https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usTue, 07 Apr 2026 05:10:29 -0400<![CDATA["Here is the difference between Democrats and Republicans: While Democrats go to Cuba to meet leaders of a Communist, anti-democratic dictatorship, Republicans support the people in their quest for a free and democratic Cuba," Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.) posted on X on Monday afternoon.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:15:14 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/06/why-are-members-of-congress-hanging-out-in-cuba-n4951521<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:04:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/06/the-morning-briefing-marco-rubio-is-the-reason-i-gave-up-on-political-purity-tests-n4951511<![CDATA[What do fat, blue-haired tundra wookiess, women with weeners, and your grandma in her frog costume have in common? They are all Democrats, and they are nuttier than elephant patties. Forecast: gonzo, with a chance of explosive violence and/or a stupid costume.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin Downey Jr.]]>https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/04/06/despotic-neurotic-and-likely-psychotic-liberals-have-become-the-insane-clown-stasi-n4951523<![CDATA[Iranian leaders rejected a United States proposal for a long ceasefire delivered through Pakistani intermediaries on April 5.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/06/defiance-without-leverage-tehrans-fatal-miscalculation-n4951522<![CDATA[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth emphasized that the rescue of the stranded American who was&nbsp;shot down in Iran was not only a miracle, but one peculiarly mirroring the timeline of the Triduum and Easter.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:25:55 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/hegseth-rescued-americans-timeline-mirrored-christs-passion-and-resurrection-n4951520<![CDATA[The Trump administration is once again restoring sanity to government regulation and saving trillions of dollars by taking on one of the most preposterous&nbsp;of climate regulations.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:35:01 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[EPA]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/trump-ends-obama-climate-regs-and-finalizes-massive-deregulation-n4951518<![CDATA[I haven't been shy about the fact that I've been a Marco Rubio fan from day one, even before he was in the Senate. When he ran for president in 2016, he became the only candidate I'd ever donated to, and in 2024, when Donald Trump chose him to be his secretary of State, I was new here at PJ Media, but I had the honor of breaking that news, and I was so proud.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:54:53 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[El Salvador]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[USAID]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/06/rubios-greatest-hits-n4951513<![CDATA[You may recall a story published by The Blaze last December that accused a former Capitol police officer, now an employee of the CIA, of dropping the two pipe bombs found in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin Downey Jr.]]><![CDATA[CIA]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[January 6]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/04/06/the-j6-pipe-bomb-update-you-dont-want-to-miss-n4951507<![CDATA[As you, our PJ Media readers, know, President Donald Trump ordered Operation Epic Fury to strike Iranian military targets, sinking or damaging more than 50 Iranian vessels and hitting over 5,000 sites tied to missile and nuclear infrastructure.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:37:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/06/the-f-15-the-f-word-and-the-medias-double-standard-n4951517<![CDATA[President Donald Trump vowed to track down and hold accountable whomever in his administration leaked sensitive information about an F-15E flight crew downed by the terrorist Iranian regime and rescued at great risk.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:25:47 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/trump-slams-leaker-who-endangered-stranded-f-15e-crew-in-iran-n4951508<![CDATA[After an F-15E Weapons Systems Officer ejected injured over Iranian territory, the United States military and intelligence community moved Heaven and Earth to find him, rescue him, and return him safely home. &nbsp;While we might never know the exact figures, somewhere between 100-200 personnel were involved in the rescue, including perhaps two small Night Stalker helicopters, and two MC-130J Commando II Special Forces cargo planes that had to be destroyed on the ground.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:13:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[NATO]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/06/the-european-mind-cant-comprehend-why-were-such-bad-as-n4951501<![CDATA[As I’m writing this, I have the livestream of the Artemis II crew getting ready to swing around the far side of the moon on the TV next to my desk. The four astronauts aboard Integrity will have traveled further in space than any other human beings.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/04/06/flashback-the-new-york-times-actually-praised-soviet-diversity-propaganda-n4951509<![CDATA[Israeli forces chalked up multiple victories over Passover/Easter Monday in its joint operation with the USA against the terrorist Islamic regime of Iran.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/israel-hits-iranian-petrochemical-plant-multiple-irgc-jihadi-leaders-n4951506<![CDATA[A convicted child abuser caused a fatal crash that took the lives of two elderly Americans in Arkansas. Now Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is lobbying for custody of the criminal illegal alien.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:49:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Arkansas]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/ice-requests-custody-of-child-abuser-who-killed-elderly-couple-n4951503<![CDATA[When it comes to the Cuban regime, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made one thing clear lately: The people running the country are incompetent. "The only thing worse than a communist is an incompetent communist," he said recently.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/06/theyre-so-incompetent-they-cant-even-take-care-of-the-zoo-animals-n4951504<![CDATA[If you’re old enough to remember Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), you may remember in 2025 just how fast Musk and his small band of tech geniuses identified billions of some of the most insane examples of government waste, fraud, and corruption you can imagine. Some of the most questionable spending was in the area of science, and more specifically at the National Science Foundation (NSF). &nbsp;]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[DOGE]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/04/06/trump-proposes-massive-nih-and-nsa-budget-cuts-health-and-science-bureaucrats-hardest-hit-n4951505<![CDATA[Editor's note: This column contains embeds of a social media post with language that might offend some people. Then again, you probably knew it was coming when you clicked the link.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/04/06/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-f-bomb-unknot-your-panties-and-let-trump-be-trump-n4951502<![CDATA[In Pakistan and Nigeria, some Christians found their Easter turned into a day of mourning after jihadi attacks reportedly caused mass casualty events.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Nigeria]]><![CDATA[Pakistan]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/06/easter-terrorist-massacres-in-pakistan-and-nigeria-n4951499<![CDATA[Greetings and welcome to April 6, 2026. Today is National Tartan Day and National Student Athlete Day.]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[England]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/04/06/as-if-on-cue-a-new-royal-pr-crisis-involving-islam-n4951497<![CDATA[While American forces conducted an astonishing rescue of a downed Weapons Systems Officer, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) escalated the stakes against Iran's leadership yet again, going after the men in charge of Tehran's oppression and terror organizations.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/06/next-phase-begins-israel-decapitates-iranian-intelligence-n4951495