Democrats won nearly all of last November’s off-year elections by successfully weaponizing the term “affordability.” Inflation is down from Biden-era levels, but it is still too high. The middle class has been hit especially hard by the price of necessities such as utilities and groceries, and leftists, including avowed Marxist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, have […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is going to run for president in 2028. He is trying to run a two-faced campaign where he portrays himself as the obnoxious leftwing agitator to Democrats and the sensible, cordial, moderate voice to everyone else. Newsom was confronted by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro about his press office calling the Immigration […]
Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a “critical foundation of our Nation’s liberty,” and “essential to our well-being.” And yet today, on Religious Freedom Day, this inalienable right is on shaky ground. The […]
In the predawn hours of Jan. 10, the Beth Israel synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, went up in flames. Not long after the incident, 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman was arrested and charged with the crime. Why would a promising, young college baseball player allegedly ruin his life and light a house of worship on fire? According to the […]
President Donald Trump dishonors the United States and Denmark, one of America’s most loyal allies, with his threats that the Danish territory of Greenland must be transferred to American ownership. Denmark deserves better. So do Americans. After all, Trump says that the U.S. needs Greenland to prevent the Russian and Chinese domination of, and military […]
The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last year on all five counts he faced following a trial where he mounted his own defense. Federal prosecutors wrote in court filings...
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) urged those demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota to not let anger win out in response to reports of protesters throwing projectiles at police. “Do not let your anger get the best of you,” Omar said in an interview with NewsNation's Mills Hayes on Friday. “We are...
President Trump will announce a proposal next week to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home as part of his housing affordability push, one of his top economic advisers said Friday. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Trump will unveil the plan at the upcoming...
The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in default. The department said it will temporarily delay wage garnishment for those who haven't paid toward their loans in more than nine months as new student loans reforms are implemented this year. It previously...
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday called for warmer diplomatic relations with the U.S. and advocated for opening her country's oil industry to foreign investors in the wake of President Trump's decision to take control of Venezuela's oil. "Let us not be afraid of diplomacy," Rodríguez said in her first state of the union...
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Friday Americans would be hurt by a trade deal between China and Canada as foreign nations seek new trade partners amid the Trump administration’s tariff wars. “We just got absolutely rolled in this Canada - China deal. A stark foreign policy failure with domestic economic consequences,” Schatz wrote in a...
A third offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was allowed to resume construction Friday, dealing yet another blow to the administration’s anti-wind efforts. Federal Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden in Virginia, allowed the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project to temporarily keep building. Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday...
A Liberian national who was arrested by federal immigration officers in Minnesota last weekend after they used a battering ram to break down his door was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours, according to his attorney, who spoke with The Associated Press. A...
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cellphones online at a location during a specific time window. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a defendant’s appeal that argues such warrants violate his Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches. The case will potentially be...
