas-that-time-biden-sent-the-bahamas-running-to-beijing-n4952228<![CDATA[Please bear in mind as you read this column that I took several breaths and hours before writing it because I wanted to bring down my internal rage temperature by several degrees. My reserves of Christian charity are, for the moment, completely tapped, and I apologize for that. This is what passes for calm here in the Kruiser Bunker this week.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Trump Derangement Syndrome]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/27/if-you-cant-say-something-nice-about-someone-you-must-be-talking-about-a-democrat-n4952258<![CDATA[In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant, victorious hero of the Civil War, delivered his first inaugural address. He faced the gargantuan task of healing a divided nation, guaranteeing civil rights to new groups of citizens, thwarting mass Democrat violence, and upholding a Constitution under assault. Since we share many of the same issues or connected problems with the ones he had to handle, I want to mark his birthday anniversary (April 27) by drawing some lessons from that 1869 address.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[National Debt]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/27/national-honor-and-civil-rights-lessons-from-us-grants-first-inaugural-address-n4952253<![CDATA[J.B. Pritzker's contemptible reaction to the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner was about as bad as one can imagine, but things devolved into a complete and hilarious self-own when Pritzker's "Trump started it" rationale was lost in the blur of his own memory.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[JB Pritzker]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/04/27/shorter-pritzker-trump-deserved-it-n4952251<![CDATA[I’m here in a Florida hotel with a friend from Cincinnati. She’s called Alecia, and she runs a non-profit called ArtsWave there. She is amazing. Nonprofit arts professionals hold a special place in my heart.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Christian Josi]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]>https://pjmedia.com/christian-josi/2026/04/27/the-beauty-of-cincinnati-n4952260<![CDATA[White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt put the blame for Saturday’s White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting squarely where it belongs: with the Democrats.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:55:06 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/27/leavitt-dems-need-to-drop-the-crazy-rhetoric-fund-dhs-post-shooting-n4952254<![CDATA[After Saturday night’s thwarted attempt at an assassination of President Donald Trump and potentially other members of his administration, one would think that every politician from every party would rush to condemn Cole Allen. Sure, we get the milquetoast calls for “turning down the temperature” on violent rhetoric, but many Democrats have yet to speak out about yet another attempt on the president’s life.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Jon Ossoff]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/04/27/jon-ossoff-had-plenty-to-say-about-trump-until-someone-tried-to-kill-him-n4952257<![CDATA[Hello and welcome to Monday, April 27, 2026. It's National Tell a Story Day, National Prime Rib Day, National Gummi Bear Day, and National Little Pampered Dog Day.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:04:51 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[Bluesky]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/04/27/the-shooter-is-exactly-who-we-thought-he-is-n4952247<![CDATA[Shavuah tov, may we all be grateful that neither the President nor anyone in our government was a victim of the shooting attempt at Saturday's Washington Correspondents' Dinner. The rhetoric on both sides of the political aisle, through pundits and influencers, and in print and on television is causing a destruction of both society and of our nation. All Americans, of all political affiliations, must learn to emulate the rabbinic sages of thousands of years ago: we must again be able to disagree without being disagreeable,. or there will be no America to disagree about. It is why I agreed to start the weekly radio show and podcast last month of The Rabbi's Table: Dialogue Not Debate, which can be found on all platforms. This week the guest is author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, and we talk about Israel, Antifa, and freedom among other things. I invite you to listen to the discussion on your favorite platform or here.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:55:28 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/04/27/rabbi-michael-barclays-iran-war-updates-for-april-26-and-27-n4952242<![CDATA[Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped a political bomb on Monday, unveiling a new congressional map for Florida that he says will finally give the Sunshine State the representation it deserves — and if it holds up, Republicans could walk away with four additional U.S. House seats heading into the 2026 midterms.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/27/desantis-tells-hakeem-jeffries-to-pound-sand-unveils-new-map-for-florida-n4952250