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Roman Martinez’s father immigrated from Cuba to the United States after communist dictator Fidel Castro took power. Because of that, Martinez says he has a unique appreciation for the U.S. Constitution. That appreciation led him to pursue a career in law, which in 2008 led him to a clerkship with Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court…
Almost 20 special-interest groups organized a “Working Women Will #StopKavanaugh” demonstration on Wednesday, hoping to encourage senators to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination and delay his confirmation hearings scheduled to begin after Labor Day. But when we took our cameras to the event, none of the “working women” or other activists would talk…
How can Americans be certain that scientific studies that are the basis of costly EPA regulations are accurate, and that the benefits of the regulations outweigh the expense? Contrary to what critics say about a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, part of the answer lies in greater openness and transparency by federal officials,…
The second in command at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says he opposes a request by 19 regional supervisors to break the agency in two, with one focused on human smuggling and drug trafficking, and the other focused on removing illegal immigrants. Matthew T. Albence, the agency’s acting deputy director, said the divisions of ICE—Enforcement…
IOWA CITY, IOWA—For students who attend the University of Iowa, the beginning of the school year brought the tragic news of their classmate Mollie Tibbetts’ death. Tibbetts’ body was found Tuesday in a corn field in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Tibbetts, a 20-year-old psychology major who would have begun her junior year this fall, was last…
After months of taking sharp criticism, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back Thursday in a barely subtle way at President Donald Trump. Sessions issued a statement after the airing of an interview with Trump on Fox News Channel in which the president said the attorney general “never took control of the Justice Department.” Sessions seemed…
A guilty verdict in Northern Virginia didn’t implicate President Donald Trump, while a guilty plea in Manhattan did implicate the president, but it could be difficult to prove he did anything wrong, legal experts said. Still, they agree the two events in court this week could mean trouble for the president, although they differ on…
California Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife were indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges that they illegally spent more than $250,000 in campaign funds on vacations and personal items. The scheme took place between 2009 and 2016, according to the Justice Department. Hunter, a 41-year-old Republican, took office in 2009. “The…
Amid a politically-charged debate over its existence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed war criminal Jakiw Palij, marking the 68th deportation of a Nazi from the United States. On Monday, ICE arrested Palij, 95, a former labor camp guard, enforcing a 2004 court order the same day President Donald Trump praised ICE and Customs and…
The University of North Carolina System is taking action after protesters toppled the statue of a Confederate soldier at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday night. “Campus leadership is in collaboration with campus police, who are pulling together a timeline of the events, reviewing video evidence, and conducting interviews that will…
The man charged with killing missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts is an illegal immigrant, police said Tuesday. Police charged Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, with first-degree murder. The Los Angeles Times reported: “Rick Rahn, special agent in charge with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said … Rivera had been living in the area…
The Environmental Protection Agency accelerated the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda Tuesday by announcing a proposed rule to replace the Obama administration’s “Clean Power Plan” with guidelines that give states more flexibility to determine how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The proposed Affordable Clean Energy Rule rejects what acting EPA Administrator Andrew…
President Donald Trump praised the actions of federal immigration agents Monday and denounced “open-borders extremists” who he said “don’t mind crime.” More than 150 officers and agents of two federal agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, attended the event in the East Room of the White House. “A coalition of open-borders…
As students across the country return to school to begin a new academic year, first lady Melania Trump is promoting healthy online habits and cautioning against the dangers of cyberbullying. The first lady made opening remarks Monday at the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention’s Cyberbullying Prevention Summit in Rockville, Maryland. “I am honored to…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Aug. 14 arrested and deported an illegal immigrant who is wanted in El Salvador on murder charges. Brian Alejandro Martinez reportedly had been arrested and freed several times in New Jersey and New York. ICE officials criticized authorities in Middlesex County, New Jersey, for releasing Martinez without notifying…
A foreign government sought to influence the U.S. presidential race to benefit a favored candidate by pushing stories into the American media, working through an ambassador, and instigating what could be called collusion with the candidate. “Liberals never gave a damn about Russian meddling in American elections until 2016,” @DrPaulKengor says. This was 1796 and…
NEW ORLEANS—Philip Gunn says he is trying to move more of his state’s citizens from dependency on government “freebies” to self-sufficiency and a lighter tax burden. As speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives for six years, and the first Republican since 1876 to hold the job, the lawyer is in a good position to…
Kaitlyn Richards was born and raised in Santa Fe, Texas. “I went to Santa Fe High School since I was in kindergarten, all the way through to senior year, and I’m just a small-town girl,” she told The Daily Signal. But on May 18, her small-town life changed when a school shooting left eight students…
Clint Bolick entered college pursuing a career in teaching and politics. But then a summer internship with The Fund for American Studies placed him in Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office and changed his life forever. It was the summer before his senior year at Drew University, a liberal arts school on the outskirts of New York…
We discuss Space Force with The Heritage Foundation’s John Venable. We also chat about “Crazy Rich Asians,” the new romantic comedy in theaters this weekend, with podcast producer Thaleigha Rampersad. We also cover these stories: Famous singer Aretha Franklin died Thursday. More people are dying of drug overdoses. President Donald Trump responded to the editorials targeting…