With President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., last week, calls for the district to become a state have ratcheted up. “The president’s abuses are evidence of the urgent need for D.C. statehood so that more than 700,000 D.C. residents can finally have the full rights and privileges afforded to other […]

I’ll tell you my worst nightmare. My son sits nestled into the middle of a church pew on a Wednesday morning, his uniformed schoolmates packed in beside him. It’s his third day of school. Tentative and self-conscious by nature, he feels his peers’ eyes from the pews behind him; he scrunches in close to keep […]

Video of a Scottish girl brandishing a big knife and a small ax at a man recording their confrontation became a viral sensation this week. The scene is extraordinary and revealing — it has been called iconic already — but some Scottish news outlets, such as the Scottish Sun, initially reported only that police charged […]

The Constitution of the United States lays out a complex scheme of governance that has mostly worked for the 237 years since it became effective with the ratification of the ninth state, New Hampshire, in 1788.  There have been exceptions, of course. Abraham Lincoln took extraordinary steps to quell the rebellion of eleven Southern states. […]

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. A significant U.S. Navy task force, including the 22nd Marine Expeditionary […]

California Republicans are now pushing a proposal to split the state into two. While that will obviously never happen, it does highlight just how untenable the political situation in California has become under Democratic single-party rule. The proposal from Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher would cut the state into two, with the “Democratic” state making up most of California’s coast and […]

One would never know it by the despicable comments of Democrats, liberals, and others on the Left regarding the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, but the agencies are working diligently to make the country much safer. This includes removing illegal immigrants, specifically those with a violent criminal background. In return, […]

When Robert Lulgjuraj, a Republican from Sterling Heights, Michigan, began his campaign for the state’s 10th Congressional District last week, the former prosecutor quickly earned the support of Republican grassroots activist Brian Pannebecker, a retired autoworker from Macomb County who worked tirelessly to bring home Michigan for President Donald Trump last November. “Robert, like me was […]

Modern Americans tend to make two mistakes when it comes to understanding culture, and both are tied to individualism. First, we think about decision-making solely on the individual level, thus failing to consider how cultural trends can take hold. Second, we seem to think that other people’s personal lives are none of our business — […]

American voters’ opposition to additional military aid to Israel is the highest it's been since late 2023, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. In the poll, 32 percent of respondents said they are for “the United States sending more military aid to Israel for their efforts in the war with Hamas,” while 60...