A federal judge ruled Illinois laws providing in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal immigrants are unconstitutional, dealing a blow to JB Pritzker.
Former state lawmaker Troy Jackson won the Democratic nomination for Maine's U.S. Senate seat on Saturday, capping nearly three weeks of political drama following the collapse of Graham Platner's campaign.
A bipartisan bill to require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models was introduced following an OpenAI system going rogue during testing.
Prediction market Kalshi on Friday threatened legal action against Netflix unless the streaming giant agrees to take down a trailer for an upcoming documentary about prediction markets. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to Netflix on Friday, Kalshi’s head of litigation, Jovalin Dedaj, alleged that the trailer contains “false and misleading statements.” On Thursday, Netflix released...
When President Volodymyr Zelensky signed legislation weakening Ukraine’s key anti-corruption agencies on July 22, he appeared to think his people would sit idle. Instead, he unleashed the first major protests in the country since Russia’s invasion began in Feb. 2022. Those protests and Zelensky’s U-turn ultimately demonstrated that Ukrainian democracy remains vibrant even under the most extreme circumstances. The […]
Despite Defense Department statements, concerning images of Afghans remain online. In early July, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service began to release photos featuring the faces and names of Afghan allies and citizens interacting with U.S. service members. Following my report on the disastrous oversight, the Pentagon claimed it had addressed the error. A Defense Department spokesperson […]
There’s a scene in the latest South Park episode, “Got a Nut,” in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leads a squad of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents through the pearly gates of heaven. “Only the brown ones. If it’s brown, it goes down,” she instructs. It’s a depiction so grotesque and absurd it could […]
The fragile and faltering left-wing government of France is beholden enough to the pro-Hamas faction of its population that it has agreed to reward the terrorist group by recognizing Palestinian statehood at next month’s United Nations General Assembly. But even France understands the sovereignty of its own statehood. After a Gazan university student in Lille […]
Analise Ortiz is an Arizona state senator who was elected to office in November 2024. A week ago, most people in the country probably never heard of her. That’s not an indictment against her; it’s just the unfortunate reality of most politicians elected at the state level. However, Ortiz was catapulted into the national spotlight […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) knows his Bible. Having spoken with him a number of times in recent years, I’ve grown accustomed to the senator casually dropping Bible verses in ordinary conversation. On the phone the other day, Scott responded to my question, “How’s things in D.C.?” by saying, “We’re blessed and highly favored. […]
It’s not often that the private sector can look at the federal government as a role model for anything. But under President Donald Trump, the federal government has taken the lead in adopting policies that protect the religious expressions of federal workers, providing a model for everyone. American employers generally understand that under Title VII, […]
President Donald Trump deserves much praise for securing the southern border without any new laws and lining up the cash needed for future immigration enforcement in the “one big, beautiful bill.” But Republican governors deserve plenty of credit on border security, too, especially those who effectively turned the tide on illegal immigration in their states […]
