It's hard to imagine the federal government paying hunters to shoot and kill owls, but that's exactly what has begun in the Pacific Northwest and California, where the destruction of up to 450,000 barred owls is underway in a desperate bid to save spotted owls.
The Trump administration said it has stripped legal status and deported a migrant whom Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tried to protect from ouster by granting him a pardon for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl.
Half a dozen GOP lawmakers are requesting data to build a case for making the National Fraud Enforcement Division permanent and expanding its legal authority.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement based on a shooting in Texas about which he knows nothing. That is because Mamdani doesn’t care about New York City as much as he does about national political power. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by ICE officers in Houston, […]
When did New York City trade its identity as a true melting pot for an empty pan of selective narratives? That question arose on July 9 when the City released its “Immigrant Enclaves” map. Enclaves such as Little Italy, Arthur Avenue, Gaelic Park, Borough Park, and countless others are essential threads in the story of […]
My paternal great-grandparents came to America from Sicily. My maternal great-grandparents came from Ireland and Germany. Like millions of immigrants before and after them, they came legally, seeking opportunity. They worked hard, raised families rooted in faith, paid taxes, and believed America rewarded perseverance, responsibility, and sacrifice. Their story did not end with immigration. It […]
Amid the latest skirmish between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump has threatened to seize Kharg Island. Located in the northern Persian Gulf, Kharg Island provides Iran’s key energy storage and embarkation station, enabling approximately 90% of its oil exports. American seizure of the Island would cripple the Iranian regime’s ability to generate […]
ALTOONA, Pennsylvania — In Virginia Lee Burton’s classic children’s book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Mulligan often boasted that his steam shovel, Mary Anne, “could dig as much in a day as a hundred men could dig in a week, but he had never been quite sure that was true.” By the end of […]
On Jan. 1, 2026, I was on the phone with my fiance when he was struck head-on by an under-the-influence driver going down the wrong side of the highway. Fortunately, my fiance survived the horrific incident — however, so many in this same situation do not live to tell the story. In 2023, a 17-year-old […]