Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front of World War I. That meat grinder cost France and Germany some 700,000 dead and wounded. The nightmare ended 10 months later, after the heroic French defense stopped the final German…
THE CENTER SQUARE—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated two Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, adding to a list of transnational criminal organizations, including Mexican cartels and the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua. Rubio designated the violent Haitian gangs, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as FTOs and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,…
After much speculation pertaining to the Trump administration’s official policy on transgender restroom policies, a White House spokeswoman indicated that the U.S. Department of Education won’t investigate any complaints regarding transgender restroom policies. Spokeswoman Liz Hill told BuzzFeed News that specific kinds of transgender complaints may be investigated, but no bathroom complaints will garner the Department of…
On Day One of his presidency, President Joe Biden started to reverse course on U.S. energy and environmental policy with a slew of executive orders. His decisions to reenter the Paris Agreement and cancel the Keystone XL pipeline received much attention. But his order telling his agencies to review the Trump administration’s fuel economy mandates…
Republicans in the conservative House Freedom Caucus are opposing Democrats’ attempts to increase discretionary spending despite a national debt of more than $22 trillion. “Our country is $22 trillion in debt,” the group said in a statement released Friday. “The spending caps are one of the few tools left to slow down the runaway growth…
The Canadian government, lining the pockets of its dairy producers, imposes high tariffs on American dairy imports. That forces Canadians to pay higher prices for dairy products. For example, Canadians pay $5.24 for a 10.5-ounce block of cheddar. In Washington, D.C., that same amount of cheddar sells for $3.64. Canadians pay $3.99 for a 1-pound…
Numerous articles have criticized the Trump administration over its policy toward the United Nations and other international organizations. In particular, they assert that U.S. decisions to reduce funding and leave various international agreements have opened the door for the Chinese to increase their influence. When U.S. policy is disjointed, such as when the administration proposes…
I was in my room at the famed Metropol Hotel in Moscow, Russia, next door to Red Square. It was April 2005 and I was preparing for a training workshop in advanced communication skills the following morning for personnel at the U.S. Embassy. Built in 1905, this five-star, czarist-style lodging house historically had borne testimony…
One would think that key international organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic would maintain a laserlike focus on the physical and economic damage it has done. But just last week, the acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development had to write to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urge that the United Nations stay…
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The numbers don’t lie. Across the entertainment industry, viewers and fans are tuning out. It’s no coincidence ratings are cratering as unhinged celebrities crank up their anti-Trump and anti-American antics. Pro tip, Tinseltownies: Swapping your jazz hands for middle fingers and waving resistance fists at your customer base is bad for business. Let us count…
This past week, the U.S. State Department ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, giving only several days’ notice. The State Department reportedly made the move in response to ongoing Chinese theft of intellectual property and intrusions into Americans’ privacy. Although many news reports have characterized this as extraordinary, it is worth noting that,…
Border officials reported an increase in the number of encounters with migrants at the southern border in June, out of line with the Biden administration’s attribution to seasonal migration and historical trends showing a decrease in encounters after May. The number of encounters at the southern border was “somewhat overstated” due to pandemic-related expulsions allowing…
Florida lawmakers are finally addressing the elephant in the barbershop: Floridians must endure 1,200 training hours, pass an exam, and pay a $223.50 fee just to cut hair for money. In the first weeks of Florida’s 60-day legislative session, the state House passed a bill, H.B. 15, to loosen the chokehold that several licensing regulations…
House Republicans are demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas produce key immigration enforcement data that they argue is being hidden from the public by the Biden administration, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The letter, sent Thursday, is led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and co-signed by 19 other Republican…
We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses. CNN’s Jim Acosta made waves this week when he complained about his experience at a Trump rally in Tampa, Florida, saying he felt like he “wasn’t in America anymore.” But it didn’t stop there. Acosta questioned White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders,…
A new report from House Republicans shows a citizenship question appeared on the U.S. census in one form or another for nearly 175 years, and argues that its addition to the 2020 census should not be controversial despite Democrats’ objections. “Every decennial census from 1820 to 1950 inquired about citizenship,” the minority staff report released…
The Chinese Communist government has been caught operating approximately 100 overseas police stations in at least 53 countries—including at least seven illegal police stations throughout the United States. If it sounds shocking, it’s because it is. A foreign adversary, intent on exerting its influence throughout the world and undermining the United States’ position as the…
In a lawsuit against the Trump administration, immigration advocates insist that an asylum case should take “years” to conclude and want “at least a year” to prepare while applicants remain in the United States. The lawyers claim that the administration is unfairly singling out their clients, Somali asylum-seekers, in a “Somali Fast-Track Policy,” giving them…
President Joe Biden opted to continue with a half-baked “peace agreement” with the Taliban that he inherited from the previous administration and the results were disastrous. Now, the Biden administration is on the verge of making a similar mistake by seeking to resurrect the flawed 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration….