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Time to reform Social Security is running out faster than you think

Forget about a six-year timetable to reform and save Social Security before its 2032 insolvency. The clock to direct the reform is closer to one year for Republicans or three years for Democrats. Sustainable reform is of greatest consequence for both the program and America’s future prosperity.  Politics makes the timetable real: True reform is […]

America’s Maginot lines of defense

The United States is waging a successful high-tech war against Iran. But at home, there are worrying signs that the nation is ill-prepared for wars of the future. The American homeland is unprecedentedly vulnerable to threats of sabotage, and aerial and biological warfare. To deter and combat these growing dangers, the U.S. must first recognize […]

WATCH IT: Speaker Johnson hears from Uber driver on ‘no tax on tips’ benefit: ‘big difference’

An Uber Eats driver said the 'no tax on tips' deduction gave him a 20% larger refund, as Speaker Mike Johnson spotlighted the tax break ahead of Tax Day.

In SF, stunning arrests but a familiar script

San Francisco’s district attorney announced the booking of former human rights honcho Sheryl Davis...

California needs oil. Let it flow — as steady as common sense

Few Californians welcome higher gas prices. So they should cheer the news that Sable...

Democrats see openings in Ohio races for Senate, governor

Competitive races for governor and Senate in Ohio could give Democrats rare openings in the red state once seen as a critical bellwether. Two major election handicappers shifted the governor's race more toward Democrats this month, citing surveys that have shown a formidible campaign from Democrat Amy Acton and baggage around her rival, Republican former presidential candidate...

Iranian-American lawmaker says Trump needs to find an off-ramp quickly for Iran war

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), who is Iranian-American, said President Trump needs to find an off-ramp for the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran soon. “'We're already in this war, so what can be done?' And I've been thinking a lot about that. Ultimately, I do think we need an off-ramp, quickly, to the war. We need...

Burchett calls for new Senate leadership after DHS vote

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday his party needs new leadership in the Senate after the GOP-controlled upper chamber passed a partial funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the dead of night.  Burchett called the package a “huge mistake” and said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should have been informed about...

Cruz, Huckabee criticize Israel for blocking Latin patriarch on Palm Sunday

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), both staunch supporters of Israel, joined world leaders on Sunday in criticizing the Israeli police for prohibiting the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Palm Sunday mass. The Latin Patriarchate wrote in a statement that Israeli police...

Himes says Congress has ‘gotten too used to using shutdowns’ for leverage

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday that Congress has grown too accustomed to shutting down the government as leverage to pass legislation, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains unfunded. “We have gotten too used to using shutdowns as a mechanism of getting what we want legislatively,” the Connecticut Democrat told host Margaret Brennan...

Top House Democrat on Biden immigration policy: ‘We should have the border more secure than it was’

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Sunday said immigration policy could have been “more secure” during the Biden administration while weighing in on lawmakers’ current impasse on reforms for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “The Biden administration did not do immigration enforcement the way it should have. We should have [had] the border more secure than...

12 states see gas prices drop since last week, data shows

In only one state have prices dropped by at least 10 cents.

Mace says Thune is a ‘thorn in the side’ of GOP

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Senate Majority leader John Thune has become a “thorn in the side” of her party, after House GOP leadership rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “We're not the problem. It's the left that's a problem,” Mace said on CNN’s...

Pharmaceutical supply chains get tangled in Trump’s war with Iran

As President Trump’s war in Iran rages on, it’s posing a growing threat to the pharmaceutical supply chain and risks spiking the prices of many drugs, particularly those that depend on petrochemicals. The war in Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused energy prices to jump and disrupted supply chains...

US should formally partner with Ukraine to build cutting-edge defense technologies 

Ukraine is emerging as a key defense innovation hub and strategic partner for the West, with its technologies being used to defend against Iran and its unique modern warfare dataset making it an important source of strategic capability.

Scalise: Some senators ‘expressed buyer’s remorse’ about DHS bill

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Sunday that some senators “expressed buyer’s remorse” over a Senate bill to fund only part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a shutdown of the department. “Well, we actually read their bill and, frankly, a number of senators have expressed buyer’s remorse with what they did...

Trump damages our economic and national security, breaking campaign promises 

President Trump has broken campaign promises, damaged America's economy and national security, and has been met with little resistance from Republican majorities in Congress.

Booker on Trump paying TSA: ‘Why didn’t he do this weeks ago’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday criticized President Trump over paying Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. “I just want to continue to emphasize that we are seeing a colossal failure in presidential leadership. Because this president has said, again, ‘I have the power to pay TSA...

Kim sidesteps question on Schumer leadership future

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Sunday did not directly endorse Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership, but he noted that the congressional caucus is “united” amid negotiations on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. When host Jake Tapper asked Kim on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he wanted Schumer to remain in...

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