https://pjmedia.com/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-usWed, 02 Sep 2026 22:05:22 -0400<![CDATA[Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan on June 29, 2009. The military launched a major search; several service members were injured during those operations, and Bergdahl ended up in the hands of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network for nearly five years.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/09/02/bowe-bergdahl-was-spared-prison-then-a-judge-tried-to-erase-even-that-n4956839<![CDATA[What do you think was the final straw?]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[FBI]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/09/02/one-question-that-most-americans-have-been-wondering-about-eric-swalwell-is-now-answered-n4956809<![CDATA[We have the Gulf of America and Lake America now, and President Donald Trump isn’t finished. Late Wednesday morning, he wrote:]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/09/02/are-you-ready-for-the-trump-strait-n4956834<![CDATA[The Canadian government ignored all the red flags about a man who is related to a top Iranian leader and had developed weapons for Iranian terrorists, awarding him lucrative contracts. Western politicians are suicidal.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:10:41 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Canada]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/02/canada-gave-contracts-to-iranian-ex-vice-presidents-jihad-engineer-son-n4956832<![CDATA[President Donald Trump will not say one way or the other whether he is considering sending weapons to Persian protesters within Iran, but he did express strong admiration for them and disgust at the regime that keeps massacring its own people while bombing Americans and other foreigners.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Peter Doocy]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/02/trump-wont-say-if-hes-willing-to-arm-persians-but-praises-their-courage-n4956829<![CDATA[On September 2, 1945, one of the most murderous regimes of the 20th century officially surrendered to the Allies on an American battleship, finally ending World War II.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:25:27 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Japan]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/02/america-250-genocidal-imperial-japan-surrenders-on-the-uss-missouri-n4956827<![CDATA[“Why didn’t the cops shoot her in the leg? Or shoot the knives out of her hand? Why did they have to kill her?”]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:45:13 -0400<![CDATA[Jack Dunphy]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]>https://pjmedia.com/jack-dunphy/2026/09/02/the-keyboard-kops-weigh-in-n4956836<![CDATA[Well, what do you know? A prime minister who falsely accuses the United States of violating international law and Israel of committing genocide can't be trusted when it comes to speaking to his own people about an ongoing national crisis that a majority feel he hasn't done enough to rectify.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:35:09 -0400<![CDATA[Aaron Hanscom]]><![CDATA[Border Security]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Spain]]>https://pjmedia.com/aaron-hanscom/2026/09/02/sanchez-blamed-israel-for-the-ceuta-crisis-then-came-a-bombshell-police-report-n4956820<![CDATA[America has gone crazy, and the only beneficiaries will be the Communists in Beijing, who are feeding the frenzy like an arsonist carefully feeds a fire to turn a tiny campfire into a raging wildfire.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:56:38 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]><![CDATA[Data Centers]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/02/the-backlash-against-the-data-center-backlash-has-begun-n4956821<![CDATA[A while back, I got curious about how different AI models “think,” so I ran a small experiment. At the time, I was using ChatGPT to research and brainstorm. I asked it to tell the classic story of The Little Red Hen&nbsp;in the voices of three popular American AIs. The results were interesting, and surprisingly different in tone.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jamie K. Wilson]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Data Centers]]>https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2026/09/02/the-little-red-hen-why-the-datacenter-fight-is-a-culture-fight-n4956830<![CDATA[If you heard any collective screaming from the left on Wednesday, this is probably why. The U.S. Mint rolled out a commemorative dollar coin with President Donald Trump’s face on it to mark America's 250th birthday.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/02/this-is-the-reason-leftists-are-screaming-right-now-n4956824<![CDATA[Five violent gang members were removed from the United States last week. DHS identified them as members of MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, the 18th Street gang, and the Latin Kings.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[MS-13]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/09/02/the-ice-deportations-the-media-would-rather-you-never-hear-about-n4956819<![CDATA[Israel and Greece have signed a mutual defense agreement that will exceed 3 billion euros, under which Israel will establish a multi-layered defense system in Greece, including an architecture of Israeli systems. The program, called “Achilles Shield” in Greece, is one of the largest defense deals in the country's history, and the first time the Defense Ministry will supply a complete defense system against a wide range of threats.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/09/02/new-allies-and-fights-renewed-n4956772<![CDATA[It’s the single most hackneyed, overused cliché in political propaganda: war.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Canada]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Mark Carney]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Trade]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/09/02/canadas-best-game-isnt-hockey-its-hypocrisy-n4956818<![CDATA["I don’t think I have EVER seen numbers like these before," exclaims veteran political analyst Chris Cillizza on his So What Substack. Cillizza was shocked by a recent&nbsp;New York Times/Sienna poll&nbsp;that showed Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman's approval numbers were upside down.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[John Fetterman]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/02/john-fetterman-could-win-another-term-in-the-senate-as-long-as-he-can-win-the-democratic-primary-n4956815<![CDATA[Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has become infamous for his pro-Hamas rioting, but only slightly less heroic in the deranged lefty mind is fellow Columbia student and “Palestinian” activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who is also in the midst of a deportation fight. And despite the left’s narrative of Mahdawi as a peacemaker, he has called for antisemitic genocide and participated in violent anti-Israel protests here.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Columbia University]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Palestinians]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/02/annihilate-the-jews-the-columbia-student-the-left-loves-n4956813<![CDATA[In late July, on a Wednesday night, outside Casa Presidencial, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele honored several hundred of his country's most precious resource: its people. He awarded them a Medalla al Mérito&nbsp;(Medal of Merit) for their work in Venezuela following the double earthquakes that devastated the country in late June.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Colombia]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[El Salvador]]><![CDATA[Nayib Bukele]]><![CDATA[Venezuela]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/09/02/bukeles-third-term-el-salvadors-gamble-on-continuity-requires-some-important-context-n4955097<![CDATA[Not long ago, I wrote on&nbsp;Siege Warfare in the Modern Middle East, and yes, it was a VIP article. If you haven't joined PJ Media VIP, then now would be an excellent time.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Charlie Martin]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Scott Bessent]]>https://pjmedia.com/charlie-martin/2026/09/02/the-siege-is-on-all-thats-left-is-the-waiting-n4956814<![CDATA[SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk spoke some harsh truths to EU leaders at a G20 conference in North Carolina on Tuesday — and a reminder to Americans about where the future lies.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Data Centers]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/09/02/musk-the-future-is-power-chips-and-data-centers-n4956807<![CDATA[College football is back this weekend, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, I know some teams played last weekend, including a North Carolina-Texas Christian matchup in Dublin, but I think that the whole “Week 0” nonsense is silly.]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Indiana]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/09/02/college-football-preview-which-teams-do-fans-consider-the-most-overrated-n4956810