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JD Vance returns to Washington after 16 hours of Iran peace talks collapse in Pakistan

Vice President JD Vance's marathon negotiations with Iranian officials in Islamabad failed to produce a deal, prompting President Donald Trump to order a Strait of Hormuz blockade.

NYC mayor cites $180K racial wealth gap to justify taxes, police cuts

New York Mayor Mamdani highlights stark racial wealth gap in city report but sidesteps questions about why DEI language was removed from the document.

Dems’ Medicare denialism, red states rising and other commentary

“The Trump Administration is considering automatically enrolling Medicare beneficiaries in private insurance plans —...

Israel ambassador to US points to ‘potential’ for ‘continued talks’ with Iran

Michael Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said Sunday that there could be a “potential” for “continued talks” with Iran about the U.S.-Israeli conflict against the country after Vice President Vance said no progress was made in the direction of a peace agreement in recent negotiations. “When you said the talks are still going...

Lawmakers set to return to Washington as TSA paycheck uncertainty looms over partial shutdown negotiations

Lawmakers are set to return to Washington this week as questions over future pay for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees — including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers — loom over efforts to end the partial shutdown. The impasse follows a last-minute split before the Easter recess, when Senate Republicans advanced a measure to fund most of...

Dems’ Medicare denialism, red states rising and other commentary

“The Trump Administration is considering automatically enrolling Medicare beneficiaries in private insurance plans — a k a Medicare Advantage — as a default,” cheer...

Mamdani’s hell-bent on shuttering Rikers — but doing it breaks the law

If Mamdani succeeds in closing Rikers Island, compulsory decarceration would become a permanent feature of the city’s criminal justice system.

How Eric Swalwell’s implosion changes the race for governor

One candidate’s fall just altered the odds for everybody.

Democrats BRAG about violating the Constitution to ‘save’ democracy

A former ACLU executive director in Maine, Shenna Bellows is touting her decision to remove Trump from the ballot in 2024, a move the Supreme Court...

Tehran’s elite have no business having plum jobs in our universities

The detention of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar in Los Angeles—niece of the late IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani—is more than a tabloid headline. Following the federal...

How one mom saved her teen from online groomers

Colorado mom Dana Grueser is still trying to piece together how her sweet son ended up on a locked ward screaming at her for...

The Gilgo Beach monster: Letters to the Editor — April 13, 2026

The Issue: Rex Heuermann’s guilty plea for the murder of eight woman as the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Rex Heuermann confessed to murder by...

California law drives up costs. Farm Bill serves food price fix

Should families living in Utah or Kentucky be footing the bill for foolish policy decisions made in California? Unfortunately, that is a reality facing Americans across the country who are paying higher prices for a pack of bacon or a dozen eggs at the grocery store thanks to an obscure California law. Congress should kick […]

Cut the fax: The IRS is stuck in the past

America’s tax system is powered by infrastructure that too often belongs to another era — and small businesses are bearing the consequences. Across the IRS, outdated technology, paper-based workflows, and incomplete digital systems slow processing, create confusion, and delay critical refunds that businesses rely on to operate and grow. In some cases, that even includes […]

We need to finish the job in Iran

The Iranians have a new deadline, and another lease on life. President Donald Trump had given Iran until 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or face the destruction of the country’s power plants and bridges. Just ninety minutes before the deadline expired, the Iranians were given a reprieve. This is the third time the […]

Turkey is testing NATO’s limits and exposing its weakness

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is increasingly strained from within. The alliance was built on a simple premise: that its members share core security interests and act collectively when those interests are threatened. Its effectiveness depends on sustained alignment — and Turkey is putting it to the test. NATO was formed in 1949, when its […]

Reform, don’t trash, NATO

President Donald Trump’s frustration with NATO has reached a new peak. The latest rift within the alliance stems from the European response to the U.S. operation in Iran. This response saw Spain deny Washington access to key military bases and block U.S. military aircraft from using its airspace. France restricted overflight rights for military logistics […]

No asylum for America’s enemies

The United States has a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Our nation and Israel fought a 38- day war against an avowed enemy and the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. It did so while supporters of the evil regime lived in luxury on American soil.  The U.S.’s immigration vetting system is clearly broken. […]

Living large in the lap of the ‘Great Satan’

Seldom has “good riddance” tripped more easily from the tongue. It’s gratifying to see the Trump Administration expel foreign nationals who enjoy US freedom...

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