The Senate late Wednesday night in a 47-50-1 vote opted not to rebuke the Trump administration a second time over its military conflict in Iran, as leaders convinced some Republican swing votes that doing so would harm the negotiations to end the war. The resolution would have been Congress’ way to reassert its power to...
A massive data center project in Box Elder County, Utah helped bring down the Beehive State’s Senate President, who lost his GOP primary on Tuesday after his support for the controversial development fueled voter backlash. Stuart Adams, one of Utah’s most powerful politicians and the longest-serving president of the state Senate in its history, lost to challenger...
President Trump stuck to script when he kicked off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on Wednesday as a part of the country’s 250th anniversary. “Tonight, as we stand on the edge of our 250th year of independence, I am thrilled to declare that America is back,” Trump told a crowd of...
WHY DOESN’T TRUMP JUST FINISH THE JOB IN IRAN? It’s a question heard everywhere from casual cookouts to the halls of Congress: Why doesn’t President Donald Trump just finish the job in Iran? Bomb the hell out of it, send in the troops, double down, and get it over with? It’s a question that came up in […]
“The United States will respond militarily to any Russian attack on its citizens or interests in Ukraine.” That’s how the Trump administration should respond to Russian threats to target the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate U.S. diplomats from Kyiv. On Tuesday, […]
Years ago, a man walked into my family’s pharmacy in East Tennessee and pointed a gun at my face. There was no confusion about what was happening. Nobody called it a misunderstanding. Nobody suggested we should stay quiet to avoid offending anyone. We called it what it was: robbery. And we responded accordingly. Today, however, […]
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico and his denomination, the Presbyterian Church (USA), distort the true meaning of being a Matthew 25 church, which they proudly proclaim that they are and which they follow. The parable of the last judgment is found in Matthew 25 and describes the separation of the sheep and goats based on […]
When 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht walked up to the pharmacy counter, he learned his Advair Diskus inhaler had jumped from under $70 to over $500. He walked away without the medicine. Within a week, he suffered a severe asthma attack and went into cardiac arrest. He died on Jan. 21, 2024. A young man was caught […]
Ukraine’s recent drone strikes against Russian oil infrastructure and military facilities are demonstrating a new model of warfare that military planners in the Indo-Pacific cannot afford to ignore. Rather than settling into a static war of attrition, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has evolved into a laboratory for the future of warfare, one increasingly […]
When my mother died of colon cancer, I saw firsthand the devastation that comes when treatment options run out. For decades, I’ve worked to spare others that same fate — helping patients around the world get the right medicine at the right time. That’s why I’m deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s push to tie […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. May 26, 1776 Gen. George Washington lingers in Philadelphia, where […]
When I was 17, most people saw me as more trouble than I was worth. I had bounced between schools, placements, and unstable environments for years. Like many young people in foster care, I struggled to imagine a future bigger than the chaos around me. Most adults saw risk. Very few saw potential. Eventually, I […]
