Bryan Chai

2 days ago | westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai

If a shocking Washington Post report is to be believed, President Donald Trump appears to have singlehandedly changed the course of recent American history — at least with regards to one very specific aspect. According to the Post, for the first time in 50 years, America is poised to lose more immigrants than it gains in 2025. And, according to hand-wringing researchers, it’s all due to Trump’s policy-making.

2 days ago | westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai

Is President Donald Trump the father figure that the perpetually quarreling Iranians and Israelis need? At least one top North Atlantic Treaty Organization figure apparently thinks so — even bizarrely referring to the U.S. president as “daddy” as part of an analogy describing Trump’s role in deescalating the Middle Eastern conflict. Seriously.

2 days ago | westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai

Given her ubiquity and worldwide fame, you’d think that any association with pop czarina Taylor Swift would generally be a popular or well-received one. (Disgruntled NFL fans notwithstanding.)Democrat-run Rhode Island is learning — in real-time — that that’s simply not the case. Especially when Swift’s name is being unofficially plastered on a deeply unpopular tax increase that would hit homeowners who are not year-round occupants of their Rhode Island home.

2 days ago | westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai

As the dust began to settle from President Donald Trump’s monumental decision to bomb several Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, the steep divide in his base appears to have largely dissipated. The pro-Israel and anti-foreign war wings of the MAGA base had been at each other’s throats over how the president could best handle this situation. Isolationists prefer Trump focus on American issues first and foremost while staying out of foreign blood feuds.

2 days ago | westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai

One of the more polarizing lawmakers on Capitol Hill had grand plans for the House Oversight Committee. Alas, Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett appears to have given up on those aspirations — at least for now. In a humbling admission of defeat, the normally outspoken and antagonistic lawmaker admitted that her brand of “leadership” was not what the Oversight Committee was looking for.