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Two Iraqi refugees in Bowling Green, Ky., were proven to be terrorists with links to al-Qaeda after being caught on camera handling heavy weapons inside a storage unit, according to a 2013 investigative report from ABC News. ABC reported the FBI found that the two men, identified as Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, intended…

  Corrects Randy Barnett’s role in challenging the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court. The Federalist Society has catapulted traditional jurisprudence into prominence, making constitutional principles vogue at both law schools and the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, for the first time, the society plans to make a similar play on Congress. At its annual…

From the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage to threats on religious liberty, conservative Christian voters feel frustrated. But a new company called Faith Driven Consumer is giving them a chance to fight back with their wallets, looking at companies’ behaviors. Their research shows that faith-driven customers spend roughly $2 trillion every year. The Daily Signal…

Police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers in the nation’s capital will briefly abandon their posts Thanksgiving Day and head to one of the region’s most luxurious hotels. But don’t worry—these and other first responders won’t be away long. The Four Seasons hotel, in the upscale Georgetown neighborhood, will for the 16th year host the public servants for…

Some taxpayers consider it a sweet idea: Trim the purchase of soda and candy from the benefits provided to food stamp users. The state of Maine wants to do just that. To ban food stamp recipients under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from purchasing specific unhealthy items, state officials have to get approval from the…

The Paris terror attacks have jolted Congress to consider ways to make it more difficult for people outside the country to enter the United States. After the House last week passed legislation toughening security checks on Iraqi and Syrian refugees, some lawmakers argue that the real threat is a terrorist using a program that allows…

Jeff Tooles is looking forward to working a 12- to 14-hour-long shift on Thanksgiving Day. On Thursday, the senior food services manager of Central Union Mission—an emergency shelter that offers a Spiritual Transformation Program (STP) for Washington, D.C.’s homeless men—will celebrate his twentieth Thanksgiving preparing and serving dinner at the shelter. Tooles will cook roughly…

The federal government, by taking Americans’ property through civil forfeiture, raked in more money last year than burglars did. According to crime data from the FBI, and highlighted by the blog Armstrong Economics, federal law enforcement agencies took in more money through the proceeds of cash, property, and houses seized through civil forfeiture in 2014…

The case against the owners of a small farm in upstate New York—who were ordered to pay $13,000 for refusing to host a same-sex wedding—moved forward Monday. Attorneys for the same-sex couple argued that the case is about the “same issues” as racial discrimination. “We’ve been through this with race discrimination 40 years ago, and…

For years, Darren Geist walked up the steps of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs almost daily. After class, he’d meet with his senior thesis advisor Christopher L. Eisgruber, who Geist said at times, served as more of a “mentor” than an advisor. In 2005, Geist would go on to graduate…

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Protesters here vented their frustration with India’s ongoing trade blockade of Nepal, which has created a nationwide fuel and medicine shortage and slowed the country’s economy to a standstill. Hundreds of protesters filled Lazimpat Road on Friday, marching toward the Indian Embassy, shouting anti-Indian chants and carrying signs in both English and Hindi that admonished India…