On June 26, 2025, Lyudmila Kozlovska, head of the Belgium-based NGO Open Dialogue Foundation, testified before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She cited a defamation lawsuit filed by Kyrgyzstan’s Bakai Bank against her organization as an example of “transnational repression.” A Belgian court has since cast serious doubt on that claim and, […]

On June 26, 2025, Lyudmila Kozlovska, head of the Belgium-based NGO Open Dialogue Foundation, testified before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She cited a defamation lawsuit filed by Kyrgyzstan’s Bakai Bank against her organization as an example of “transnational repression.” A Belgian court has since cast serious doubt on that claim and, […]

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is at it again.   At a recent “No Kings” rally, Weingarten’s speech repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump. This week, her teachers’ union, along with several other progressive groups, rolled out a new activist toolkit to urge schools to not cooperate with ICE. American parents should be furious. Educational deficiencies, especially in […]

The human costs of underfunding public health are not abstractions.

The human costs of underfunding public health are not abstractions.

Thousands of pictures are expected from Monday's flyby - here are just a few.

Thousands of pictures are expected from Monday's flyby - here are just a few.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday called on Republican members of Congress to "stop the madness" after President Trump delivered an ominous threat toward Iran. Jeffries responded to Trump's Truth Social post from earlier in the day, when he wrote that unless Iran does "something revolutionarily wonderful," then a "whole civilization will die...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday called on Republican members of Congress to "stop the madness" after President Trump delivered an ominous threat toward Iran. Jeffries responded to Trump's Truth Social post from earlier in the day, when he wrote that unless Iran does "something revolutionarily wonderful," then a "whole civilization will die...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill into law Monday that grants him and other state officials authority over the designation of domestic terror organizations and the removal of public university students accused of supporting them.  “To uphold the rule of law, our state must operate under one legal system, the Constitution must remain...