A grand jury has decided not to prosecute a Texas mother after she killed a 14-year-old boy who was invading her home. The grand jury in Tarrant County did not find enough evidence to charge Aleah Wallace, a mother of four girls. As such, the jury opted to no-bill her, four months after the shooting Wallace was involved in.  “I feel great that they were able to see it through my eyes,” Wallace said after the grand jury’s decision. The December shooting occurred when Devin Baker, 14, tried to break through the window of Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter’s room. Wallace has since given her cond ..read more

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has defended her decision to kill her dog Cricket, which has caused major controversy ahead of the release of her new book. Noem’s new book includes a story of how she put down her 14-month-old puppy due to the dog killing a local family’s chickens after a pheasant hunting trip and biting her when she tried to stop it. The South Dakota governor explained on social media that the book that details this story is filled with “many honest stories of my life,” including the good and bad days she has experienced and the lessons she has learned from them. “The fact is, South D ..read more

Washington Examiner defense reporter Mike Brest joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the Ukraine aid package finally passed and signed into law, what it could mean for the Ukrainians, and where things currently stand on the battlefield. They also discuss if there would be some cooling of the tension between the U.S. and Israel regarding the war in Gaza, and the latest on the Israel-Iran issue ..read more

Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) met privately in Florida on Sunday morning. The meeting between the two Republican leaders, which the Washington Examiner independently confirmed, came after months of hostile tensions. Trump and DeSantis, once allies, came to blows in the months leading up to the first 2024 Republican primary elections. Sunday’s gathering, it appeared, was a way to settle differences and work together. That was the motivation of the people who brokered the meeting, which ended up being positive, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar wit ..read more

Actress Candace Cameron Bure came away from the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV with advice for wannabe child stars. The documentary discusses instances of an inappropriate workplace within Nikelodeon Studios. Actor Drake Bell revealed himself to be the once-anonymous minor behind a criminal case against Nickelodeon acting coach Brian Peck. Bell alleged he was repeatedly and violently assaulted by Peck, who was ultimately convicted in 2004. Meanwhile, Bure played D.J. Tanner on the ’80s sitcom Full House and reported she never had the same experience in an intervie ..read more

Eric Trump praised his wife, Lara Trump, for her recent work on the Republican National Committee, arguing that she has made it “an incredible organization.” Lara Trump, the co-chairwoman of the RNC, has made election integrity a major focus in her position with the committee, with her husband saying that this topic is “everything” to her. He added that she made an appearance at Saturday’s White House correspondent’s dinner, during which a couple of jokes were made about her. “The last time they did that was when Obama hit my father onstage, and then he went to win the White House,” Eric Trump ..read more

A new poll shows former President Donald Trump with a significant lead over President Joe Biden ahead of their likely November matchup. In the CNN survey that considers only the two candidates, Trump is polling at 49%, while Biden is trailing at 43%. When including independent candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein, and Cornel West, Trump’s lead jumps: 42% for Trump, 33% for Biden, 16% for Kennedy, 4% for West, and 3% for Stein.  CNN POLL: — President Trump leads Biden 49% to 43% in a two-way race. — President Trump leads Biden 42% to 33% including third party candidate ..read more

Children are more anxious than ever, and birthrates are lower than ever. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has a new book out that overlaps with my new book about parenting, culture, low birthrates, and the epidemic of childhood anxiety. Haidt has a ton of critics, which is to say that a ton of commentators are arguing that smartphones and social media such as TikTok are harmless for children. At the Daily Beast, editor Mike Masnick makes just that argument, with some telling details. The first thing you’ll notice about this TikTok-for-Teens defender is that he attacks parents. “The Coddling of the ..read more

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) expressed concern about young voter’s enthusiasm for President Joe Biden going into the 2024 general election.  On CBS News’s Face the Nation, Lee said she is not seeing as much enthusiasm from young voters about Biden as in 2020 due to Biden’s policies toward Israel. Lee recently visited the University of Pittsburgh in her district to join student protests that are calling for the university to divest from Israel in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.  “To be honest, you know, we don’t,” Lee said when asked if she sees enthusiasm from students about voting ..read more

As the Supreme Court’s most renowned originalist-textualist member, Justice Clarence Thomas has a chance in the case of Trump v. United States to definitively refute the liberal media’s claim that the court is just another realm of tawdry politics. The unfair media narrative is that at least five of the six Republican appointees on the court are virtually puppets of shadowy right-wing overlords, hellbent on reaching results that will advance corrupt or extremist right-wing political interests. The media’s vindictive myth about Thomas, in particular, is that not only is he dishonestly beholden ..read more