The Navy’s next-generation attack submarine won’t be hitting the water for at least another decade, possibly creating issues for U.S. undersea dominance in the coming decade. According to a new report from the Congressional Research Service, the Navy’s new sub, called the SSN (X) in the paper, is not expected to be completed until at Read More…
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — As President Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation from catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief. The Trump administration isn’t backing away from its pledges to shutter the Read More…
WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al Qaeda’s 2001 attacks. The decision by a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., undoes Read More…
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man who posted a video of his father’s severed head on YouTube was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole. Bucks County Judge Stephen A. Corr found Justin D. Mohn, 33, guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia Read More…
A new study estimates that millions more Americans are using nicotine vapes and cannabis in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, worrying experts who warn that the drug is stronger and more dangerous than in the past. Published Friday in JAMA Network Open, the analysis of 55,406 adults who participated in panels from 2013 to Read More…
The Education Department will resume collecting interest on federal student loans next month, canceling the last part of a Biden administration debt forgiveness scheme that courts have ruled illegal. The decision will restart interest charges for nearly 7.7 million former college students who enjoyed a yearlong pause under the Biden-era plan to impose 0% interest Read More…
KERRVILLE, Texas — As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation from catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief. The Trump administration isn’t backing away from its pledges to shutter the Read More…
LONDON — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to two further charges related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 36, denied the more serious charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm at a hearing last month. The singer, wearing Read More…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday that “the state of our democracy” keeps her awake at night. Speaking at an Indiana bar association event, the newest justice on the high court told the audience that she wants to draw attention to what is going on in the government, according to The New York Read More…
Less than a decade ago, Zohran Mamdani was a “C-list rapper” joking about living rent-free in his Manhattan apartment near Columbia University, where his father teaches political science and African studies. The 33-year-old New York state assemblyman is now a step away from being the next mayor of New York City. Mr. Mamdani steamrolled one Read More…
Federal immigration authorities said they have nabbed an MS-13 kingpin in Nebraska who is considered one of the top 100 fugitives from his native El Salvador. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the “high-ranking member” of the international gang, who wasn’t identified, was captured by agents during a targeted operation in Omaha on Wednesday. Authorities said Read More…
Alaska State Troopers accused a Napaskiak, Alaska, man of disturbing 12 Orthodox Christian graves in the town on Independence Day. Jason Larson, 42, was charged with felony criminal mischief for damaging above-ground structures at the 12 grave sites, causing about $3,000 in damage or $250 per grave site. None of the corpses buried at the Read More…
An “earthquake swarm” has produced more than 330 minor seismic events under Mount Rainier in Washington state since Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. As the name suggests, an earthquake swarm refers to a cluster of seismic events happening quickly in succession in the same area. The current swarm, the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory said, Read More…
A child died while attending a day camp in California’s Santa Monica Mountains after being struck by a falling tree branch. Other kids and adults near the tree were hurt but survived. Children and adults were standing under the tree Wednesday at King Gillette Ranch, a site used by Camp Wildcraft and managed by the Read More…
The Education Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into George Mason University for renaming rather than removing its diversity, equity and inclusion program and staff. In a Thursday news release, the agency cited a complaint filed with its Office for Civil Rights by “multiple professors at GMU who allege that the university illegally Read More…
OPINION: More than 100 people died in the recent flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country. After hours of torrential downpours Friday, the waters of the Guadalupe River surged 30 feet in a torrent that swept away everything in its path, including a Christian summer camp located along the river and a nearby creek. Capitalizing Read More…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the ” Monkey Trial.” The case ballooned into a Read More…
A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he’ll certify a class action lawsuit that includes all children who’ll be affected by President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it from taking effect. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, was Read More…
More young men are expressing support for stricter limits on online adult content, according to a new survey by the American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life. Six in 10 young men now say they would support policies making it tougher to access adult films on the web. Back in 2013, young men were split down Read More…
CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he will certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it. Judge Joseph LaPlante announced his decision after an hour-long hearing and said a written Read More…
KERRVILLE, Texas — Hundreds prayed, wept and held one another at a Texas prayer service for the 120 people who died in catastrophic flash floods and the many more reported missing. While search crews and volunteers pushed ahead with recovering those unaccounted for, communities in the devastated Hill Country region are just beginning to grieve Read More…
OPINION: Defiance of court orders sets a bad precedent for the rule of law. Sometimes, however, following an order like the one issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani could lead to even worse outcomes. Without bothering to listen to the other side, the Boston-based magistrate, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, Read More…
OPINION: The world’s richest man is annoyed at President Trump. Elon Musk says the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill’s excessive spending levels have compelled him to become a political spoiler. He’s forming the America Party as a “moderate” voice for fiscal sanity. It’s correct to say elected Democrats and many Republicans aren’t serious about Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Earlier this year, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlawed anti-competitive practices in the pharmacy industry, and lobbyists are hopping mad about it. There are many reasons drug prices are inflated, but she realized some of the biggest retailers have figured out how to game the system. “These massive corporations are attacking our state because Read More…
OPINION: One year from today, America will observe its semiquincentennial. That’s a milestone worth celebrating, as few forms of government have lasted 250 years. Our republic’s longevity is a testament to the truth of the propositions set forth in 1776. Donald Trump will rise to the occasion. When the Army knocked on his door, saying Read More…
OPINION: The judicial resistance sustained a major setback last week. Thanks to a long-overdue Supreme Court intervention, lone judges can no longer hold the nation hostage to their whims. In the 5½ months since President Trump’s second term began, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat on the sidelines with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Their Read More…
OPINION: Sometimes the desert can turn into a swamp. It happened last week in Phoenix, when Arizona politicians gathered for the end of the legislative session to tell their constituents one thing before proceeding to do the opposite. There’s no better example of legislative legerdemain than the state House’s decision, by a 34-22 vote, to Read More…
OPINION: President Trump is on a roll. By Friday, the stock market had recaptured the value lost after traders sustained a severe case of tariff jitters. A successful strike against Iran’s nuclear development sites ended with a ceasefire. And the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cleared Senate procedural hurdles Sunday. These victories are precarious, as Read More…
OPINION: The Big Apple is one step closer to electing a radical leftist mayor. In the Democratic primary Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani won the byzantine ranked choice contest where an algorithm says he defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. That means the 33-year-old newcomer will face Mayor Eric Adams in November’s general election. “As mayor, I will Read More…
OPINION: Europe’s decline into authoritarianism was on display in Belgium last week as an appeals court condemned a former member of the Federal Parliament to a year in jail over internet memes. The politician, Dries Van Langenhove, wasn’t even the one who shared the offending content. As the appellate panel stated, “It is not the Read More…
OPINION: Following the law shouldn’t be a one-way street. Liberal pundits and politicians brand President Trump an “authoritarian” for his supposed disobedience to judicial rulings. Except, the president’s men have thus far scrupulously complied with the text of every federal court command, no matter how daft. A lower-level judge has devised a strategy to put Read More…
OPINION: An unelected functionary wields enormous influence over the fate of major legislation. Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate parliamentarian, is using her clout to veto key elements of the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That needs to stop. Ms. MacDonough has advised the Senate on procedural matters since Majority Leader Harry Reid appointed her in Read More…
OPINION: President Trump is at his best when he is making peace, but he opted for war on Saturday. Operation Midnight Hammer slipped seven B-2 stealth bombers into Iranian airspace, where they dropped 400,000 pounds of bunker-busting munitions that leveled the Islamic republic’s most advanced military research facilities. “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s Read More…
OPINION: President Trump’s brief quarrel with former ally Elon Musk was an unfortunate distraction. Disagreements are inevitable between strong-willed leaders with unique visions of who they are and what they want to accomplish. Democrats wish they had a clear idea of who they are. Party officials recently spent $20 million to run a focus group Read More…
OPINION: Senate squishes are watering down the president’s plan for America’s fiscal future. The Senate Finance Committee recently released its revision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed the House last month, and it’s not an improvement. Conservatives already underwhelmed by the net savings in the lower chamber’s reconciliation measure aren’t happy about Read More…
OPINION: Donald Trump’s election prompted a competition among liberal jurists. Each seeks to one-up the other in devising more outlandish proclamations that signal resistance to the 47th president’s authority. The latest such edict forces executive acceptance of “X” as a valid identifier of someone’s sex. If Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Read More…
OPINION: Donald Trump took the fateful escalator ride that changed the course of the world 10 years ago. As he descended with his wife, Melania, a supportive crowd lined the Trump Tower lobby and offered encouragement as he announced his presidential ambition. “Well, you need somebody, because politicians are all talk, no action. Nothing’s going Read More…
OPINION: Democrats held a “No Kings” party Saturday, and no kings showed up. The highly organized, dark-money-funded protest movement made little impression because the general public realized we had discarded the remnants of Britain’s monarchy 250 years ago. The nationwide stunt was set up as a mean-spirited distraction from the grand parade President Trump arranged Read More…