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Missing boy Jacob Pritchett is a reminder of why we can’t leave disabled kids with ill-equipped parents

Agencies cannot be cowed by parent advocates into keeping a disabled child in a home with parents who are completely overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for them.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—March 29

2000—In dissent (in City of Erie v. Pap’s A.M.), Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Ginsburg,...

Where Have All the Trade Workers Gone?

America’s skilled workers are retiring — and they’re not being replaced.

Shouting into the Social-Media Ether

Some Americans may look forward to Trump’s demise, but only a unique subset are...

Virginia Democrats turn themselves into pretzels to ‘stop Donald Trump’ with gerrymander

Today’s Democrats hate President Donald Trump so much that they’re willing to abandon long-held positions and twist themselves into pretzels in their determination to defeat him. Take, for example, the case of Virginia’s current redistricting referendum. Democrats in the Old Dominion, empowered by their victories in last fall’s off-year election, are raising and spending tens […]

Michigan lawmaker on synagogue attack: ‘Something like this unfortunately was bound to happen’

Michigan state Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D) said the attack on a synagogue in the Detroit suburbs on Thursday felt “bound to happen” amid a nationwide rise in antisemitism and threats against Jewish institutions. An armed Lebanese man, later identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, rammed his car into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., causing...

Trump proposes to loosen rules for cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants

The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to loosen requirements for sterilizer plants that emit a gas known as ethylene oxide. The EPA says that ethylene oxide can cause lymphoma, myeloma, and lymphocytic leukemia, as well as breast...

Progressive voter contact group spends $44M on engagement efforts ahead of  2026 midterms 

A progressive voter contact group is spending $44 million on midterm engagement efforts this cycle, with a focus on key battleground states as Democrats look to retake the House majority and make inroads in the GOP-controlled Senate this November.  The Progressive Turnout Project is spending $44.1 million on five different initiatives aimed at turning out voters ahead...

House Republicans threaten to oppose Senate bills until SAVE America Act passes

House Republicans are threatening to oppose all Senate-passed legislation until the upper chamber advances the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a GOP-backed voting requirements bill. “I’ll be voting 'no' on all Senate bills - other than DHS funding - until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act,” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) wrote on...

Judges decline to extend acting Virginia U.S. attorney’s tenure 

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia will not extend the temporary term of the district’s top federal prosecutor, making it the latest court to reject a U.S. attorney installed by President Trump.   In a notice Friday, the court said that it would not sign off on keeping acting U.S. Attorney Robert Tracci in his role after his term expires...

Trump says war with Iran will end when ‘I feel it in my bones’

President Trump on Friday said he knows the U.S. military operation in Iran will come to an end when he can "feel it in my bones," a remark that comes almost two weeks after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Middle Eastern country began. Trump spoke with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on his...

Bessent’s interview halted for urgent talks in Situation Room: ‘The president wants you right away’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday paused an interview with Sky News to attend a meeting with President Trump in the White House Situation Room before resuming the interview. Bessent was requested at 10:22 a.m. EDT, while he was midinterview with reporter Wilfred Frost. A woman's voice is heard telling Bessent, "The president wants you...

Authorities seek public’s help in locating missing retired Air Force general in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Neil” McCasland, who disappeared from an Albuquerque neighborhood on Feb. 27. "We believe there are people who have information valuable to locating Neil who have not yet spoken to law enforcement. This could...

Targeting the faces of evil: The US confronts a rogue state

President Trump's strategy to combat the Iranian regime draws on the same tactics used by presidents since Ronald Reagan to combat rogue states, including airstrikes against Libya and Iraq.

Pence: MAGA Republicans ‘overwhelmingly supportive’ of Trump Iran operation

Former Vice President Pence on Thursday said Republicans loyal to his former boss, President Trump, are “overwhelmingly supportive” of the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Pence told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert on “On Balance” that he favors the U.S. finishing “the job once and for all.” The former vice president also said, however, there exists “a...

What will Democratic naysayers do if Trump’s Iran war ends well for the US?

Democrats have predicted that President Trump's war against Iran will end in disaster, but if it does end well, they will have to face their own potential disaster of having declared the war a mistake and failure.

Florida passes voter measure modeled after SAVE Act

Florida state lawmakers on Thursday passed a voting requirements bill modeled after the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which has become President Trump's top legislative priority. House Bill 991 passed the state House by a 77-28 vote, hours after passing in the state Senate. The bill requires Floridians to show proof of citizenship...

Bice declines to run for Oklahoma Senate seat

Oklahoma Rep. Stephanie Bice (R) said Friday she would not be running for the Senate after President Trump tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to run the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and set off a scramble among Oklahoma Republicans.   “After prayerful consideration, I remain committed to serving the Fifth Congressional District, a place that I...

Honduran man accused of shoving 2 onto NYC subway tracks was deported 4 times: DHS

A Honduran man accused of shoving two people onto the subway tracks in Manhattan over the weekend has been deported four times and sneaked back into the country a fifth time, immigration officials said Thursday.

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