SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging, and purpose. It’s what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, one of the most heavily […]
President Donald Trump decisively shattered the neoconservatives’ decadeslong stranglehold over the Republican Party during his first term as president. If the sixth National Conservatism Conference is any indication, he has already succeeded in his second term at purging the GOP of the America Last isolationists who thought they could hijack the Make America Great Again […]
Democrats have made fighting “mass incarceration” their focus on criminal justice. The result is the constant release of violent career criminals who would be kept behind bars by properly enforced “three-strikes” laws. We have video from the Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who fled Vladimir Putin’s invasion only to be murdered on a […]
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. This week’s National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C., laid bare […]
According to an August memorandum from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump‘s top priority is to secure the border. “The President’s determination to restore our neglected position in the Western Hemisphere” consists of efforts to “seal our borders, repel invasion, counter narcotics and trafficking,” while aiding the Department of Homeland Security’s “mission to […]
Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google faces new curbs on search dominance Google has avoided the worst-case scenario of being forced to sell off its Chrome browser, but legal experts say the court’s remedies to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) antitrust win could still loosen the company’s grip over...
The Trump administration is escalating its immigration operations in Democratic cities in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling giving the government the ability to conduct immigration stops based on an individual’s ethnicity or whether they speak Spanish. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday morning announced “Operation Patriot 2.0” in Massachusetts and announced...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine made a surprise trip to Puerto Rico on Monday, amid the Trump administration’s push to counter drug cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean Sea via the U.S. military. The visit — announced by Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (R) in a social...
The Murdoch family has agreed to settle a yearslong dispute over the family's trust and control of the sprawling media empire it owns, the two sides announced on Monday. The deal will hand control of Fox and News Corp. to Lachlan Murdoch, effectively protecting its conservative viewpoint for decades to come. Prue, Liz and James Murdoch...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Congress looks to de-escalate shutdown standoff Congressional leaders are trying to de-escalate a standoff over the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, with both sides signaling they’d be open to a “clean” continuing resolution that would not...