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How Newsom created California’s chronic deficits

The current charts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2026-2027 budget reveal how spending has exploded during his governorship.

The rise in transgender killers proves that we have a major mental health crisis unfolding

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, someone trans-identifying is accused of committing a...

California’s oil isn’t better in the Bahamas

California is so desperate for gasoline — despite sitting on billions of barrels in...

Mamdani asks New York State to raise taxes on ‘ultra-wealthy’ to address city budget deficit 

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) asked Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the “ultra-wealthy,” citing a "significant chasm" in the city's $5.4 billion deficit. During a preliminary budget proposal announcement on Tuesday, Mamdani laid out two different “paths” the city could take to address the deficit concerns. The first and “most sustainable and...

Walz says he’d ‘rather eat glass’ than fill Klobuchar’s Senate seat

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Tuesday that he would “rather eat glass” than replace gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) in her U.S. Senate seat if she is elected. The lighthearted moment occurred when the governor took a question on the way to the podium at a press conference on Tuesday. “The context was...

From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s fight with the Trump administration

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it. His complicated legal fight since then has galvanized both sides of the debate over President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Latina House Republican asks Supreme Court to block Dems’ bid to ‘racially gerrymander’ her out of Congress

NYC's only GOP House lawmaker asked the Supreme Court to block a Democrat-led redistricting effort of her Staten Island seat, calling it unconstitutional gerrymandering.

Springsteen jabs Trump as ‘wannabe king’ as famed rocker launches concert tour ‘in defense of America’

Bruce Springsteen announces 20-date "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour" with E Street Band starting March 31, charging that President Donald Trump is a "wannabe king."

Scranton crime spike dogs Dem mayor as she challenges GOP Rep in Biden’s hometown

Crime crisis rocks Biden's hometown as Scranton mayor faces heat over reported gang violence while challenging GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan in swing district.

Mark Kelly eyes 2028 White House run while fighting Trump demotion threat

A federal judge blocked the Pentagon from demoting Sen. Mark Kelly over a video about "illegal orders" as the Arizona Democrat considers a 2028 presidential run.

House GOP’s razor-thin majority threatens to grind Trump’s Capitol Hill agenda to halt

Speaker Mike Johnson is encountering growing difficulties as rebellious House Republicans team up with Democrats to inflict procedural defeats.

Schumer, Dems’ goal is to ‘tie people down’ so they can’t campaign, Thune says

Every day campaigning matters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., contended the Democrats are harming the GOP's ability to hit the trail.

Government Benefits for Parents Are a Longstanding Conservative Policy

This reminds me of the kerfuffle during the 2024 campaign about JD Vance’s comment that people with three kids should pay lower taxes than...

The Talking Filibuster Quagmire: Rule Changes, Small and Big

Republicans who want to preserve the unique features of the Senate as a supermajoritarian institution need to find an opportunity to vote on the...

They Are Who We Thought They Were

The State Department has accused some of the most reliably anti-American activist groups in the United States of also serving as instruments of Chinese...

Free Speech Group That Fought Biden Tech Censorship Accuses Trump of Doing the Same to Anti-ICE Activists in New Lawsuit

FIRE’s lawsuit accuses Bondi and Noem of pushing tech companies to censor an app and a Facebook group built to share footage of ICE...

Remembering Jesse Jackson

There were some good political speakers in the Eighties — the young Jesse Jackson prominent among them.

Jesse Jackson Opposed Terri Schiavo’s Intentional Death by Dehydration

May Jackson’s righteousness in that just cause redound to his eternal benefit.

Judge blocks ICE from rearresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia for ‘foreseeable future’

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration has been playing games with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and issued a new order barring ICE from trying to rearrest him any time soon.

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