AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills issued a dire warning in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday night: The federal immigration raids sweeping the state are part of...
Both Senate Republicans have been notable critics of Trump administration officials, and are the first to break from the GOP in their demands that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem be punished.
Judge Patrick Schiltz's donations to immigrant advocacy group revealed as Department of Justice faces setbacks in Minnesota federal court over ICE detention orders.
On June 7, the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, on the border of Washington, D.C., will ordain 12 men to the priesthood. That may not sound like a lot, but in a diocese with fewer than 500,000 Catholics, it is a remarkable number, especially at a time when young people have largely rejected organized religion, let […]
California's social-service spending, like New York's and New Jersey's, ballooned as migrants took advantage of generous state programs — creating fiscal woes with no...
The fourth round of talks concluded last weekend between the United States and Iran, and the world is at a critical juncture. Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, is weakened and cornered. The United States is currently in “expert-level” talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program, but this apparent opening comes with danger. This is not […]
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Education to review and roll back federal policies that prevent teachers from disciplining disruptive students. It’s a long-overdue move. For over a decade, misguided federal guidance rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology and “disparate impact” theory has tied the hands […]
House Republicans held the mark-up last week for their reconciliation package, which includes several significant reforms to Medicaid, the federal-state entitlement that provides health benefits to roughly one in five Americans. The package is not perfect. But it would restore some measure of fiscal sanity to the program by, among other things, reining in the […]
Someone coming across the new book Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies might be fooled. The cover, a fun sky blue color and featuring the head shots of Matthew Broderick, Molly Ringwald, Sean Penn, James Dean, and other teen stars, makes the book seem like a breezy read through a cotton candy subject. […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria was a smart gamble for a president with historic ambitions. On Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, Trump announced that he will lift all sanctions on Syria, many of which have been in place for decades. Then, on Wednesday, he met Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa, the first […]
