The National Sheriffs' Association spanked the Biden administration Thursday for a lack of candor about the drones spotted in New Jersey and surrounding states, saying federal officials have been giving local cops a stiff-arm.

Voters on Nov. 5 rejected the Democratic Party’s costly push for a swift transition away from fossil fuels. But President Joe Biden’s administration is not listening. Or if it listens, it is ignoring the public. That is why it is now doling taxpayer money out as fast as possible while ignoring regulatory safeguards against corruption. […]

President Biden has finally managed to get the southern border back to the low levels of illegal immigration he inherited from President Obama, according to the latest data that shows fewer than 100,000 migrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico boundary in November.

House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats for killing his back-up plan to avert a government shutdown, arguing that the new legislation was materially the same as the original, bipartisan plan.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily banned drones over some of New York's "critical infrastructure sites." "This action is purely precautionary; there are no threats to these sites," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said in a statement on Thursday. The ban will last through Jan. 18. "While we have not detected any public...