The Coast Guard’s seizures of cocaine from drug smugglers caught at sea hit an all-time high in fiscal year 2025, most of which occurred during the Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security military branch told the Washington Examiner on Thursday that ships patrolling the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean seized $3.8 billion worth of […]
President Donald Trump’s crusade to end the filibuster is driving a deep wedge among Senate Republicans, with new senators opening the door to weakening it and others unwilling to take a stand on what has become a GOP political land mine. In a series of hallway interviews this week, the Washington Examiner asked 41 of […]
The former Justice Department staffer whose thrown sandwich sparked a viral uproar was acquitted of misdemeanor assault Thursday afternoon, reinforcing growing concerns that Washington jurors are increasingly unwilling to convict or bring charges for certain offenders arrested amid President Donald Trump’s federal crime surge. A jury on Thursday found 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn not guilty, […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed a Texas law outlawing minors from attending “sexually oriented performances” to proceed, after a lower court previously struck down the law as unconstitutional. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit tossed a 2023 ruling from a federal district court that had permanently […]
(The Center Square) – Texas ranks first in the country for having the best business climate in the U.S. again. In another ranking published by Site Selection magazine, Texas topped the list of states for the third year in a row. “The eighth-largest economy in the world has the best business climate in the U.S. […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is touting the impact of the state’s new bell-to-bell cellphone ban in public schools, saying feedback from educators suggests the restrictions are reducing distractions in the classroom. The new law, approved as part of a $15.9 billion state budget Ayotte signed in June, set a statewide “bell-to-bell” […]
(The Center Square) – Chicago’s budget has grown by nearly 40% since 2019 with the biggest increased expenditure going toward pensions and debt already incurred. Illinois Policy Institute policy analyst Ravi Mishra sees just one victim stemming from Chicago’s ballooning budget costs where most of the revenues continue to go be funneled toward pensions and […]
Senate Republicans were prepared to remain in Washington on Thursday pending a potential deal with Democrats to end what’s become the longest-ever government shutdown in history. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said whether they stick to their usual schedule and depart for the weekend later that day would be contingent on Democrats, who face […]
President Donald Trump is expected to sign new economic agreements with five Central Asian nations on Thursday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the C5+1 forum. The group was launched in 2015 under the auspices of former Secretary of State John Kerry. Former President Joe Biden was the first leader to hold a presidential-level forum […]
Podcast host and journalist Megyn Kelly slammed the Republican Party for its performance in the 2025 elections on Wednesday, saying Election Day was “a total and complete disaster” for the party. The Democratic Party scored major wins across the nation on Tuesday night, including double-digit victories in both the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races. […]
