In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. FAYETTE CITY, Pennsylvania — “I grew up here,” says Don, a […]
With the next TikTok sale deadline approaching, the Chinese spyware app is promoting pro-assassination content in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk‘s murder. President Donald Trump has both a moral and a constitutional duty to shut the app down. TikTok’s newest sale-by date is Wednesday, which is the result of Trump extending the deadline three previous […]
One might expect the Left, which so often brands itself as the champion of love and tolerance, to extend sympathy and solidarity even toward those with whom it disagrees after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Yet recent events reveal that this claim rings hollow. An adjunct professor at New York University wrote that “MAGAS” are […]
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, stepped in where county prosecutor Steve Descano, a George Soros-funded Democrat, refused to, and helped shut down the brothel a few yards from a school bus stop in a residential neighborhood — and Miyares relied on the Washington Examiner’s reporting to do so. Miyares […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said he was “erasing evil” by painting over anti-Charlie Kirk graffiti on a highway in his state. “Some deranged bastard put this graffiti on the 59 freeway in Houston. TXDOT has been notified & I’m sure sure they will remove it expeditiously,” Cruz said in a post on the...
Americans largely agree political violence is never justified, but a new poll shows liberals are more likely than conservatives to say violence can be warranted in order to achieve political goals. In the YouGov survey conducted in the immediate aftermath of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 72 percent of Americans said violence...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped five new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) outside vaccine advisory panel, just days ahead of its next meeting. Kennedy in May fired every member of the panel and handpicked their replacements, most of whom have criticized coronavirus vaccines and...
President Trump on Monday established the Memphis Safe Task Force in order to replicate in the Tennessee city the recent federal law enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C. “This task force will be a replica of our extraordinary successful efforts here and you’ll see it’s a lot of the same thing,” Trump said about D.C., flanked...
FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take heat from the right and the left in back-to-back appearances before Congress amid heightened scrutiny of his performance leading one of the nation’s top investigative agencies. Patel is set to appear before the Senate and House Judiciary committees starting Tuesday, just days after the FBI response to...
Anthropic's CEO voiced concerns Monday about the Trump administration’s approach to export restrictions on advanced AI chips, advocating for stricter controls as the company makes its presence known in Washington. The AI firm’s outspoken chief executive, Dario Amodei, warned that some government officials are “doing the wrong things on chip export controls,” underscoring national security...
Spencer Cox led National Governors Association effort to reduce political polarization before Charlie Kirk's campus murder brought renewed focus to civility campaign.
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum establishing the Memphis, Tennessee, Safe Task Force, involving federal agencies like the FBI, National Guard and Drug Enforcement Administration.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, developed a "leftist ideology" despite his conservative family background in Washington County.
The U.S. military struck drug trafficking cartels from Venezuela while they transported narcotics in international waters, eliminating 3 confirmed terrorists, President Trump said.
