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Martial law is proposed to be extended for another 90 days starting Nov. 5, until Feb. 3, 2026. The draft bills have been submitted to the parliamentary committee on national security for review.

The current political climate in the United States has raised serious concerns regarding the potential overreach of executive power. At times, these methods have been reminiscent of historical ...

However you slice it, President Trump has implemented de facto martial law in the District of Columbia. He declared an emergency, seized control of the 3,100-member Metropolitan Police Department, ...

Let’s not mince words: every American should be alarmed by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tactics, theatrics and threats. What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our ...

On this Fourth of July, with federal troops still on the ground in Los Angeles, our own American Revolution provides a surprising lesson on the perils of military overreach in domestic affairs.

In Trump’s America, the bar for martial law is no longer constitutional—it’s personal. Indeed, if ever we needed proof that Donald Trump was an operative for the Deep State, this is it. Despite what ...

It’s been a significant week for civil-military relations. Since immigration protests started in Los Angeles on June 6, about 4,000 federalized California National Guardsmen and 700 Marines have been ...

Soon after the protest started, troops rolled in. They used tear gas and uses of force to silence the growing crowd. Within days the streets were quieter, but the troops remained, imbued by the ...

We are being frog-marched into tyranny at the end of a loaded gun. Or rather, hundreds of thousands of loaded guns. Let’s not mince words: President Trump’s April 28 executive order is the oldest ...