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Ball is in the GOP’s court on DHS funding standoff, House minority leader says

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's not confident Congress will strike a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded and it's up to Republicans to break the stalemate.

Hesitation is no longer US policy

For years, hostile regimes have tested the limits of American resolve, calculating that the United States would avoid confrontation even when its security interests were directly threatened. President Donald Trump has now upended that calculation. The recent U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, followed by tough diplomacy, combined with Trump’s clear warnings to […]

Jeffries says GOP ‘finally showed some backbone’ in criticizing Trump for racist video of Obamas

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday his GOP colleagues in Congress “finally showed some backbone” in pushing back against a video President Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday evening portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. “It was a disgusting video. And the president was rightly and appropriately...

Trump rips Olympic skier over remarks about representing US

President Trump ripped Hunter Hess on Sunday after the U.S. skier spoke out against the political climate in his home country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan earlier this week. "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

The US prison system isn’t working — here’s what we can learn from other countries

That is not a series of bad individual choices. It is a system producing a revolving door. 

Ball is in the GOP’s court on DHS funding standoff, House minority leader says

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's not confident Congress will strike a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded and it's up to Republicans to break the stalemate.

The single crushing problem American cattle ranchers wish Trump would fix instead

Trump expands beef imports to cut prices, but American cattle ranchers say the real problem squeezing their profits lies elsewhere.

Bad Bunny created a cultural phenomenon. Can he spark a political one?

The world is watching for Bad Bunny to make a political statement at the Super Bowl. Democrats are watching closely to figure out how...

Super Bowl Sunday: Here are some of the political, social commercials you can expect during the big game

Super Bowl ads are about more than just products sometimes, with spots at this year's game highlighting 'Trump Accounts,' antisemitism, faith and campaign pitches.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—February 8

2016—By a vote of six to four (in Wesby v. District of Columbia), the D.C. Circuit denies en banc rehearing of a rogue panel decision authored by Judge...

Thirty Candles for the Internet’s Foundation

Internet free speech is celebrating its 30th birthday — if Section 230’s opponents don’t spoil the party, that is.

We Need a Private-Sector Overhaul of U.S. Space Exploration

The scrubbed Artemis launch is the latest saga of an inefficient, unfocused government-run space program.

CNN’s Love-Hate Relationship with Citizen Journalists in Minnesota

How the network feels toward them depends, of course, on what is being investigated.

At Last, a Positive Trend in American Education

Good news from our classrooms: More and more young people are learning how to manage their money.

The Corrupt Pardon at the Center of Trump’s UAE Windfall

Changpeng Zhao’s contributions to the rise of World Liberty Financial are key.

Defiant Iran says missile program non-negotiable after meeting with U.S.

Iran's ballistic missile program was never on the table and was not up for negotiation during Friday's high-stakes meeting between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic republic's chief diplomat said over the weekend.

LA city councilwoman previously backed by DSA running for mayor in primary challenge to former ally Bass

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman launched a last-minute mayoral challenge against incumbent Karen Bass just hours before the filing deadline.

West Virginia worked with ICE — 650 arrests later, officials say Minnesota-style ‘chaos’ is a choice

ICE surge in West Virginia nets 650 illegal immigrants in two weeks with strong local cooperation, contrasting sharply with Minnesota-style protests.

Federal appeals court upholds Trump mass detention policy for illegal immigrants

A federal appeals court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security can lawfully detain illegal immigrants nationwide without bond hearings, delivering a major legal win for the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy.

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