The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two important reports last year: the national births report for 2022 and the provisional births report for 2023. Both reflect a concerning trend: a decline in the general fertility rate among women aged 15-44 and a corresponding drop in the annual number of live births in the United States. […]

The Houthis have been running roughshod over the United States and its allies in the Middle East. Washington should respond by unleashing its chief regional pillar, Israel, against the Yemen-based terrorist group. American deterrence in the Middle East has been collapsing for the past four years, and the Houthis have played a starring role in that sad […]

Now that the 119th Congress has convened, there’s little question that the Big Tech lobbying machine will be back in full force to thwart renewed efforts to pass critical legislation designed to protect minors from harmful content and activity on social media. The widely supported, bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act nearly made it to the […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory two months ago is a huge win for parents. Moreover, his nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department will benefit millions of students and families. Under her leadership, parents will be freed from educational handcuffs and empowered to get their children out of failing programs and districts. The current administration […]

We continue to lack a credible, public explanation about why the USS Gettysburg fired surface-to-air missiles at two F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on Dec. 21. The pilot and weapons systems officer ejected safely from the first targeted jet, with minor injuries to one officer. […]

JOE BIDEN’S ENDURING DECEPTIONS. As far as the press are concerned, Joe Biden has been the least accessible president in memory. There’s a reason for that. It’s been clear for a long time that the 82-year-old Biden is not mentally and physically up to the job. After it became politically safe for Democratic-supporting media outlets to […]

A swarm of winter wildfires ravaged America's most heavily-populated county to start 2025, scorching cars, banks, bungalows and multi-million dollar mansions.

President-elect Trump asked an appeals court to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on both investigations into him. Trump’s filing comes after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Trump to intervene in a challenge brought by his two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case. Trump had previously asked Attorney General Merrick Garland...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said she doesn’t believe President-elect Trump has a plan to purchase Greenland or acquire it through military force. “I think we can exclude that the United States in the coming years will try to use force to annex territory that interests it,” Meloni said during an annual press...

President-elect Trump is making a final stand in his criminal cases as his White House return approaches, hoping to diminish what is left of his prosecutions before they are shelved. With less than two weeks until his inauguration, Trump has looked to block his New York sentencing on 34 felonies and the public release of...