Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump's administration as the White House and its Department of Government Efficiency fire both new and career workers, tell agency leaders to plan for "large-scale reductions in force" and freeze trillions of dollars in federal grant funds.
The mess playing out in New York between Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is entirely the work of corrupt and incompetent Democrats. At some point, this reality should be embarrassing for voters in New York who have chosen to empower the New York Democratic Party. In one corner is Adams, […]
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made public what has been known privately for a while now: The United Kingdom will deploy troops as part of a non-NATO peacekeeping force designed to preserve any U.S.-negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. His announcement is welcome but carries numerous complications. First, there is glaring opposition from […]
If you follow these things closely, you may have seen a clip of the chairman of the Munich Security Conference breaking down in tears, unable to speak any further while reflecting on Vice President JD Vance’s speech there. This breakdown is remarkable because the chairman, Christoph Heusgen, is not a minor apparatchik but a sophisticated […]
It was a good year for Argentina and its president, Javier Milei. In 2024, Argentina saw impressive economic progress as Milei slashed bureaucracy, eliminated regulations, closed superfluous departments, reduced the federal workforce, and instituted various monetary reforms. The results of the policies were impressive: monthly inflation, which peaked after Milei assumed office, fell from 25.5% to […]
Rotten Big Apple? Prosecutorial pile-on? Politics as blood sport? To legal observers in New York City, those were the questions haunting the pending criminal trial of Mayor Eric Adams. The Trump Justice Department ended speculation last week with a bombshell memo to the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the fabled and […]
President Trump on Wednesday declared New York “saved” after his administration announced it would rescind the Biden-era approval of a congestion pricing plan, “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED.” Trump posted to his Truth Social. "LONG LIVE THE KING!" The move pulls back a toll charging $9 for drivers...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R-Miss.) collapsed at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. Video of the Mississippi State floor showed Hosemann collapsing on Wednesday, February 19. A source told WJTV 12 News that Hosemann was able to stand up and was conscious as emergency responders rushed to his aid. We're told...
President Trump this week ramped up attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of somehow causing Russia's invasion nearly three years ago, calling him a dictator and saying he has done a “terrible job” as the country’s leader. During a news conference in Florida on Tuesday, Trump made unsupported claims about the Ukrainian leader's...