Maintaining the world’s most lethal fighting force is expensive. From a high of 35% during World War II to 11% during the Korean War and 9% during Vietnam, the United States has always devoted a significant share of its economy to providing the world the security needed to lift billions of people out of poverty. […]

Congressional Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday night, as the Washington Examiner’s Anna Giaritelli previously reported. In a historic vote, and by the slimmest of margins, 214-213, the House approved two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas: failing to detain illegal immigrants trying to enter […]

Criminals thrive when federal and state law enforcement are both too overwhelmed to hold them accountable and at cross-purposes with one another.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign called former President Trump a “huge weight” on GOP candidates after Democrats won a special election for the New York House seat formerly held by ex-Rep. George Santos (R). "Let’s just say the quiet part out loud. Donald Trump continues to be a huge weight against Republican candidates," Haley...

Rep. Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) issued a stark warning Tuesday about a second term for former President Trump, arguing it would result in “grave impacts” on democracy.  “If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, we do not know if there would be a verifiable next election that has integrity,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday in...

Beliefs are persistent, stubborn things. People fancy themselves open to new information and diverse perspectives, and sometimes we are. But mostly, we go on holding fast to our preexisting views.  

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced the House vote to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas as a “sham” and an “embarrassment for House Republicans, declaring they have reached “a new low.” “The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump,” Schumer said after the...

All of this should be a warning to the United States and NATO that sabotage and shadow networks of saboteurs and spy catchers are not a phenomenon of Cold War fiction.

Lara Trump on Tuesday doubled down on her support for her father-in-law, former President Trump, vowing to spend “every single penny” of Republican National Committee (RNC) funds to reelect him to the White House. Asked by Newsmax host Rob Schmitt what needs to change to make the RNC more competitive, Lara said Tuesday: “The RNC...