Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution funding ICE and Border Patrol for President Donald Trump's full term, advancing the reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement.
Four Republican senators voted against an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to instruct the Senate Rules Committee to find a way to add the core elements of the SAVE America Act to a budget reconciliation package that could pass next month with a simple-majority vote. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom...
Six candidates running for California governor squared off on the debate stage Wednesday, yet the forum may have created more questions than answers for politcal observers, as Democrats struggle to coalesce around a candidate ahead of the June primary The debate came just weeks after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who was seen as a Democratic frontrunner in the race, dropped out and resigned from...
Three Republican senators broke with the rest of the Senate GOP conference Wednesday night to vote in support of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to address insurance companies delaying or denying necessary medical care. Vulnerable Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined conservative Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in voting with...
LA Mayor Karen Bass met with President Trump at the White House to advocate for FEMA wildfire funding amid ongoing LA recovery and rebuilding challenges.
CAN TRUMP CUT THROUGH THE FOG AND FOCUS ON IRAN GOAL? President Donald Trump says he finds it insulting to hear critics say he does not have a plan to win the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. “People say he doesn’t have a plan,” Trump told reporters Monday. “I have the best plan of all, but I’m […]
The sheer audacity of Virginia Democrats' gerrymander attempt suggests the party isn't quite as confident as it pretends to be about winning the midterms...
On June 26, 2025, Lyudmila Kozlovska, head of the Belgium-based NGO Open Dialogue Foundation, testified before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She cited a defamation lawsuit filed by Kyrgyzstan’s Bakai Bank against her organization as an example of “transnational repression.” A Belgian court has since cast serious doubt on that claim and, […]
On June 26, 2025, Lyudmila Kozlovska, head of the Belgium-based NGO Open Dialogue Foundation, testified before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She cited a defamation lawsuit filed by Kyrgyzstan’s Bakai Bank against her organization as an example of “transnational repression.” A Belgian court has since cast serious doubt on that claim and, […]
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is at it again. At a recent “No Kings” rally, Weingarten’s speech repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump. This week, her teachers’ union, along with several other progressive groups, rolled out a new activist toolkit to urge schools to not cooperate with ICE. American parents should be furious. Educational deficiencies, especially in […]
It reflects a correct assessment of what should be the federal government’s priority — not funding social services, but providing for the common defense.
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. Was your church packed on Sunday? Well, of course it was. It […]
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran in alliance with Israel, a war which appears to be stalled as Trump seeks diplomatic off-ramps, is testing old partnerships for the United States. Our alliances can be fairly said to be in flux. But what makes a country a good ally? At a minimum, a good ally must […]
The global economy runs on fossil fuels, not renewable energy. The Iran war underscores the importance of oil in this regard. In the middle of February, two weeks before the war started, West Texas Intermediate oil, the United States’s benchmark, was trading at about $65 a barrel. On Monday, because of the Iran war and the […]
When George Orwell sat down in 1947 to prepare a preface to the first Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm, he produced a concise masterclass in personal and political biography. He whisks through his upbringing in British India; his education at Eton, “the most costly and snobbish of the English Public Schools”; his miserable service in […]
As Americans prepare their taxes, we are all taking a closer look at where our money goes, For millions of families, one expense stands out: healthcare. And too often, we have little control over how those dollars are spent. For decades, a growing share of every paycheck has been routed into a healthcare system built […]
