The last time the U.S. federal government had a balanced budget was in fiscal 2001, when it recorded a surplus of about $130 billion. To a certain extent, that budget was a product of the conflict between Republicans in Congress and the recently departed Democratic President Bill Clinton. Republicans didn’t want a great deal more […]

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from transferring more than a dozen transgender inmates, all biological males currently housed in women’s prisons across the country, back to men’s correctional facilities. This week’s development in the closely watched case comes as female inmates from another high-profile lawsuit look to join the legal fight after […]

Exactly twelve months ago, the Israel Defense Forces launched a surprise attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran designed to degrade the mullahs’ fearsome nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Israel called the mission Operation Rising Lion, and it was later joined by a strike package of seven American B-2 bombers, which leveled Iran’s hardened Fordow […]

Death threats continue to plague Department of Homeland Security officers throughout the country, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested a Washington man who threatened to kill DHS officials. The suspect, Manuel Lozano, a United States citizen, threatened to shoot the federal law enforcement officers with an AR-15-style rifle during a confrontation in May.  According […]