Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, fresh from defeating four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in last week's GOP primary runoff election, said he believes Senate leaders are ready to back his campaign and several have pledged support.
Former Vice President Mike Pence called on the Trump administration to "get rid of" a newly created fund to compensate individuals victimized by government weaponization during the Biden administration.
President Donald Trump can be foolish and self-destructive at times, but he is also able to move the ball forward in ways Republicans were not for years. Sometimes, you just have to take the good with the bad. That was most apparent on Tuesday, where two Trump endorsements showcased this dichotomy. First, the bad: In […]
SB 1359 asks Californians to accept higher costs, fewer choices, and growing reliability concerns in exchange for an energy transition whose full costs remain...
The United States and Ukraine are moving toward one of the most critical defense partnerships to emerge from the country’s war with Russia. Washington and Kyiv are negotiating a landmark drone and military technology agreement that would allow Ukrainian companies to export battlefield-tested systems to the U.S. and manufacture drones on American soil through joint […]
Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for president, with a platform that was vastly different on trade and foreign policy from other recent presidents, Republican and Democratic alike. How fares America — and the world — 10 years later? In some important ways, things have moved in Trump’s direction. In […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. May 20, 1776 With action by the British military now […]
A long-awaited surface transportation funding reauthorization bill is headed for markup in the House Transportation Committee this week. The sweeping legislation touches nearly every corner of America’s surface transportation infrastructure — from roads and bridges to transit, rail, and ports. Most line items won’t be flashy enough to make cable news headlines. Dedicating billions of […]
There’s a beef shortage in America, and it’s driving up prices at the grocery store for burgers and steaks just as the summer outdoor grilling season gets started. This isn’t helping fight the affordability crisis, so what can be done to make those cheeseburgers less expensive? Ground beef prices hit record highs this year, with average […]
Congress has debated gun legislation for decades with predictable results: impasse, recrimination, and no measurable improvement in public safety. The reason is simple: both sides are fighting the wrong battle. Gun rights advocates resist any new restrictions, correctly noting that existing laws go unenforced and that law-abiding owners bear the burden of every new prohibition. […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) didn’t lose Tuesday — we lost him at least a year ago, when he deviated from being a principled conservative firebrand and started trafficking in conspiracy theories. Massie and his supporters claim he was ousted because he didn’t support Israel, but Massie never supported Israel in his entire high-approval 14-year tenure. […]
BUCKSTOWN, Pennsylvania — On Saturday morning, Andrew Ryan Cross, a 27-year-old volunteer firefighter in the tiny town of Morrill, Maine, received an honorable transfer, as he made his final call from the Augusta medical examiner’s office to a funeral home in Belfast. The fire that took Cross’s life was reported to the State Fire Marshall […]
