Every small town has a meeting room with a large table, folding chairs, and a microphone that cuts out if somebody leans too hard on the podium. Whenever a serious speaker steps up, people straighten in their chairs, not because of hype or applause, but because the voice is prepared: calm, grounded, and capable […]

Top O’ the Briefing Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. (In preparation for a whirlwind book tour, the Sine Qua Non Sequitur is earning an advanced certificate in Whiskey-Inspired Lederhosen Design.) President Trump has Greenland fever and, I’m not gonna lie, I think it’s contagious. It is for […]

Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old when a man pressed a knife to her throat and abducted her from her bedroom in Salt Lake City. More than two decades later, she recounts those nine months in captivity in a new Netflix documentary that premiered Wednesday. “Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart,” directed by Benedict Sanderson, features Ms. Smart […]

For the first time in more than 150 years, the second family is growing. On Tuesday afternoon, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance announced that she is pregnant with her fourth child, a boy, due at the end of July. The Vances referred to this pregnancy as “this exciting and hectic time” […]

Tabbed around and fell in love … 🚨TRUMP: “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire arctic region.” pic.twitter.com/xkIdncUQIV — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 21, 2026 […]