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Could federalizing D.C. be a turning point? On August 11, President Trump officially declared an emergency in the District of Columbia. Violent crime had reached such levels that he was compelled to utilize authorities granted to him under Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, which requires the D.C. Metropolitan Police to be put at the president’s […]
Center for Security Policy President & CEO, Lt. Col. Tommy Waller (USMC Ret.) joined four-time Emmy Award winning investigator Grant Stinchfield to commend Florida Senator Rick Scott’s recent filing of the “PROTECT the Grid” Act. The interview begins at 16:39. As Waller explains, the Preventing Remote Operations by Threatening Entities on Critical Technology for the Grid […]
On Independence Day, nearly a dozen black-garbed individuals, some equipped with body armor and firearms, allegedly orchestrated a premeditated ambush on law enforcement outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. According to the federal criminal complaint, the group began firing on the center with fireworks and spray-painting anti-ICE and pro-Antifa slogans on vehicles until […]
On May 27, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed groundbreaking state-level human smuggling legislation into law. Mass illegal immigration into our country during the Biden administration has turned every state into a border state. Increased supply of dangerous drugs such as fentanyl, combined with expanded human trafficking, have caused a severe strain on states and community resources. Hundreds […]
China is not a future threat. It is at war with us right now, and most Americans have no idea. In this urgent interview, Colonel Grant Newsham exposes how our own leaders, corporations, and military officials have empowered the Chinese Communist Party while turning a blind eye to the destruction of American communities, the deaths […]
Sometimes it’s worth thinking about why you think what you think. Take the Republic of China on Taiwan. Defending Taiwan is an article of faith in some quarters. Yet not everywhere. A year-and-a-half ago an Asia security expert advising the American military and reportedly now under consideration for a job in the Trump administration told […]
Ryan Hinton was an 18-year-old black man living in Cincinnati, Ohio. On May 1, 2025, he and three friends were pulled over by the police in a vehicle the police officers believed was stolen. The four youths took off running. The two police officers who had made the stop pursued on foot. Seconds later, Hinton […]
If you have spent time down range or in the field face to face with our nation’s adversaries, you know “the enemy gets a vote”. You can plan all you want. You can predict all you want. Ultimately, the enemy is under no compulsion to behave the way you want him to, or you think […]
SUMMARY After impeaching and removing Conservative President Yoon Seok Yeol, alongside years of efforts to suppress opposition and control key power structures in South Korea, hardcore leftists, centered around the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), are positioned to win next month’s presidential election. The leftist radicals aim to establish one-party rule, end the U.S.-South […]
America can learn from the Iberian Blackout the reality that green energy and one hundred percent renewable power are still subject to the laws of physics. Not even a week after media reports hailed the fact that “Spain hit the first weekday of one hundred percent renewable power on the national grid” the Spanish government declared a national […]
Years ago, in the Middle East, I attended a national day in a large hotel in the nation’s capital city. The room was filled with diplomats from all the embassies in town. As usual, a large proportion of those present were intelligence officers. I watched across the room as one of the junior CIA officers […]
USS Carl Vinson and USS Harry S. Truman represent two of the Navy’s top nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Hostilities in the Red Sea rage on, as U.S. forces and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue to exchange fire in the critical waterway. This week, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that Operation Rough Rider is ongoing and has relied […]
The Florida state legislature recently took a small, but important step to support first responders in the Sunshine State. A nagging problem that has impacted the first responder community has been the difficulty in recruiting and retaining support personnel, such as crime scene investigators and personnel responsible for processing evidence. There has been a great […]
Washington D.C. — The Center for Security Policy is pleased to announce publication of Modern Minutemen: Vital Considerations to Secure America’s States in the 21st Century. Authored by Kyle Shideler, the Center’s Director of the Center’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, Modern Minutemen charts the development of the country’s state-based military forces, from the historical militia structure […]
While Elon Musk focuses on Mars, the Pentagon sees his new Starship program as the key to literal global domination. And if “amateurs talk about strategy, but experts think about logistics”, SpaceX has created exactly what’s needed. How is Starship Different? Starship is unlike any rocket before. It’s 100% reusable. It lifts 100 tons, and […]