The Supreme Court has delivered a rare setback to the Trump Justice Department, declining to get involved right now in a case challenging a gag order the government had tried to place on its immigration judges.
Days before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “no-limits partnership.” At the time, few imagined it would become central to sustaining Russia’s war effort. Nearly four years later, some in Washington still cling to the notion that this alignment is shallow or […]
Two terrorists who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group gunned down 16 Australian Jews on Sunday. They and 40 others who were wounded were targeted as they memorialized the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The correct responses to this attack should be clear. We should emphasize the historic, sadly enduring […]
There is no mistaking that Avatar: Fire and Ash is the work of a talented filmmaker. Pandora remains a lavishly imagined, technically immersive world, rendered with a level of craft few directors can rival. But to borrow a phrase, it is ultimately full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. James Cameron’s third iteration picks up precisely where The […]
Democrats are allowing people to be murdered by illegal immigrants so they can brag that they are not cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This is the reality of the most recent case in Fairfax County, Virginia. There, El Salvadoran national Marvin Morales Ortez had been jailed and charged with multiple crimes after “maliciously wounding” someone who […]
THE MEDIA EFFORT TO BIDENIZE TRUMP. President Joe Biden’s two biggest liabilities were his senility and the damaging inflation his administration helped create. Now, some media commentators are trying to convince Americans that President Donald Trump has the same liabilities. On the topic of senility, in recent weeks, the president’s adversaries have tried to argue that the […]
The Rev. Franklin Graham on Wednesday told U.S. service members and Pentagon employees during a Christmas service that "God loves" but also that "God also hates." Graham, whose father Billy Graham served as the faith leader for several presidents, recited the Bible verse John 3:16, which states that "God so loved the world that he...
The U.S. military conducted strikes against several Islamic State group sites in Syria on Friday, retaliating a week after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed by a gunman tied to ISIS in an ambush attack. U.S. forces, as part of “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” eliminated ISIS fighters, weapons sites and infrastructure in response to the...
President Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan to be the next leader of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) on Friday, a week after Adm. Alvin Holsey formally retired from the post two years ahead of schedule. Holsey — who spent more than three decades in the Navy and since November 2024 had led Southcom, which...
Cases of the flu continue to mount with health officials recently recording the first pediatric flu-related deaths of the season, but some states are seeing much higher activity than others.
The Trump administration will support the continued operation of the Dakota Access pipeline, it said Friday in a long-awaited but not surprising move. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a final environmental impact report Friday recommending that oil keep flowing through the controversial pipeline. The Dakota Access pipeline carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois. It...
President Trump said Friday he plans to hold a meeting with major insurance companies in the coming days in a bid to pressure them to lower prices for consumers who are set to see premium costs soar when ObamaCare’s enhanced subsidies expire at the end of the year. “I'm going to call in the insurance companies that are making so much...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) announced Friday that she was suspending her bid for New York governor and would also be retiring from Congress. Her stunning announcement came shortly after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a fellow ally of President Trump, jumped into the primary. “While spending precious time with my family this Christmas season, I...
The Justice Department on Friday publicly released a portion of the Epstein files in response to a law that garnered near unanimous support from both parties in Congress. The highly anticipated release of the files comes after months of building pressure on the White House and amid scrutiny of President Trump’s connection with the deceased sex offender....
