A coalition of gun-rights groups has asked the Supreme Court to step in and block a Maryland law that bars even concealed-carry permit holders from carrying firearms at "sensitive places" such as state parks, museums and mass transit.
The Justice Department indicted de facto Cuban leader Raul Castro this week over the 1996 killings of four Americans. The indictment shows that the Trump administration wants to pressure Castro’s communist regime and to lay a legal foundation for any future U.S. military raid to capture him. Castro will certainly fear that a U.S. special […]
The U.S. autonomous vehicle industry, like any other industry, relies on a supply chain that spans the globe, collecting automotive hardware and raw materials from countless other countries. Typically, a global supply chain is a positive sign of cost optimization and connectivity, but these benefits should not obscure national security considerations. In the United States, […]
Three days. That is how long it took Washington to go from warning that Iraqi government elements are providing cover for Iran-backed militias to congratulating Tehran’s hand-picked prime minister and inviting him to the White House. Ali al Zaidi, a known money launderer and dollar smuggler whose Al-Janoob Islamic Bank has been under coordinated sanctions […]
The Weekend at Bernie’s joke, propping up a dead man while everyone plays along, has moved from Democratic Party headquarters to Capitol Hill. Lawmakers from both parties treat their seats like paid vacation, available to skip while taxpayers cover the tab and the public’s business sits unfinished. The ghost votes Rep. Frederica Wilson, the 83-year-old […]
For too many Washington bureaucrats, American border security is reduced to a narrow, checklist exercise — counting crossings and manning checkpoints while ignoring the torrent of illicit goods and other poisons flooding our communities. But during my time at the Department of Homeland Security, I saw a fundamental shift: Border Patrol was no longer operating […]
MONONGAHELA, Pennsylvania — Downballot primary results for seats in the Pennsylvania legislature and Congress had both parties heading into very different directions for November’s midterm election cycle. The Democrats are marching far left, and Republicans are beating back challengers from their far-right flanks. In Washington County, in a strident race, Republican state Sen. Camera Bartolotta […]
On May 6, Georgetown University Law Center announced that former Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro, its 2026 commencement speaker, had withdrawn from the ceremony. His apparent offense: writing opinion essays defending Israel and criticizing higher education’s response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. After a student petition labeled his views “controversial, Zionist, […]
“Has China defeated our country?” chirped right-wing activist Mike Cernovich when reposting a clip of President Donald Trump speaking to Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Friday. The Make America Great Again movement, committed to confronting China, not Russia, was not impressed by the recent summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom it sees […]