Texas state Rep. James Talarico has drawn renewed attention for a series of past religious and political comments after securing the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas. Talarico, a former public school teacher and current Presbyterian seminary student, defeated fellow Democrat Jasmine Crockett in Tuesday’s primary, setting up a general election contest for the […]
A chaotic moment unfolded Wednesday during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing when Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) physically assisted Capitol Police in removing a protester from the room. Video from the hearing shows officers attempting to escort a man out of the chamber while he clung to the hearing room door and shouted, “No one […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision limiting when federal judges can overturn immigration court rulings in asylum cases, strengthening the federal government’s authority over immigration enforcement according to legal analysts. In the case Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, the Court ruled that migrants seeking to overturn a denial of asylum must meet a very high […]
A new lawsuit from a top legal watchdog reveals fraud in day care programs regulated by Minnesota state officials is even more widespread than previously reported. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement it “received 458 pages of records from the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families in a […]
The White House is pushing back on reports that the CIA is preparing to arm Kurdish groups operating from northern Iraq, even as President Donald Trump has personally reached out to Kurdish leaders amid the escalating conflict with Iran. Officials confirmed that Trump has spoken by phone with political figures in Iraqi Kurdistan as well […]
The unexpected move suddenly opens Montana’s Senate race. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) withdrew from his reelection race just minutes before Montana’s candidate filing deadline, opening a U.S. Senate seat that had been widely expected to remain in Republican hands. Daines, who has represented Montana in the Senate since 2015, announced the decision late Wednesday, saying […]
A majority of Americans support deporting all illegal migrants, according to a new national survey conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX in partnership with Harvard University. The Feb. 26–28 poll of 1,999 registered voters found that 57 percent favor sending all illegal migrants back to their home countries. Support was strongest among Republicans, at […]
Good morning. Power is being tested this week — in a committee room on Capitol Hill, at the ballot box in Texas, and on the ground in South America. Congress is escalating its standoff with the Justice Department over the Epstein files. Texas Democrats have delivered a surprise in a high-stakes Senate primary. And American […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James has directed NYU Langone Health to resume its transgender youth medical services after the hospital paused the program, citing what it described as a challenging federal regulatory environment. According to reporting by the New York Post, James sent a letter dated Feb. 25 to the hospital system objecting to […]
The Senate is often described as the world’s greatest deliberative body. The phrase conjures images of long speeches, careful argument, and legislators wrestling openly with difficult questions. But today the Senate faces a simpler problem. A bill with majority support sits idle. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, S.1383, commonly called the SAVE Act, has […]
Years back, I wrote a policy piece advocating for covert U.S. operations in Iran to leverage the country’s many ethnic divisions. I described numerous (often) armed Iranian ethnic groups opposed to the regime that would be happy to fight the Mullahs and help bring about the regime’s downfall. Among them are the Kurds in northwestern […]
The Gun Deal Conservatives Won’t Let John Cornyn Forget
Senator John Cornyn’s defenders point to old endorsements and a familiar label, pro-Second Amendment. The question for Texans is not the label, it is the ledger. A serious assessment does not accuse, it tallies. When we trace the votes, the negotiations, and the downstream rules that followed, a pattern appears. Cornyn has often treated gun […]