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opinion
Is Cooking for a Terrorist Organization Enough to Deny Immigration Benefits?
What constitutes “material support … to a terrorist organization” under federal law? That’s the question the Supreme Court of the United States will decide in Blanche v. Ozurumba. This matters because the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) makes clear that those who provide such support to terrorist organizations are ineligible for asylum and other immigration… -
news
New Federal Crime Numbers Show Dramatic One-Year Drop After Trump’s First Year of the Second Term
Summary New Justice Department federal survey data shows violent crime victimization fell 25% and property crime victimization fell 19% in 2025 from the rates in 2024. The new data showed particularly steep declines in aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. The National Crime Victimization Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and released… -
opinion
The Gettysburg Address: The Crown Jewel of American Political Rhetoric
Welcome to the 11th and final essay in our series “Landmark Speeches in American History.” We are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with articles by prominent authors about how some of the greatest speeches in our history—by celebrated orators like Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.—honored the vision of our founding document, the… -
analysis
The Left’s Overlooked Money Hub Allegedly Broke the Law in Administering Federal Grants
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a left-leaning funding hub, received more than $50 million from federal agencies even as a former executive alleged serious compliance, accounting, and cybersecurity failures. Unlike a traditional private foundation, RPA moves hundreds of millions of dollars both as a donor-advised-fund sponsor and as a fiscal sponsor for more than 100 projects, allowing… -
news
Trump Slams Radical Left Democrats, Boosts Candidates in Georgia Visit as Part of ‘Midterm Blitz’
Summary PERRY, Ga.-President Donald Trump ignited a large crowd of excited Peach State supporters Saturday night, listing off all the failures of Sen. Jon Ossoff and the Democratic Party while giving a strong boost to gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins. “Ten days from now,” Trump declared, “the people… -
news
Cruz Calls Out Bottoms at Jackson Rally, Urges Common Sense
Summary LOCUST GROVE, Ga.- Sen. Ted Cruz rallied alongside gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson on Friday, reminding supporters of former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ disastrous record and urging voters to choose Jackson’s common-sense leadership instead. Cruz started off his address by issuing a timely warning with relevant examples of “leaders” in our nation who have… -
opinion
Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer
Summary The restoration of law and order in America is happening in large part because of President Donald Trump, in particular, his insistence that immigration laws be enforced and criminal illegal aliens be deported. The administration should double and triple down on this message. America’s return to normalcy is contingent on making border security and… -
news
Rep. John McGuire Barnstorms Across Virginia’s 5th District
Rep. John McGuire, the Republican seeking reelection in Virginia’s 5th District, hit the road this weekend with campaign stops in Lynchburg, Danville, Powhatan, and Charlottesville. Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin also spoke at all four appearances. “People ask, ‘why do you work hard?’ and the answer is easy,” McGuire told an enthusiastic gathering in Charlottesville. “If… -
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Pfluger Touts Republican Study Committee’s Transformation Into ‘Governing Force’ on 53rd Anniversary
Summary The Republican Study Committee, now the largest caucus on Capitol Hill, is celebrating 53 years in Congress this week. The 190 Republican members are currently led by Chairman August Pfluger of Texas and have helped lead some of the monumental efforts of the 119th Congress codifying President Donald Trump’s agenda. “For 53 years, the… -
news
States Flag Thousands of Ineligible Voters, but Only a Few Cases Are Prosecuted
The Justice Department charged three noncitizens with voting in Ohio, a year after the state made 167 federal referrals of noncitizens who appeared to cast ballots in the state. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose noted that’s only “so far.” His office has referred more than 1,000 election fraud cases from even-numbered years to the… -
opinion
School Choice Is Under Attack Again
Summary Apparently, in Ohio, allowing parents to decide where their children go to school is now a constitutional problem. On Oct. 15, a three-judge state appeals court ruled that Ohio’s EdChoice school voucher program violates the state constitution, potentially jeopardizing the educational future of roughly 180,000 students who rely on it. The ruling has been… -
opinion
France Is the Future Khanna Wants. Look How That’s Going
“This is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few,” says prospective 2028 presidential candidate and socialist Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., about the mass rioting and social unrest unfolding in France. As with most issues, Khanna has it backward. It’s Democrat economic and social ideas that have destabilized… -
news
French Protest Groups Demand More Rallies as Macron Faces Tough Choices
PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) – French protest groups and unions called on Sunday for further demonstrations as they sought to maintain pressure on the government after a huge security operation helped to contain unrest during nationwide rallies on Saturday. The Interior Ministry said 410,000 people took part in Saturday’s marches as authorities deployed 70,000 police,… -
analysis
The Raised Eyebrow and the Closed Account
Summary In Washington, power is most potent when it’s least visible. A statute can be read, a regulation challenged, an order defied in court. But a regulator’s arched eyebrow leaves no paper trail, invites no judicial review, and is, for a bank that must face the same examiners year after year, every bit as persuasive… -
opinion
A Bishop and Theo Von
Theo Von is a comedian from Louisiana whose weekly podcast, “This Past Weekend,” reaches millions. In 2025, Spotify reported that Von’s podcast was the second-most-viewed, after Joe Rogan’s. “This Past Weekend” is a long-form podcast that touches on a wide range of topics. Recent guests have included Nick Saban, Candace Owens, Luke Bryan, and Mike… -
opinion
Martha MacCallum and the Stories That Define Us
“This is a story of America,” Martha MacCallum writes in the author’s note to “The Book of Valor: America’s Story of Survival, Gallantry & Grace.” “It is one thread woven from our Pilgrim heritage in Plymouth to a World War II triple ace in the skies over Berlin; to a rescue hero in Vietnam to… -
opinion
Why George Washington Would Deport Mahmoud Khalil
Summary Mahmoud Khalil wants to take the case against his deportation all the way to the Supreme Court—and if the justices accept it, they will be deciding one of the oldest and most controversial questions in American politics, a dispute more than 200 years old. Khalil is not an American: He’s a Syrian-born Palestinian, but… -
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How Byron Donalds Plans to Take Florida to ‘Whole New Level’
With less than two weeks left until the midterm elections, Florida gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds thinks the president’s visit this weekend mobilized the base to vote on Nov. 3. “They sometimes forget the midterms, so the president coming in gives you a real boost to make sure people remember, ‘Oh yes, there is an… -
analysis
Heritage Launches New Forum to Unite Competing Voices on the Right
The Heritage Foundation is welcoming conservatives from across the movement to participate in a three-day policy conference to identify problems and solutions for the future of the conservative coalition. The Forum 2026 will be held at the Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland this November, just a week after the midterm election. From “old guard hawks,”… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: The Deep Midterms
There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away. One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored…
