Soon after beginning his second term, President Donald Trump rightly focused on a serious problem with infant formula by launching Operation Stork Speed. It’s aimed at expanding access to safe, reliable, and nutritious formula for American families, a problem that became very serious during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also fits neatly within a broader Trump […]
President Donald Trump’s pivot away from the green energy agenda of former President Joe Biden toward a renewed embrace of oil, natural gas, and coal is strengthening the United States. Energy abundance makes America stronger, both economically and politically. A tentative de-escalation appears to be taking place with respect to the Iran war. According to the president, negotiations are underway to resolve […]
President Donald Trump’s five-day extension to his ultimatum has delayed the decision point. It does not resolve the underlying constraint. The Strait of Hormuz will reopen, even if not on Washington’s timeline. If negotiations fail, as they are likely to, the United States will force the strait open: through naval escort under fire, direct strikes, […]
In his second term, President Donald Trump’s reembrace of an old American axiom, “industrial capacity equals strategic power,” has secured over $5 trillion in reshored investment commitments from over 100 major companies. Some of it is new tech: Apple is reshoring iPhone supply chains and Silicon Valley is building new data centers all around the country. Some of it […]
Iran launched a new wave of strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf States late Monday, just hours after President Trump said negotiations were underway to end the conflict. The attacks continued into Tuesday morning, with The Associated Press reporting that a missile with a 220-pound warhead slammed into a street in the center of Tel...
President Trump is set to swear in his new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), on Tuesday, as a deal to fund the department is taking shape. Worsening airport security lines and flight delays have turned up the pressure on Capitol Hill to end the partial government shutdown. Immigration and Customs...
First lady Melania Trump will deliver remarks Tuesday morning at a global summit as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative — which focuses on ways "to address challenges children face in the digital era." During the event, Trump will welcome a group of first spouses from 45 nations, senior Trump administration officials, "select...
The Trump administration announced on Monday two new civil rights investigations into Harvard, ramping up its latest attacks against the country’s oldest and richest university. The Education Department said it is investigating Title VI violations, alleging Harvard has used affirmative action in admissions despite a ban on the practice by the Supreme Court in 2023. ...
A year ago, Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene were undeniably a core part of the MAGA movement that supported President Trump and helped propel him back into power. Now, they’re either on the outs, or actively challenging Trump’s biggest policy moves. Kent, who first came to prominence for primarying a Republican who voted to impeach Trump after...
(NEXSTAR) – What is the ideal place to live in the United States? A new study claims to have the answer. On Monday, education research platform Niche.com released the findings of its annual "Best Places to Live in America" ranking, which identifies those coveted communities using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, Bureau of Labor,...
Lawmakers in both parties to do the right thing by paying TSA officers, rather than play politics with the safety and security of the nation’s air system and the 2.5 million passengers that fly on average every day.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that long lines at airport security checkpoints caused by the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown delayed investigators arriving at the scene of a deadly collision between a jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia International Airport. An air traffic control specialist was stuck...
