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Exclusive: Troy Edgar Is Markwayne Mullin’s Preferred Pick for Deputy DHS Secretary

Edgar served as the deputy secretary of DHS under Kristi Noem and was tapped by President Trump in December to serve as the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.

California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election

A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he's investigating a ballot count discrepancy.

How the federal government is forcing states to spy on lobstermen

The federal government is forcing thousands of small fishing businesses to submit to warrantless GPS surveillance, threatening their livelihoods if they object, and the Supreme Court is being asked to strike down this violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Senate advances Mullin to head Department of Homeland Security

The Senate voted Sunday to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) nomination to succeed Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), taking a step toward restoring stability at a department that has been in turmoil since the fatal shooting of two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year. The Senate voted 54 to 37...

Recess should be mandatory for all elementary school students

Only 10 US states mandate recess time. It should be all 50 of them — imagine the boost to kids' mental and physical health!

Trump should restore little-known patent program to help local retailers

For years, America’s leading retailers have benefited from a little-known program that helps to resolve meritless patent disputes, called Inter Partes Review. Congress created the IPR process in 2012 to give businesses an efficient, expert, and cost-effective way to address weak patents that should never have been granted in the first place. Entities in the […]

It’s a bad idea to cap Tennessee Valley Authority salaries

When the United States was in the grips of the Great Depression, not only were people lacking in jobs and food, but also access to natural resources. Just two months after assuming office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. The government-owned corporation currently supplies electric power to seven states. In its early years, […]

Puerto Rico can’t afford price controls

Congress may soon inadvertently wreck Puerto Rico’s economy. Lawmakers are considering imposing European-style price controls on prescription drugs. That would cause American biotech companies to lose billions in revenue and inevitably force them to slash research and development budgets, cancel plans to build new factories, and lay off workers. One recent study estimates that the […]

The rise of the ‘leadership first’ strike — and why it’s so important in warfare

Eliminating an enemy leader used to signal the end of a war. These days, a leadership strike sometimes marks just the beginning.

New York’s nonprofit problem

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) recently told a forum in Albany, “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in our state,” adding that for wealthy New Yorkers still in the state, “maybe the first step should be go down to Palm Beach and see who you can […]

Corporate leaders flee the result of left-wing agendas they supported

For years, radical socialist politicians insisted that corporate America needed more regulation, higher taxes and a greater role in advancing political causes.  CEOs eagerly...

Hochul is running from her high-spending past — but Mamdani ties may sink her re-election hopes

Gov. Kathy Hochul knows her re-election hopes could depend on whether she can shake the image of being a high-tax and big-spending Democrat.

2026 has become California’s crucial election year

Now is the time to engage in the political process, to follow the news, and to challenge the candidates to defend their policies. We...

Mamdani is giving e-bikers a ‘license to kill’ as NYPD loosens enforcement

New Yorkers instinctively avoid raving street-corner lunatics. They don’t know if the psycho might suddenly come at them with a knife, so they cross...

With midterm elections on way, Vance touts economy and assures voters war won’t last long

WITH MIDTERM ELECTIONS ON WAY AND TRUMP AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, VANCE TOUTS ECONOMY AND ASSURES VOTERS WAR WON’T LAST LONG. According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, President Donald Trump’s overall job approval rating is 41.8% approve and 55.7% disapprove. That is known in the politics business as being 13.9 points underwater. That gap — a disapproval […]

A year after coming into power, Syria’s ruler faces his defining test in Lebanon

A year after Ahmed al-Sharaa came into power, Syria is more stable — but still threatened by war in the Middle East.

Why European weakness will ensure NATO’s survival in the long run

Despite recent events that have tested the alliance, NATO is here to stay.

Chavez unmasked and more: Letters to the Editor — March 22, 2026

Chavez unmasked I hope the women Cesar Chavez abused will be able to have some comfort in knowing that the truth about his abuse...

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