https://pjmedia.com/obama-still-an-enigma/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-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 01:03:50 -0400<![CDATA[Chelsea Bink thought she was buying a subscription. The lawsuit says she was also feeding a pricing machine. From the Independent:]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Washington Post]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/11/the-washington-posts-credibility-crisis-hits-the-checkout-page-n4953888<![CDATA[President Donald Trump didn't need a long speech to identify the problem. Sitting in the Oval Office, he named Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) as two Republicans who still find ways to make Democratic priorities easier and Trump's agenda harder.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Bill Cassidy]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Lisa Murkowski]]><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]><![CDATA[Thom Tillis]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/11/mcconnell-and-murkowski-remind-trump-what-hes-up-against-n4953886<![CDATA[Federal authorities have identified over 15,000 individuals who sponsored three or more unaccompanied and unrelated minors in what could be a major child trafficking exposé.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:40:21 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Border Security]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Markwayne Mullin]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/traffickers-feds-identify-15500-sponsors-of-multiple-unaccompanied-kids-each-n4953878<![CDATA[The American Made Foundation and American Made Action announced this week that they are expanding their advocacy efforts to include adult guardianship and adult protective services systems, an area they say has received far less public attention than child welfare and family court proceedings despite growing concerns from families across the country.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:20:44 -0400<![CDATA[Maureen Steele]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://pjmedia.com/maureen-steele/2026/06/11/american-made-expands-focus-to-adult-guardianship-and-protective-services-reform-n4953851<![CDATA[A fisherman walked into the Oval Office this week and thanked President Donald Trump for something Washington rarely gives working people: room to work. American fishermen weren't asking for another study or speech; they wanted access to American waters without being treated like enemies of the ocean.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/11/trump-cuts-the-net-biden-threw-over-us-fishermen-n4953884<![CDATA[Senator John Cornyn of Texas has been sent packing by his constituents after almost a quarter century in Washington. Cornyn is one of those old guard Establishment Republicans who portrays himself as gentlemanly and always above-the-fray in a bitterly divided political climate — sort of like Mitt Romney without the zillion grandchildren. Because of that, there was a lot of hope that he wouldn't be petulant in defeat. When he was gracious the night he was soundly defeated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the GOP primary runoff, I had hope that Cornyn was going to be the decent guy that all of his die-hard supporters kept saying that he was.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]><![CDATA[John Cornyn]]><![CDATA[Ken Paxton]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/06/11/so-much-for-hoping-cornyn-wouldnt-be-a-crybaby-on-his-way-out-n4953876<![CDATA[A college volleyball player says her coach promised her that her new university would be giving her a full-ride scholarship. At the end of the year, she said, she found herself saddled with bills, while her coach was uninterested in helping her but enthusiastically promoting a biological male teammate.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:15:06 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]><![CDATA[Women's Sports]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/female-college-athlete-says-she-lost-scholarship-as-coach-prioritized-trans-player-n4953879<![CDATA[Keir Starmer lost two defense officials in one day, and both men left over the same basic charge: Britain's defense plans don't match the danger in front of it. John Healey, the UK defense secretary, resigned today. Al Carns, the minister for the armed forces, followed him out the door hours later.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/11/starmer-heads-to-nato-weaker-than-ever-n4953881<![CDATA[On Wednesday’s episode of The Five, leftist Jessica Tarlov made an argument about the Maine Senate race that was supposed to make Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) look bad. Instead, Greg Gutfeld used it to humiliate her for making such a ridiculous argument to justify supporting a Nazi-sympathizing domestic abuser with a portapotty fetish.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/11/i-cant-believe-jessica-tarlov-posted-this-clip-of-greg-gutfeld-humiliating-her-n4953877<![CDATA[C.S. Lewis is the most effective Christian apologist in the modern era, and by that I mean the last 200 years or so. Perhaps his most effective work is The Screwtape Letters,&nbsp;which was written from the perspective of an imaginary demon (Screwtape) instructing his nephew (Wormwood) on how to seal the eternal fate of his “patient.” Lewis found no joy in writing it. He confessed, “The world into which I had to project myself while I spoke through Screwtape was all dust, grit, thirst, and itch. Every trace of beauty, freshness, and geniality had to be excluded. It almost smothered me before it was done.”]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:09:04 -0400<![CDATA[David Churchill Barrow]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Education]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-barrow/2026/06/11/cs-lewis-warned-us-that-dark-forces-would-distort-the-meaning-of-democracy-and-equality-n4953872<![CDATA["We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran," President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office with typical bombast on Thursday, "and we're going to be subject to finalization of documents."]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/11/trump-we-just-made-a-great-settlement-of-the-war-with-iran-n4953874<![CDATA[I have to admit that if it weren’t for my Captain Crumb Cruncher, I’d never have known who Ms. Rachel was. Sadly, I do. I’ve spent more than my share of time, while filling in for his parents, watching her alongside the captain during those moments when I needed a break, and only her squealy, hypnotic videos would do.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:36:35 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[PBS]]><![CDATA[YouTube]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/06/11/kids-youtuber-ms-rachel-goes-from-activist-to-agitator-outside-of-the-dhss-delaney-hall-n4953873<![CDATA[Two days ago, the foreign minister of Iran once again issued a series of threats against the United States, framing diplomacy as merely a tool for forcing the United States out of the area and proudly declaring that America would not be safe so long as its&nbsp;troops were within reach of the Iranian regime.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/iranian-minister-threatened-us-framed-diplomacy-as-mere-tactic-to-defeat-trump-n4953870<![CDATA[I wanted to wait until this morning to write the daily email, as things have been changing so quickly in the last 36 hours. Here is a brief update of a timeline of the last 36 hours:]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Houthis]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/06/11/rabbi-michael-barclays-iran-war-updates-for-june-11-n4953871<![CDATA[Iran "should have made a deal," conservative radio superstar Dana Loesch quipped on Thursday, reacting to President Donald Trump's threat that U.S. forces "will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure" in the near future.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:35:49 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/11/they-should-have-made-a-deal-trump-to-seize-irans-oil-infrastructure-n4953860<![CDATA[An entire series of college baseball has come and gone, and it’s now down to eight teams: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas, Troy, and West Virginia. The College World Series starts Friday in Omaha, Neb., and here are some of the main storylines to watch out for.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[Mississippi]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[West Virginia]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/06/11/eight-teams-one-omaha-dream-its-the-college-world-series-baby-n4953863<![CDATA[A hazmat incident put the Pentagon on lockdown Thursday morning as officials said they are still searching for the source of the potentially deadly problem.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/pentagon-on-lockdown-amid-hazmat-incident-n4953861<![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV is a thoughtful man. His recently released first encyclical, a 44,000-word document titled Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), shows a surprising depth of understanding of man, technology, and our fraught relationship with modern tech.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:46:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV]]><![CDATA[Vatican]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/11/maintaining-our-humanity-in-the-age-of-ai-n4953854<![CDATA[In George Orwell's 1984, Great Britain was just a province of Oceania named "Airstrip One" as a none-too-subtle nod to the U.K.'s role as host to the heavy bombers of U.S. Eighth Air Force during World War II.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Big Tech]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/11/britain-goes-full-airstrip-one-n4953857<![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld walked out of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday after watching the Knicks in the NBA Finals and may have triggered the left more than Donald Trump’s attendance Monday night.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/11/jerry-seinfeld-just-triggered-the-left-with-three-words-n4953859