Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said he was denied entry to the Salvadoran prison holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration mistakenly deported. On Wednesday, Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador, where he said his request to speak with Abrego Garcia via phone was denied. On Thursday, he said his car was stopped […]
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month on a Trump administration plan to limit birthright citizenship, a major test of the 14th Amendment’s reach. The high court agreed Thursday to review lower court rulings that blocked the administration from enforcing an executive order denying automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. At least […]
The property crime rate in San Francisco has hit a 22-year low. Law enforcement has aggressively cracked down on smash-and-grab jobs, deploying new strategies, bringing in additional help, conducting stings, and deploying “hot spot” overtime units. Incident reports fell to 8,500 in 2024 from 28,500 in 2017. Couple that with Daniel Lurie’s fledgling stint as […]
As the National Park Service continues its annual week to draw attention to its properties around the country to encourage tourism, the process is a bit different this year, as it comes at a time when the Department of Government Efficiency has reduced budgets. The Washington Examiner is taking a closer look at those effects […]
Harvard University found itself at the center of the Trump administration’s push to influence higher education after refusing to accept the White House’s terms for federal grant funding on Monday. Now, facing a $2 billion funding freeze, Harvard must look elsewhere to pick up the slack or be forced to make substantial cuts to its […]
Nothing says conservatives are back more than this: In two weeks, CPAC will host a one-day conference in Beverly Hills to challenge the epicenter of “woke” culture head-on. It will be the first time the representative of activist conservatives will host an event in Hollywood, where center-right politics are mocked and shunned. But it comes […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed fear over possible retaliation from the Trump administration, telling nonprofit organization leaders in Alaska that she is “very anxious” about using her voice. While speaking at the Foraker Group’s leadership summit in Alaska on Monday, Murkowski was asked what she would say to voters who are afraid of recent policy […]
UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, saw a 20% dip in stock values on Thursday. It blamed higher-than-forecast medical spending in its private Medicare offerings. The health insurance company also diminished its guidance for the full year to a range of $26 to $26.50 a share in adjusted earnings. In December and then reaffirmed […]
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Wednesday to intervene after a lower court threatened to hold officials in criminal contempt over a controversial round of deportation flights to El Salvador in March. The Justice Department’s emergency request to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals follows a blistering order from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who said […]
At a 1976 movie premiere in Mexico City, Mario Vargas Llosa famously punched his soon-to-be ex-friend, novelist Gabriel García Márquez, in the face. Some theorize the ruckus was about Vargas Llosa’s wife. Others believe it was a row over politics, as Vargas Llosa would soon refer to García Márquez as “Castro’s courtesan.” I like to think the latter happened. […]
