Debates over federal immigration policy are necessary and important. My personal view is that while President Donald Trump has an electoral mandate and executive authority to deport illegal immigrants, the scale and tactics with which he is pursuing this policy do not serve the moral or economic national interest. In addition, administration attempts to control […]
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The Washington Examiner obtained exclusive photos and testimonies from conservative students at Loyola Marymount University that expose the repeated hostility, intimidation, and guilt trips from their supposedly tolerant peers and professors in the wake of the horrendous murder of Charlie Kirk. Those entrusted to protect us must take action against this extensive culture of anti-conservative […]
Dozens of prisoners who were on federal death row but had their sentences commuted under former President Biden will be moved to supermax prisons, attorney general Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. Biden, just a month before leaving office, commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, moving the classification from execution to life...
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will pause abortion appointments starting Oct. 1 because of President Trump’s tax and spending megabill, the organization said Thursday. The move is intended to be temporary, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin President and CEO Tanya Atkinson said. "Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is—and always will be—focused on putting our patients first. Our commitment...
The campaign of New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for releasing her military records, which included sensitive personal information, to an ally of her gubernatorial opponent. “The Trump administration blatantly violated federal law by releasing Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted personal military records to an agent of the Ciattarelli...
President Trump said on Thursday that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, telling reporters that he has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the issue. “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, nope. I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen,” he said following...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday accused President Trump of engaging in “mafia-style blackmail” after his budget director promised mass firings if the government shuts down at the end of the month. “President Trump is engaged in mafia-style blackmail, with his threats ultimately harming the American people,” Van Hollen said in a statement Thursday....
The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas called Wednesday’s shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility the “very definition of terrorism” Thursday. In notes that investigators found at the shooter’s home, the gunman “hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere with their work,” acting U.S. Attorney Nancy...
The White House on Thursday downplayed plans for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to convene top military leaders next week amid speculation about the purpose for the meeting. “It’s not particularly unusual that generals who report to the secretary of War and then to the president of the United States are coming to speak with the secretary...