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...
As Cuba seeks respite from its grave economic and energy crisis, the Trump administration must make any U.S. support contingent upon systemic political reforms by the communist regime. But Cuba must also be made to come clean on “Havana Syndrome,” or what the U.S. government refers to as anomalous health incidents. The time for action […]
Democrats and left-wing activists continue to try to use black college athletes as puppets for their political agenda, demanding that those athletes make sacrifices so that Democrats can score political wins. After the Supreme Court ruled against racially drawn congressional districts, GOP-run southern states have begun planning to redraw their congressional maps. Democrats claim that it […]
This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. Congress has caught on that how welfare and related programs are funded, and who does the spending, helps explain how […]
Cars and trucks are the American economy’s backbone. In 2024, nearly 7 in 10 working adults drove alone to their jobs, and trucks carried more than 70% of the country’s freight. While many of our industry’s supply chain challenges have rebounded since the COVID-19 pandemic, any examination shows the backbone is under heavy strain and […]
BEDFORD, Pennsylvania — For the briefest of moments, a line of vintage Rolls-Royce automobiles chugged along the curving Cumberland Road. They passed over the Cumberland Run a handful of times and wound themselves down the mountains, away from Pennsylvania and toward the city of steeples, Cumberland. The sight gives the bystander a moment to imagine […]
This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. Americans know all too well the taxes they pay: federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, sales taxes, and even property […]
American families don’t need abstract economic theory — they are living the reality every day. Groceries cost more, rent stretches paychecks thinner, and wages, while rising on paper, often fail to keep pace with the true cost of living. The recent Iran conflict spiked gas prices to above $4 a gallon. Beyond inflation and gas […]
Americans have an abundance of payment mechanisms available to them, including cash, debit cards, credit cards, and others. Although inflation has eroded purchasing power, by world standards, the U.S. dollar remains a bastion of stability and credibility. In this menagerie, stablecoins and cryptocurrency remain niche payment products for many Americans. The relative novelty of digital […]
Remember when it was bad to describe elections as “rigged?” Such terminology was Exhibit A, proving President Donald Trump’s anti-democratic tendencies. That’s all gone out the window as Democrats protest both Republican redistricting efforts ahead of the midterm elections and the recent Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decision by using the “r-word.” House Minority Leader […]
