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...
Like the Romans, Mongols, and so many great powers in history, modern European nations used their military power to establish global empires predicated on trade, extracted wealth, and political influence. But these empires always viewed their foreign “subjects” as just that, subject servants to the central power in London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Madrid. Not so […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. An op-ed in the New York Times on Rep. Thomas […]
In El Cajon, California, just 25 miles from the Mexican border, a city councilman recently made a simple request. Federal agents had alerted local officials about more than 50 unaccompanied children who might be living in unsafe conditions alongside illegal immigrants. Could El Cajon’s local police conduct a wellness check? The answer, unbelievably, was no […]
Led by socialist Democrats and foreign billionaires, the anti-data center movement has gained significant momentum. A new Gallup poll has found that seven in every 10 Americans now oppose new data center construction near their homes. Conservative leaders must do better at pushing back against hysterical claims of activists and making the case for more energy, more […]
Israel-haters are doing a fine job of eroding the supposedly bright line between “antizionism” and “antisemitism,” proving that there’s no difference between loathing Jews...
“Higher education institutions across the country,” note The Washington Examiner’s editors, “have continued racist practices with creative workarounds” despite “the Supreme Court’s 2023...
There was one big idea missing from Gavin Newsom’s revised budget: income tax cuts. California politicians assume that the government should spend as much...
Many Washington policymakers are planning for an economic disruption: potential job displacement caused by AI. Yet instead of reforming programs, they’d create new ones...
KAMALA HARRIS IS AT IT AGAIN. You know the bad ideas that have floated around the Left for years, like packing the Supreme Court, doing away with the Electoral College, and making Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia states? The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, who is also the front-runner for the party’s nomination in 2028, […]
