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New estimate says U.S. now has 13.7 million illegal immigrants, up 37% under Biden

President Biden's wave of new illegal immigrants is upending the usual demographics of immigration and sending the education levels plummeting, according to a new report Thursday that raised big questions about the country's ability to absorb the newcomers.

The schadenfreude edition: From ‘Broke Don’ to Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest men

After campaign finance reports released last week showed former President Donald Trump lagging far behind President Joe Biden in February donations and end-of-month cash reserves, the Biden campaign sent an email to supporters titled, “Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement.” It read: “Trump can’t raise money, isn’t campaigning, and is letting convicts […]

Congress must not wait to refinance Social Security

This year’s Social Security Trustees Report, which the agency’s new commissioner expects to be released sometime in April, will likely echo previous warnings. The trustees’ last annual report cautioned that unless Congress changes the law, Social Security will only have enough money to pay about 80% of current benefits by 2034. That is when the […]

Don’t blame DEI for Baltimore bridge collapse

In the aftermath of the tragic collision of a cargo ship into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, hot-take artists immediately pointed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as the main culprit.  Anthony Sabatini, a Republican congressional candidate from Florida, posted a video of the bridge collapse with the caption, “DEI did this.”  Republican Utah lawmaker and […]

The CCP’s influence is seeping into US schools

Chinese President Xi Jinping didn’t sugarcoat his vision for future world relations during his Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation visit in November. China is building a “shared vision for mankind,” one in which it unseats the United States as the world’s top superpower.  At the same meeting, the Chinese Communist Party head revealed another tool in his foreign influence arsenal: […]

Congress can curtail expensive California transit projects

While the East Coast and Midwest have plenty of costly federally funded transit projects, the biggest boondoggles are in Northern California. And, unless Congress starts intervening, billions will continue to flow to overbuilt, low-ridership projects in and around San Francisco. For fiscal 2024, the Biden administration budget allocated $500 million to a six-mile extension in San […]

Defend our public lands

Our public lands are not mere commodities; they are invaluable assets that define our national character and sustain our collective well-being.

Breyer predicts Supreme Court will see ‘more and more and more’ abortion-related cases

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer predicted Wednesday that the high court will see a jump in abortion-related cases in the future. Breyer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the “harmful” decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade — ending the federal right to abortion access — would not reduce the number of abortion-related cases brought before...

America’s toxic politics are having an unholy effect on religion 

Turning the faithful of whatever faith into distinct groups of rival fans is a prescription for disaster.

Will the Supreme Court give Trump the absolute immunity he claims to have? 

For Donald Trump, hyperbole has turned into a legal claim.

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