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Ousted senator has no regrets about voting to convict Trump

Sen. Bill Cassidy said his 2021 vote to convict President Trump on a House impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol may have ended his political career, but he has no regrets.

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead federal land agency as drilling and mining expand

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining and drilling while reversing conservation plans.

Paxton investigation Southern Poverty Law Center in Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over its alleged funding of extremist groups it claimed to oppose. Last month, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., indicted the SPLC on six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count...

Tillis urges GOP colleagues to hold budget bill over White House ballroom funding

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy problem.” He threatened to vote no on the budget reconciliation...

Polls show Cooper with strong lead over Whatley for NC Senate seat

Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from The Carolina Journal/Harper Polling.  The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former...

The Free Speech Fairness Act would end a decades-old attack on speech

In 1954, Texas Sen. Lyndon Johnson proposed an amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that has strangled the free speech and religious liberty of churches and the pastors who lead them ever since. The so-called Johnson Amendment, passed simply by voice vote in the Senate, prevents tax-exempt organizations from participating or intervening in “any political […]

FTC’s antitrust crusade against Meta contradicts key parts of the Trump agenda

We’re all about to find out if it’s the White House or what’s left of the administrative state that’s calling the shots on antitrust and Big Tech. Either way, the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Meta, which began in a courtroom on Monday, is a bad one. Since President Donald Trump’s second presidential victory, much […]

Due process is not a one-way open borders ratchet

Former President Joe Biden admitted over 1.4 million illegal immigrants into the United States through both his CBP One app and Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, or CHNV, parole programs. An estimated 4 million more illegal immigrants were arrested while illegally crossing the southern border and then released on parole into the U.S. None of […]

The Tish James I know is a bully and a hypocrite

I first ran into a little-known New York City Councilwoman named Letitia James in the aughts at a Brooklyn news conference about rapper Foxy...

Climate zealots are always wrong — but never own up to their nonsense

The alarmists never apologize. When doom doesn't happen, they just move on to the next scare.

Wilding at will — NY’s crime ‘reforms’ let kids sow terror on our streets

"We made it clear that we will cut kids every break,” said a former Bronx prosecutor. “The system is set up to get kids...

Yet again, Kathy Hochul is losing big-time on her budget plan and criminal justice ‘fixes’

Anyone who thinks the deal on the state’s discovery laws that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Tuesday will significantly curb crime best think again.

Florida is perfect for elderly people — even the gators wear dentures

The Post's Cindy Adams recalls a trip to Florida — where everyone is old.

Tish James is guilty of rank hypocrisy if the NY AG did what she targeted Trump for

Memo to state Attorney General Tish James: If you’re going to drag the president of the United States to court for misleading financial institutions,...

Trump’s drive to lock in trade wins and end the maddening mixed messages

President Donald Trump’s decision to sit in on Wednesday’s trade talks with Japanese envoy Ryosei Akazawa sends a clear and excellent message: The prez...

Trump admin and Gov. Hochul in war of words over explosive claims she threatened president with her power over NY appeal judges

White House sources claim Gov. Hochul told President Trump “I control the judges” during a February meeting in the Oval Office to discuss policy...

AOC has made herself a legit White House contender — and a GOP threat

As Ronald Reagan put it, the American electorate rewards those who bear banners of “bold unmistakable colors” rather than “pale pastels.”

Why a soak-the-rich tax hike is a disaster — for the economy and for Trump

From President Kennedy to President Reagan, the most successful periods of economic expansion in American history followed significant reductions in tax rates.

Trump tariffs’ squeeze on small businesses: Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2025

Post readers discuss the negative effect of President Trump’s tariffs on small-business owners around the country.

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