Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified real problems, veteran officers say, but by looking back 35 years for policy cues, he risks hurting, not helping, military readiness.Read More
Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift
A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.Read More
Des Moines Schools Superintendent Arrested by ICE Faces New Gun Charge
Ian Roberts, who resigned from the post after his arrest last week, was charged with possessing firearms while in the country without legal authorization.Read More
Here Are the Dueling Plans Behind the Shutdown Impasse
Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs.Read More
Immigration Judge Rejects Abrego Garcia’s Efforts to Seek Asylum in U.S.
The decision foreclosed one of the options that lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had tried in an effort to keep him in the country.Read More
Why Support for Political Violence Is Not as High as It May Seem
A tiny percentage of Americans support it in any meaningful sense, despite what some polls may show.Read More
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”Read More
Italy Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan as Public Demands Support for Palestinians
Italian lawmakers say they will recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas releases Israeli hostages and is kept out of any eventual government.Read More
Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States
The cuts disproportionally affect Democrats as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.Read More
New Tariffs Could Worsen America’s Housing Crisis
President Trump’s tariffs on timber, wood, furniture and kitchen cabinets could raise the cost of building and buying a home.Read More