When a member of Congress announces “resignation effective immediately,” Americans should hear the quiet click of an escape hatch locking behind them. That is exactly what Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) did this week. Gonzales first framed his exit as a dignified “retirement,” but facing mounting pressure, he reversed course in […]
Texans love to say, “As Texas goes, so goes America.” I would argue that what happens in Texas affects the world. In many ways, that has been true in the fight for religious liberty for the last 70 years. A new battle over religious liberty is brewing in the race to represent Texas in the […]
People often ask why I am running for Congress. My answer is simple: I am running because I love America, something my opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), would never be able to say. I am running because I have seen firsthand what the world looks like without the freedoms this country represents. I have seen what […]
Making competition more difficult through regulation and licensing requirements in order to maintain standards is often just a cover for protecting certain industries from new competition. That’s exactly what’s going on with the District of Columbia’s blocking of the ride sharing platform Empower. Service on the app has been suspended for a week as Empower […]
Trust in higher education is near an all-time low, and a new Yale University report suggests colleges have only themselves to blame. In addition to problems such as high prices, opaque admissions processes, and declining academic standards, the report highlighted that many universities have become “intellectual and ideological echo chambers, out of touch with the American nation and out of […]
President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year. “No, I think he’s wrong on that. Totally wrong,” Trump said in a phone interview when asked about his energy chief’s comments. When asked by The...
Three individuals were killed during a Sunday strike led by U.S. forces on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, officials said. U.S. Southern Command posted a video of the attack and said the boat was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes. It did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment regarding the boat's...
With Democrats poised to take the House and possibly the Senate, a series of votes in the upper chamber offered an important window into the party’s evolving foreign policy posture. It did not portend good things, for the country, key allies or Democrats’ political fortunes. More than three dozen Democratic Senators backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) effort...
Iran's military has threatened to retaliate after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Gulf of Oman, while the U.S. has declared a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump has stated that U.S. soldiers will board Iranian-linked ships to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
Donald Trump’s presidency is a morality lesson — he’s a living example of what happens when a man is given power that far exceeds his character. It is time for America to acknowledge the lesson and move on.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is warning that if Republicans lose the November midterm elections it will be because they didn’t talk enough about reducing the cost of living and urged President Trump and Vice President Vance to drop “this new holy war with the pope.” Kennedy, speaking to Fox News’s “The Big Weekend Show,” defended...
America just learned about the real Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), when accusations of sexual assault ended his gubernatorial campaign and his political career. People rightly began to ask why those who knew Swalwell's character hadn't done more to stop his rise. Let me explain: People did try. They were silenced or dismissed. The more interesting story...
Just try not to notice the part where these short bursts of hyper-cautious journalism tend to benefit only one party, while the other party must contend with the media parroting unfounded and completely ridiculous allegations.
