In 1992, President George H.W. Bush should’ve been “a shoo-in” for re-election, given his administration’s “spectacular foreign policy successes and a rebounding economy after a brief recession that had...
Rep. Mike Turner on Sunday defended the Trump administration's Christmas strikes against Islamic State targets in Nigeria, arguing that they were consistent with U.S. foreign policy and are necessary to combat global extremism.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has recently been feuding with President Trump, on Sunday slammed the president for two meetings with world leaders. “[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky today. [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu tomorrow. Can we just do America?” Greene said in a post on the social platform X. Trump and Zelensky are meeting...
A handful of states are teeing up some of the most highly anticipated primaries of next year, offering clues about the direction for both parties as all eyes turn toward the midterms. Democrats are bracing for competitive Senate primaries in Texas, Michigan and Maine, some of which have become proxy battles between the party’s centrist and progressive factions. In Texas and Georgia, two separate three-way...
The United Nations is approaching its 80th anniversary weaker and more hollow than ever. President Donald Trump captured a growing global impatience in his recent general assembly address by bluntly asking, “What is the purpose of the United Nations?” He ridiculed the institution for producing only “empty words” and accused it of “funding an assault […]
FBI Director Kash Patel announced this week that the nation’s foremost law enforcement agency would no longer work with the Anti-Defamation League. This is a welcome step toward ending the abuse of governmental power by left-wing activists to suppress conservative speech. “James Comey disgraced the FBI by writing ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedding […]
This week’s unprecedented gathering of senior military leaders at Quantico has been met with the predictable chorus of cynicism. Critics are calling it a waste of time and money, a political show without substance. They are wrong. There were no sweeping strategic announcements, no new doctrines unveiled, no grand reorganization plans revealed. That is precisely the […]
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TRUMP’S REMARKABLE POLLING STABILITY. A new poll from the New York Times finds that President Donald Trump has a job approval rating of 43% and a disapproval rating of 54%. That was virtually identical to Trump’s 42% approval and 54% disapproval in the last Times poll, taken in late April. A lot has happened in the last […]
The spirit of hope sat uncomfortably beside the spirit of war at Charlie Kirk‘s memorial a couple of weeks ago. Dark screeds cloaked in Christian symbolism clashed with remarks of depth and grace, including Erika Kirk’s stirring call to forgiveness and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s eloquent summary of salvation history. The GOP must now […]
Is enforcing basic public decency laws homophobic? That’s what some prominent Democrats in New York City are claiming after federal law enforcement started cracking down on public sex, aka “cruising,” in Penn Station. There’s been a rise in cruising in major cities, particularly among gay men, thanks to apps such as “Sniffies” that make it […]
President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise: no new wars. But like most politicians, he hasn’t had a problem throwing those campaign mottos aside when it suits him. The notion that Trump was a realist or a restrainer, the polar opposite of former President George W. Bush’s neoconservatism or former President Joe Biden‘s liberal internationalism, […]
If you knew you would be targeted by hostile government officials for donating to a noble cause, you might think twice before writing a check. Many might decide not to give at all. Blue-state politicians, such as New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, are aware of this possibility. Platkin has weaponized his position to undermine […]
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s commendable speech this week to hundreds of generals and admirals signaled a renewed commitment to establishing a merit-based culture in the military. This includes returning combat military occupational specialties to the highest male physical standard, ditching progressive political programs on DEI and climate change, and enforcing high physical fitness standards […]
