Trump Mulls Raising the Stakes to Force Iranian Capitulation

New Arizona Law Targets Demand Behind Prostitution, Sex Trafficking Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times, Arizona has enacted a law that increases penalties for people who buy or attempt to buy sex, and directs new funding to services for victims of sex trafficking. Under the law, paying, agreeing to pay, or offering to pay for sexual conduct is now a felony offense and carries mandatory jail time. Offenders must also pay a $200 assessment, with all proceeds dedicated to programs that assist trafficking survivors. A first offense can result in up...

"It's Our Nature": Colorado Doubles Down On New Assaults On The First Amendment Authored by Jonathan Turley, Colorado’s tourism slogan, “it’s our nature,” has a menacing meaning for free speech advocates. Colorado is now arguably the most anti-free speech state in the union, pushing an array of measures attacking those with opposing social and political views. The irony is that the state has proved a bonanza for free speech with spectacular legal failures that reaffirmed rather than restricted the First Amendment. Now, the Democratic legislature and governor are back with new...

Bus-Bomb Plot By Marxist 'Mad Max' Foiled Ahead Of Trump-Backed Colombian President's Inauguration Less than a week after Colombian authorities blamed a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group for detonating a truck bomb outside police headquarters in the border city of Cúcuta, injuring 11 officers, security forces intercepted a bus carrying a massive bomb. The local outlet Blu Radio reported that an intelligence operation by the National Police thwarted a "terrorist attack" when authorities intercepted a bus carrying 1,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate in Santander de Quilichao, about 30 miles from Cali. President-elect Abelardo de...