Can President Trump make Alcatraz a prison again? It’s an intriguing idea. The president’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, sent to Congress on Friday, requested $152 million to restore...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to force public colleges and universities in 17 states to hand over detailed race-based admissions data. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor found that the Department of Education likely has the authority to “collect, analyze, and make use of the data,” but...
Multiple people were injured during a Saturday parade in Louisiana, where police say a vehicle drove into a crowd, hitting several parade participants.
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. It increasingly looks as though there will be a second […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is complaining about being left out of the loop about the strikes against Iran. Perhaps if he weren’t so busy buddying up to enemies of the United States and the West, this would not be a problem. “The United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or […]
TRUMP, IRAN, AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. Last Dec. 9, this newsletter discussed the feeling, growing at the time, that President Donald Trump had not devoted attention to the economy, especially the cost of living. Voters regularly cite economic issues as the most important facing the nation, and this Trump term, with midterm elections approaching, is no […]
Iran’s military assets are being obliterated by U.S. and Israeli strikes, but airpower cannot dismantle one of the regime’s most dangerous asymmetric capabilities: sophisticated illicit financial networks that extend far beyond Iran’s borders. Billions of dollars stashed offshore could still be mobilized by surviving hardliners to prop up the regime, finance terrorist attacks in the […]
The mask is finally off. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) are no longer just advocating democratic socialism — they are attempting to legislate it through a massive $4.4 trillion wealth tax. By targeting the nation’s wealthiest individuals for an annual 5% confiscation of their assets, they are signaling a radical new […]
Even with Gov. Kathy Hochul vowing to avoid any tax hikes (before the November election, anyway), the Legislature's leaders and hard lefties are determined...
For generations, communities in Southeast Asia have used the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa — kratom — brewed as a drink to relieve pain and steady mood. Its principal alkaloids, mitragynine and the more potent 7-hydroxymitragynine, act on opioid receptors and produce analgesic effects. Kratom has since gained a significant presence in the United States, where consumers […]
For six decades, Washington has waged a War on Poverty with ever‑increasing sums of money. According to the House Budget Committee, federal means‑tested welfare spending now exceeds $1 trillion a year, with more than $12 trillion projected over the next decade. When counted as income for recipients, all that spending has reduced poverty, even as […]
The success of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. air and missile campaign being waged jointly with Israel against Iran, depends on two things: precision weapons and accurate intelligence. Pentagon shortages of cutting-edge ordnance, which is expensive and inherently slower to replace than is commonly understood, are already causing concerns. If this operation continues longer than […]
It is clear that the Iran-backed Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, were a blunder of epic proportions for the Islamic regime. Many of history’s great military disasters center on a major tactical error. The Romans at the Battle of Cannae and Napoleon’s invasion of Russia failed spectacularly because leadership underestimated a presumably inferior […]
Over the weekend, joint U.S.-Israeli air and missile strikes began against the Islamic Republic of Iran. These strikes have, thus far, inflicted grave damage, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and many other senior officials. Iran’s fourth-rate navy has been mostly sunk, too. Tehran’s already limited conventional military capacity has also been significantly eroded. However, the […]
Virginia Democrats, including Gov. Abigail Spanberger, are again refusing to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who want to deport a violent illegal immigrant who recently murdered a Fairfax County mother in cold blood. This is not the first time anti-ICE Democrats have gotten innocent people killed, and it won’t be the last unless […]
Paul Skenes is smiling from ear to ear, draped in red, white, and blue, along with the rest of his teammates, as they begin the first exhibition game representing Team USA at the World Baseball Classic at Papago Sports Complex in Phoenix. Skenes told the MLB Network why it means so much to represent his country in the […]
