Congressional Democrats on Tuesday said closing down the government to fight for pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies is worth it because the COVID-19 crisis isn't completely over.
Federal authorities revealed what they called a shocking level of immigration fraud after a major enforcement surge in Minnesota, saying they found problems with nearly half of the cases they investigated.
The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech.
On Wednesday, China will mark the 76th anniversary of the founding of its People’s Republic. As in years past, Chinese President Xi Jinping will stand before the iconic Tiananmen Gate under the looming portrait of Mao Zedong and deliver a carefully crafted speech. The message will be familiar: The Communist Party has lifted hundreds of […]
Portland leaders are so concerned with “resisting” President Donald Trump that they would rather allow criminals to openly defy the law than make Portland a functioning city. Democrats in Oregon are crying foul over the National Guard being deployed to Portland, where antifa is again leading violent “protests.” The Democratic mayor of Portland is dismissing videos of […]
I’ve been an American for less than three hours as I sit down to write. I drove with my American wife to a nondescript low-rise office building on the outskirts of Baltimore where, along with people from 24 other countries, I swore the naturalization oath of allegiance. We were each given our certificates, plus a […]
IOWA’S STUNNING, EMBARRASSING IMMIGRATION MESS. On May 16, 2023, the Des Moines, Iowa, school board hired Ian Roberts to be its new superintendent. Roberts, the first African American ever chosen to run the city’s schools, formally began the job on July 1, 2023. By the end of July, the board got some surprising news about their new […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Government shutdowns are Kabuki theater. And the next showing is […]
Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest work, One Battle After Another, is a triumphant and ostentatious spectacle about morally repugnant monsters. “The message is clear,” declares one of its pseudo-protagonists in the opening scene, “free borders and free bodies.” Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob Ferguson, a burnt-out radical whose paranoia and half-functioning memory cells are all that remain […]
Republican lawmakers would get a larger share of blame for a government shutdown than their Democratic counterparts if lawmakers don't come to an agreement, a poll released Tuesday found. The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, conducted last week, found that 38 percent of respondents would blame Republicans, while 27 percent would blame Democrats and 31 percent would...