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Mamdani’s pandering cries for accused killer ignores the real crisis at Rikers Island

Mamdani’s selective sadness was a craven pander to his empty-the-jails DSA base.

ICE plans to spend $2 million on dog-like robots for immigration enforcement

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to spend up to $2 million on robot “dogs” to assist its agents' operations, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding document. A funding document posted to DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System on Thursday said the agency could spend between $1 million and $2 million on...

Vance, Zeldin ask for EPA probe into East Palestine train derailment response

Two Trump administration officials are calling for an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into the government's response to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment — which caused toxic chemicals to spill into the town. In a joint Friday letter, Vice President JD Vance and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asked the EPA’s acting inspector...

Canadian broadcaster reverses policy barring use of ‘terrorist attack’ label for 9/11

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) walked back its move Friday to advise its journalists not to refer directly to Al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. as an act of terrorism — guidance that garnered widespread criticism from political leaders. In an internal memo this week first reported by The Toronto Sun, CBC’s...

Hegseth blocks promotions of 4 Army officers with ties to sacked generals 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked promotions of four Army officers picked for promotion to one-star rank, some of whom have ties to top Army generals the Pentagon chief ousted earlier this year, The Hill has learned.  Some of the officers pulled from the list have links to former Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, who...

Trump border wall construction kicks off in Arizona amid clash with Native American tribe

The Tohono O'odham Nation claims masked CBP agents blocked tribal police as border wall contractors drilled on their sacred Native American land.

Trump signs order creating new Space Academy akin to West Point, location to be determined

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday creating the U.S. Space Academy aimed at training students to enter the U.S. Space Force and serve the nation's growing space industry.

Hochul ICE policy ‘written in the blood of victims,’ opponent says as sheriffs sue

The clash comes as another top Republican declared Hochul 'doesn't give a s— about public safety'

Newsom targets major affordability squeeze in ‘striking’ convergence with Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's housing push mirrors Trump's supply-side playbook on permitting and zoning, but key policy differences remain.

Kamala Harris dives into midterm fight only to get roasted for never having ‘an original thought in her life’

Kamala Harris urged Democrats to turn out in "big numbers" and be "too big to rig" in midterms, drawing mockery for echoing Trump's signature phrase.

The Most Ridiculous Presidential Ranking

Trump recycled a ranking reflecting midcentury liberal preferences just so he could call himself the ‘greatest.’

A Grievous Gap in One State’s Higher Ed

In today’s Martin Center article, Christopher Schilling explains that, though North Carolina “requires Holocaust education for public school students,” there is no such requirement...

An Unsatisfactory Settlement

What rules should govern our online digital lives? What rights do we have as digital citizens? The Meta settlement raises more questions than it...

I Don’t Like Flock Cameras, but I Don’t Think They’re Unconstitutional

The courts are not going to save us. We’ll have to do this work politically.

The Canadian Menace

A review of the disputes that lead to another escalating round of tit-for-tat tariffs with our second-largest trading partner, Canada.

Do Republicans Need More Trump?

Republicans need to give their voters a rationale for voting the straight ticket.

Sen. Ted Cruz eyes 2028 presidential run

Sen. Ted Cruz's ambition to move into the White House is still on his mind, he confirmed during an appearance on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's podcast Wednesday.

Massive Chinese bot farm caught conducting US ‘influence operations’ pushing coordinated online narrative

X uncovered 200,000 inauthentic Chinese accounts pushing anti-AI and anti-data center narratives in the United States amid energy policy debates.

Trump admin blocks more than $1.6B in potentially improper Medicare lab payments, agency says

Dr. Mehmet Oz says labs billed Medicare for tests never performed as President Donald Trump's CMS uses AI to flag suspicious billing patterns.

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