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The U.S. Balance-of-Payments Deficit Is Essentially Zero

It is not ‘large and serious,’ as the tariff power under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act requires.

Another alleged narco-trafficking boat destroyed in Pacific as U.S. military strike kills 3

The U.S. military carried out another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing three people.

Newsom’s latest pardon shields attempted murder convict from ICE deportation

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a pardon Friday to Somboon Phaymany, erasing his 1997 conviction on 10 counts of premeditated attempted murder and effectively shielding him from being deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a U.S. veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her

A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and now on the brink of war with the United States.

Global leaders and businesses pore over fallout of more U.S. tariff swoons

Governments and companies around the world scrambled Saturday to determine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down some of the Trump administration sweeping global tariffs.

Noem announces 10K migrant arrests in Minneapolis

Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday announced thousands of arrests in Minneapolis, Minn., as part of the administration’s ongoing crackdown on immigration. “PEACE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN MINNEAPOLIS! We have arrested over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens who were killing Americans, hurting children and reigning terror in Minneapolis,” Noem wrote on the social platform...

Six percent of Americans satisfied with amount of Epstein files released so far: Poll

The share of Americans who are satisfied with the amount of Jeffrey Epstein-related files released so far is in the single digits, new polling shows. Just 6 percent of Americans in a CNN survey said they’re satisfied with what the federal government has released so far in the case of Epstein, the late convicted sex...

Francesca’s closing all stores, liquidating inventory: Report

The company, which began in Houston in 1999, lists more than 450 locations across 45 states.

Bacon on Trump’s Greenland-Nobel letter: ‘Very embarrassing conduct’

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) bashed President Trump over a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which the president detailed his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.  “Very embarrassing conduct,” the Nebraska lawmaker wrote on the social platform X, sharing a New York Times report on the letter. In the letter, Trump...

Strongest solar radiation storm since 2003 hits Earth, bringing northern lights and possible tech issues

A solar radiation storm stronger than one we've seen in over two decades is in progress, the Space Weather Prediction Center announced Monday.

Who is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos?

Leading business and political figures are descending upon the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this week to discuss geopolitics, tech, trade and more.  The Alpine town is set to host roughly 3,000 participants from more than 130 countries at what the think tank has billed as "a pivotal moment for global cooperation."...

Assistant AG puts Don Lemon ‘on notice’ over Minnesota church protest

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon slammed former CNN anchor Don Lemon for interrupting a Minnesota church service on Sunday, as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to roil the state. Lemon filmed and interviewed Nekima Levy Armstrong, an activist who was among a group that entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and...

Trump’s threat on Iran falls flat: regime remains intact

Protests in Iran have been quelled, with the regime still in place, and President Trump's empty threat to take action against the government has been met with criticism for not backing up his words with action.

America’s top Catholic clerics denounce militaristic US foreign policy

The three highest-ranking Catholic cardinals who lead archdioceses in the United States issued a statement Monday criticizing U.S. foreign policy as overly militaristic, referencing President Trump's recent operation in Venezuela and threats to take Greenland by force. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin, the archbishops of Chicago, Washington, D.C.,...

GOP’s culture of rebellion in slim majority imperils Johnson agenda

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) job managing the House GOP’s paper-thin majority is getting only more difficult in the new year, with a culture of rebellion — and a perfect storm of external political factors — threatening to derail the party’s agenda just as Republicans are gearing up for a tough midterm cycle. In the earliest...

Trump’s potential Supreme Court pick ignores his own judicial hubris

Ho’s own article and conduct display some of the very qualities he condemns in others.

Musk drops $10 million in race to replace McConnell: Report

Billionaire Elon Musk donated $10 million last week to a super PAC affiliated with Republican Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris, who is part of a competitive field running to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios reported Monday.  The contribution to Fight for Kentucky marks the most Musk has donated to a single Senate candidate....

Europe cannot abandon its commitment to human rights

It is fair to say that the fate of the liberal international order will be decided by what happens in Europe — especially in the European Union.

DOJ threatens to ‘come down hard’ on protesters who disrupted Minnesota church service

Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to prosecute protesters who disrupted a church service Sunday in St. Paul, Minn. Bondi wrote on the social platform X that she spoke to Jonathan Parnell, the pastor who leads Cities Church. A group of protesters interrupted Parnell’s sermon Sunday and accused David Easterwood, another pastor at the church, of...

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