Fifteen years ago, I helped make the case for what became California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. It was a first-of-its-kind body of 14 ordinary Californians, neither politicians nor their appointees....
Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned her House seat before she could face an expulsion vote for misappropriating pandemic relief funding, but that doesn't mean her political career is over.
A California winery co-owned by Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband was formally terminated last month, weeks after House Republicans opened an inquiry into a dramatic swing in the Minnesota Democrat's reported household wealth.
President Trump called off a second round of peace talks with Iran on Saturday, the day U.S. officials were set to travel to Islamabad for negotiations. Iranian officials met with Pakistani mediators on Saturday morning for “a very fruitful visit,” according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The foreign minister said his government has “yet...
Soaring electric bills are no longer just a household headache. They’re dominating headlines and igniting fierce campaign battles. Families across America are staring at double-digit hikes year after year, squeezing budgets already strained by inflation. The culprit? Surging electricity demand from AI data centers, energy-hungry behemoths run by Big Tech giants. These facilities devour power […]
DC ATTACKERS GO FREE, SHOWING LIMITS OF TRUMP CRIME CRACKDOWN. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs was quite understanding with the 15-year-old who had pepper-sprayed a man while a friend pummeled him, and while others in her group tried to steal his car. The young perpetrator has had a difficult life, Briggs noted. […]
Thankfully, the Democrats failed to force a vote on their legislation in the Senate last week that would have countered President Donald Trump‘s efforts to fight drug cartels, jeopardizing countless American lives. The Democrats sought to check the Trump administration’s use of the War Powers Act, also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973, […]
Residents of the nation’s capital face a growing likelihood that they’ll have to pay a lot more simply to get around in a private vehicle. The District of Columbia Council’s fetish for overregulation and seemingly corrupt deference to the Uber rideshare firm’s lobbying is the reason why. Such absurdity is the D.C. Council norm. The […]
The federal government shut down on Oct. 1, and Senate Democrats continue to block Republicans’ clean, short-term, nonpartisan funding bill. The consequences of this Democrat shutdown are real, and Americans are paying the price. While the Trump administration is making remarkable efforts to mitigate the impact of a government shutdown, a prolonged shutdown means canceled flights, halted […]
Former President Barack Obama thinks nothing of trying to interfere in the internal politics of democratic U.S. allies in Europe, and in the process, thwarting his country’s own current foreign policy, as determined by his elected successor, President Donald Trump. All in the name of democracy, of course. And he can do all this because […]
The front line in Ukraine remains uncertain. Positions shift by meters, not miles. Both armies are stretched thin. Still, Russia failed to achieve its main summer battlefield objectives. The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War estimates that Russia has captured roughly 1,300 square miles and 130 settlements since March, half of what Russian President […]
U.S. government documents are a dime a dozen. The Pentagon, for example, puts out an annual report on China’s military power and capabilities. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence releases a worldwide threat assessment every year, which Congress uses to determine what resources should be authorized and appropriated to the various U.S. intelligence […]
Quietly in Lynchburg, Virginia, earlier this year, the Trump administration took a small step toward starting a nuclear renaissance that could bring security and abundance to the United States for generations. This week, the Army announced it would scale up those efforts, ensuring energy resilience at military facilities worldwide while also revitalizing America’s commercial nuclear […]
