Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to spend up to $2 million on robot “dogs” to assist its agents' operations, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding document. A funding document posted to DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System on Thursday said the agency could spend between $1 million and $2 million on...
Two Trump administration officials are calling for an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into the government's response to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment — which caused toxic chemicals to spill into the town. In a joint Friday letter, Vice President JD Vance and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asked the EPA’s acting inspector...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) walked back its move Friday to advise its journalists not to refer directly to Al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. as an act of terrorism — guidance that garnered widespread criticism from political leaders. In an internal memo this week first reported by The Toronto Sun, CBC’s...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked promotions of four Army officers picked for promotion to one-star rank, some of whom have ties to top Army generals the Pentagon chief ousted earlier this year, The Hill has learned. Some of the officers pulled from the list have links to former Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, who...
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 […]
