Sometimes it’s hard to know if a reporter’s question comes from an antagonist lamely trying to expose supposed hypocrisy in President Donald Trump or from a sycophant teeing up a softball for him to knock out of the park. At his White House Cabinet meeting on March 26, Trump was asked why he voted by […]
A little over a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the economy is strong. Core inflation is down to the lowest point in years, and real earnings for the private sector are up: far outpacing inflation and putting money back in American workers’ pockets. Despite these wins, healthcare costs remain a significant concern for […]
The Democratic Party’s shutdown of the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security is now the second-longest funding gap in history. It’s delaying paychecks for millions of federal workers until there’s a resolution to the impasse, with congressional Democrats clamoring for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation tactics, meeting resistance from President Donald Trump […]
BLUFFTON, Ind. — There are no hotels in Bluffton, population 10,308. So ahead of my visit, I wrote to Kathy Gardner, proprietress of the Washington Street Inn bed & breakfast, requesting a room for two nights. “I’m so sorry,” Kathy wrote back, “but I am in the midst of shutting down.” I settle for an […]
Generals always prepare to fight the last war. So do armchair generals. Most commentators on the American-Israeli war with Iran see the conflict through the prism of the War on Terror. We are told that the war is “neoconservative,” but also that it is the end of neoconservatism. We are told that this is Israel’s […]
One of the big cultural differences between Britain and the United States, alike in so many other ways, concerns the public status of religion. “I think I can see the whole destiny of America contained in the first Puritan who landed on those shores,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835. Protestantism is by its nature […]
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to back the idea of sending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to polling places. “Why is there an objection to sending ICE to polling stations?” Blanche said Thursday during a conversation at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Illegals can’t vote. It doesn’t make any sense.” There is...
The ball is in the House's court on ending the 42-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the Senate in the wee hours of Friday morning agreed to a proposal that funds all but two immigration agencies. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has a tricky task ahead in quickly moving forward the Senate...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] If you’d like to understand the special kind of political dysfunction that paralyzes American politics, just consider two numbers: 16...
For long-time residents of Florida, who enjoy the state’s low taxes, safe streets and sensible pro-business policies, the recent special election was their worst nightmare come true.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Friday that attacks against Iran will “escalate and expand,” a day after President Trump extended a pause on U.S. strikes against the Middle East nation's energy infrastructure. Katz, in a statement obtained by The Associated Press, said he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “warned the Iranian terrorist regime...
