Benjamin Walton

Benjamin is a conservative political author writing on American current events. Their work spans elections, courts, media influence, and foreign affairs. The emphasis is on how power is exercised and justified.

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Former Air Force officer set to testify on UFOs died of accidental overdose, not suicide, medical examiner found

A former Air Force intelligence officer who had agreed to testify before Congress about alleged secret government UFO programs died in May 2024 from an…
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D.C. Circuit judges appointed by Democrats strike down Trump asylum restrictions in split ruling

Two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit have struck down President Donald Trump's border restrictions against asylum seekers…
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Virginia circuit court blocks certification of redistricting referendum, declaring vote unconstitutional

A Virginia circuit court judge blocked certification of the state's redistricting referendum on Wednesday, ruling that both the vote and the underlying amendment process were…
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Shooter who killed Canadian tourist and wounded 13 at Mexico's Pyramid of the Moon identified as Julio Cesar Jasso

A 27-year-old gunman climbed halfway up a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid at one of Mexico's most famous archaeological sites Monday morning, took tourists hostage, and opened…
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New Hampshire campus carry bill clears House, heads to Senate over left's objections

The New Hampshire House passed a bill that would bar the state's public colleges and universities from restricting firearms on campus, sending the measure to…
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Pennsylvania man facing nearly 500 charges after more than 100 sets of human remains found in his home

A 34-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of stealing more than 100 sets of human remains from a historic cemetery appeared in Delaware County court Friday, where…
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Live Nation and Ticketmaster found liable in landmark federal antitrust verdict

A New York federal jury found Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary liable Wednesday for illegally monopolizing the concert ticket market, a verdict that caps…
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Justice Jackson lectures on 'judicial restraint' while the court she sits on cleans up lower-court overreach

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used a Yale Law School lecture this week to warn that the high court's emergency rulings are having a…
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NYPD detectives placed on modified duty after video shows violent arrest of wrong man in Brooklyn liquor store

Two NYPD narcotics detectives lost their guns and shields this week after a bystander's cellphone video captured them punching, kicking, and dragging a man inside…
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Sen. Schmitt demands House impeach Judge Boasberg after appeals court rebukes contempt probe

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., called on the House of Representatives Tuesday to impeach Chief Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court shut down the…
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