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AI adds scarier scams, finds Senate hearing on seniors

Artificial intelligence has made it more difficult for seniors to identify scams, a problem for an already vulnerable population, witnesses at a Senate hearing said Thursday.

Oklahoma moves to cancel in-state tuition for illegal immigrants after DOJ prod

Oklahoma and the Trump Justice Department have reached a deal to overturn the state's law that has allowed illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates.

Mahmoud Khalil interview shows why terrorist supporters must be deported

Mahmoud Khalil is a terrorist supporter and a foreigner with no right to be in the United States. If our country cannot deport someone like him, then we hardly have a functioning country. Khalil is a Columbia University student and activist who organized the university’s illegal “occupation” protests. He is a green card holder, not a legal citizen, whose green card […]

Ukraine’s protests show democracy is alive and kicking

When President Volodymyr Zelensky signed legislation weakening Ukraine’s key anti-corruption agencies on July 22, he appeared to think his people would sit idle. Instead, he unleashed the first major protests in the country since Russia’s invasion began in Feb. 2022. Those protests and Zelensky’s U-turn ultimately demonstrated that Ukrainian democracy remains vibrant even under the most extreme circumstances. The […]

Defense Department lies about fixing grave Afghan allies error

Despite Defense Department statements, concerning images of Afghans remain online. In early July, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service began to release photos featuring the faces and names of Afghan allies and citizens interacting with U.S. service members. Following my report on the disastrous oversight, the Pentagon claimed it had addressed the error. A Defense Department spokesperson […]

ICE opening detention tent facility at Texas military base

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to begin using a Texas military base to detain individuals who immigrated to the U.S. illegally on Aug. 17. The El Paso area site, Fort Bliss, is still being developed and will initially receive 1,000 detainees, according to the Department of Defense.  Over the next two years, officials...

Trump ups aggressive redistricting war with call for new census

President Trump is going all in on the national redistricting war with his call for the Commerce Department to conduct a new census ahead of the next scheduled one in 2030. Trump said in his Truth Social post on Thursday that the census would not count those who are in the country illegally and use...

Federal court upholds Oklahoma law banning gender-affirming care for minors

A federal appeals court upheld an Oklahoma law banning gender-affirming care for minors Wednesday in a ruling hinging on a June Supreme Court decision to uphold a similar law in Tennessee. Oklahoma’s Senate Bill 613, passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) in 2023, makes it a felony for...

Trump signs order giving political appointees oversight of federal grants

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order tightening control of the federal grant funding process, requiring political appointees to sign off on each grant. The order directs each agency head to designate a senior appointee who will be responsible for creating a process to review grant opportunity announcements and to ensure any grants awarded...

Trump seeks to celebrate tariffs, reassure on economy

President Trump sought to celebrate his new tariff regime and reassure the public about his economic stewardship on Thursday as a trade agenda upending the GOP and the global economic order came into place. Trump said the tariffs would raise billions for the U.S. Treasury, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that foreign producers and...

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