When a Republican president goes off course on the pro-life cause, what should anti-abortioners do? If you’re Washington Examiner columnist Peter Laffin, the answer appears to be: lecture and deride any pro-life organization that continues engaging the administration in hopes of improving outcomes — preferably from the safe distance of an opinion column, where no […]
Democrats won nearly all of last November’s off-year elections by successfully weaponizing the term “affordability.” Inflation is down from Biden-era levels, but it is still too high. The middle class has been hit especially hard by the price of necessities such as utilities and groceries, and leftists, including avowed Marxist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, have […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is going to run for president in 2028. He is trying to run a two-faced campaign where he portrays himself as the obnoxious leftwing agitator to Democrats and the sensible, cordial, moderate voice to everyone else. Newsom was confronted by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro about his press office calling the Immigration […]
Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a “critical foundation of our Nation’s liberty,” and “essential to our well-being.” And yet today, on Religious Freedom Day, this inalienable right is on shaky ground. The […]
In the predawn hours of Jan. 10, the Beth Israel synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, went up in flames. Not long after the incident, 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman was arrested and charged with the crime. Why would a promising, young college baseball player allegedly ruin his life and light a house of worship on fire? According to the […]
President Donald Trump dishonors the United States and Denmark, one of America’s most loyal allies, with his threats that the Danish territory of Greenland must be transferred to American ownership. Denmark deserves better. So do Americans. After all, Trump says that the U.S. needs Greenland to prevent the Russian and Chinese domination of, and military […]
The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last year on all five counts he faced following a trial where he mounted his own defense. Federal prosecutors wrote in court filings...
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) urged those demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota to not let anger win out in response to reports of protesters throwing projectiles at police. “Do not let your anger get the best of you,” Omar said in an interview with NewsNation's Mills Hayes on Friday. “We are...
President Trump will announce a proposal next week to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home as part of his housing affordability push, one of his top economic advisers said Friday. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Trump will unveil the plan at the upcoming...
The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in default. The department said it will temporarily delay wage garnishment for those who haven't paid toward their loans in more than nine months as new student loans reforms are implemented this year. It previously...