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Navy’s next-generation submarine faces significant delays as U.S. looks to bolster shipbuilding

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…

Trump to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA

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…

Education Department to resume collecting interest on student loans

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…

Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA

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…

Zohran Mamdani’s improbable journey from Uganda to ‘privileged bubble’ to NYC’s socialist wunderkind

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…

MS-13 kingpin captured by ICE in Nebraska

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…

Hundreds of minor seismic events detected in ‘earthquake swarm’ under Mount Rainier

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…

Education Department probes George Mason University for hiding DEI practices

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…

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, certifies class action

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…

Musk’s America Party: A recipe for Democrats’ dominance

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…

Exposing Obama’s dirty tricks

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…

Exposing Obama’s dirty tricks

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…

Arkansas Gov. Huckabee Sanders takes on pharmacy and health insurance conglomerates

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…

Anticipating America’s 250th

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…

Senate moves closer to unscamming Medicaid

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…

NYC Democrats select socialism

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…

Belgium criminalizes memes

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…

Dealing with Iranian threat shouldn’t overshadow the America first agenda

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…

Senate sets up roadblocks for White House plan to put Uncle Sam on a diet

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…

Massachusetts federal judge forces government to endorse non-biological gender

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…

The Trump decade

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…