Republicans want President Donald Trump to use the first State of the Union address of his second term to make the case that Democrats, not the White House, are to blame for a drawn-out shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump will return to the Capitol next Tuesday for a prime-time address overshadowed by […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)’s international debut at the Munich Security Conference was supposed to showcase her readiness for a possible 2028 bid for Senate or the White House. Instead, it exposed foreign policy missteps that sparked mockery and renewed questions about whether the progressive firebrand is ready for prime time. Ocasio-Cortez claimed at the conference that […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed a 9.5% property tax increase on Tuesday as part of his plan for the city’s “preliminary budget.” Mamdani said the tax hike was necessary to offset a $5.4 billion budget shortfall in the city due to the financial mismanagement by previous administrations. Mamdani’s tax hike proposal comes months […]

The U.S. military announced three more strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels as part of Operation Southern Spear. Two of the strikes occurred in the Eastern Pacific, and one in the Caribbean Sea. Eleven “male narco-terrorists were killed” during the military operations, and the strikes were authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of United States […]