BUTLER, Pennsylvania — “He’s coming home, he’s coming home.” Those were the words of Malphine Fogel, the mother of Marc Fogel, a western Pennsylvania teacher who was arrested in Russia in 2021 and was sentenced to 14 years in a hard labor camp in 2022. He was imprisoned there until Tuesday, when President Donald Trump‘s […]
THE BIDEN ECONOMIC HANGOVER. Former President Joe Biden left a terrible legacy: the border catastrophe, chaos and disorder abroad, increased crime, oppressive wokeness. But for today’s purposes, consider the damage done by Biden’s economic policies. Inflation took away 20% of people’s purchasing power in a short period of time. Even when the rate of inflation slowed, it […]
When a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from accessing Treasury Department information this week, Vice President JD Vance noted that “judges aren’t allowed to control” the president’s “legitimate power.” This, we are told by hysterics, has plunged the United States into a “constitutional crisis.” However, Vance is, of course, entirely correct that it’s illegitimate […]
Vice President JD Vance told the truth with characteristic bluntness recently when he said, “Just because we were founded by immigrants doesn’t mean that 240 years later, we have to have the dumbest immigration policy in the world.” He was speaking on CBS’s Sunday talk show Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan about birthright citizenship […]
The Associated Press rebuked the White House after it said one of the outlet's reporters was barred from covering an executive order signing Tuesday afternoon. The barring of the journalist, the AP said in a statement, was in connection with AP's refusal to "align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the...
President Trump said Tuesday he would abide by court rulings if they blocked parts of his agenda amid uproar over comments from some allies about defying the legal system. “I always abide by the courts and then I’ll have to appeal it,” Trump said when asked if he would comply with court orders if they...
The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a statement Tuesday citing concerns with the Trump administration’s comments condemning court orders that blocked some of the president’s executive actions. “These bold assertions, designed to intimidate judges by threatening removal if they do not rule the government's way, cross the line. They create a risk to the physical...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports “entirely unjustified” and said the country would respond “if it comes to that.” “Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be entirely unjustified,” Trudeau said in remarks to reporters on Tuesday. “We are [the] U.S.'s closest ally. Our economies are integrated....
Elon Musk on Tuesday defended the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside President Trump, who invited Musk to speak and sat at the resolute desk as the tech mogul gave a lengthy address. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said in...