Terence P. Jeffrey is investigative editor for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended on New Year’s Eve, the federal government spent $1,827,134,000,000—and, according to the Treasury Department, ran… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The aspect of life that has the most potential to bring Americans together may be the one that is currently dividing them the most. It… Read More
LawCommentary
It was almost six years ago—during the COVID-19 pandemic—that then-Attorney General Bill Barr called a “virtual press conference” to announce that the Justice Department was… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Former President Joe Biden’s record as commander in chief will forever be defined by Aug. 26, 2021. That was the catastrophic day in the American… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Had the government shut down in 1958, when Dwight Eisenhower was in office, how many people would have been at risk of losing their federal… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act came up on the House floor on April 5, 2000, it had significant bipartisan support. Sixteen Democrats co-sponsored the… Read More
LawCommentary
When Notre Dame des Victoires Catholic school celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, a famous former student taped a video presentation in honor of that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When Chuck Schumer first took federal office as a member of the House of Representatives in January 1981, the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Each of the 15 wealthiest congressional districts in the United States in 2024—when measured by median household income—had at least one thing in common: They… Read More
LawCommentary
President Donald Trump has nominated Riley Barnes to serve as the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, which… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Three months after he delivered perhaps the most famous pep talk in the history of American football, coach Knute Rockne traveled to Washington, D.C., where… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and before he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, President Donald… Read More
EducationCommentary
In fiscal 2024, when President Joe Biden was still in office and the federal government was running a $1.8 trillion deficit, the Department of Education… Read More
InternationalCommentary
At the White House press briefing on July 17, EWTN White House Correspondent Owen Jenson asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the Catholic… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Democrat Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware introduced the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act on Jan. 29, 2008, in what would later prove to… Read More
LawCommentary
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they unambiguously gave Congress control over federal spending. But Planned Parenthood is now suing the federal government in denial… Read More
LawCommentary
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state’s attorney general in 2005, he appeared before the Supreme Court to argue Van Orden v…. Read More
Commentary
Should parts of Yellowstone National Park—or any national park or monument—be sold so private homes can be built there? Absolutely not. But what about a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“Let’s talk about the deficit.” That is what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor on Monday, June 2. “For years,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The House of Representatives completed an overnight session on May 22 with a vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It passed by one… Read More
InternationalCommentary
When Pope Leo XIV addressed the College of Cardinals two days after he was elected to the papacy, he explained why he took the name… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Richard Nixon, a native Californian, promoted an idea in 1972 to turn an iconic stretch of California’s coastline into a national park. It would… Read More
LawCommentary
This story—that sadly has a tragic ending—began 15 years ago when an immigration court looked at the case of a Guatemalan national named Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When Pope Francis spoke in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 10, 2018, he was not talking about gangsters when he spoke about a “hit man.”… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
When Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was in the midst of his record 25-plus hours of speaking on the Senate floor on April 1, he yielded… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
This January, when President Joe Biden was serving his last weeks in office and turning over the presidency to Donald Trump, the United States ran… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lives in one of San Francisco’s poshest neighborhoods—that nonetheless sits only about 2 miles from the Tenderloin, one of the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, this nation sent diplomats to France—seeking an alliance with a country then led… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The number of human beings living in freezers in the United States now outnumbers the population of Dallas, Texas. “Estimates place the number of frozen… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to Belgium last week to participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group—a gathering of officials from countries supporting Ukraine in… Read More
