Portland leaders are so concerned with “resisting” President Donald Trump that they would rather allow criminals to openly defy the law than make Portland a functioning city. Democrats in Oregon are crying foul over the National Guard being deployed to Portland, where antifa is again leading violent “protests.” The Democratic mayor of Portland is dismissing videos of […]
I’ve been an American for less than three hours as I sit down to write. I drove with my American wife to a nondescript low-rise office building on the outskirts of Baltimore where, along with people from 24 other countries, I swore the naturalization oath of allegiance. We were each given our certificates, plus a […]
IOWA’S STUNNING, EMBARRASSING IMMIGRATION MESS. On May 16, 2023, the Des Moines, Iowa, school board hired Ian Roberts to be its new superintendent. Roberts, the first African American ever chosen to run the city’s schools, formally began the job on July 1, 2023. By the end of July, the board got some surprising news about their new […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Government shutdowns are Kabuki theater. And the next showing is […]
Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest work, One Battle After Another, is a triumphant and ostentatious spectacle about morally repugnant monsters. “The message is clear,” declares one of its pseudo-protagonists in the opening scene, “free borders and free bodies.” Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob Ferguson, a burnt-out radical whose paranoia and half-functioning memory cells are all that remain […]
Republican lawmakers would get a larger share of blame for a government shutdown than their Democratic counterparts if lawmakers don't come to an agreement, a poll released Tuesday found. The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, conducted last week, found that 38 percent of respondents would blame Republicans, while 27 percent would blame Democrats and 31 percent would...
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at using artificial intelligence to improve research and treatments for childhood cancer. The order builds on a 2019 database established by Trump that collects data on childhood cancer. That order directs agencies to use artificial intelligence to analyze information in that database to accelerate research and...
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to launch TrumpRx.com, an online platform that it says will direct Americans to lower-priced drugs. The announcement came one day after President Trump's deadline for drugmakers to comply with his "Most Favored Nation" (MFN) executive order, which included a mandate for companies to establish direct-to-consumer for medicines, cutting...
Voices on the left and the right are questioning the strength of former FBI Director James Comey's federal indictment, arguing prosecutors will be challenged in winning a conviction. Comey was indicted Thursday on two counts, with a grand jury taking the unusual step of rejecting one of the proposed charges before approving the two-page indictment. The slim court filing...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday said the farming economy is "not in a good place" as those in the agriculture industry lose sales from trade severances with China and other partner nations. “Right now, the farm economy is not in a good place. We're working around the clock,” Rollins said during a Tuesday appearance...
President Trump is propelling his film tariff plan into the limelight — renewing his call to tax "any and all movies that are made outside of the United States" — even as both allies and critics alike cast their doubts. "Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other...
A strong geomagnetic storm that has been impacting Earth since Monday has prompted national forecasters to warn officials "to mitigate any possible impacts."
Federal government labor unions sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the potential upcoming government shutdown. Employees are usually temporarily furloughed during a shutdown, except for exempted workers, and receive back pay after a shutdown ends. But Trump and the White House budget office have suggested permanent firings could be...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) on Tuesday authorized the state's National Guard to perform tasks on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Soldiers will assist with “administrative, clerical, and logistical duties,” following a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of Defense, according to a news release from the...
