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The American Dream is back in reach and our nation is back on the path to prosperity, security, and sanity, thanks to the actions of the House of Representatives last week. With the House's passage of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," we've ...

A philosophical festering has taken root in the minds of the left that their opponents are evil, and words are violence. A permission structure formed on MSNBC and other progressive media outlets that the right must be stopped to save democracy. An ...

Historically, the sitting president's political party loses congressional seats in a midterm election. That trend has held in 17 of 19 midterm elections since World War II. On average, the president's party has lost 25-30 seats. The worst loss was in ...

The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting -- covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter. At the tail end of 2025, the Times has freshly broken the news that the Biden administration flooded ...

Catholics have been some of Trump's most important voters. But right now, 55% of Catholics give Trump a D or F grade on handling inflation. Affordability is the central issue for most Americans, especially swing voters. Patriotic middle-class ...

If Western leftists cared less about starving children in Gaza, there would be fewer starving children in Gaza. Food shortages have been a major concern in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee recently said that those living there ...

As the administration continues to remake the federal bureaucracy to President Trump's liking, the Office of Personnel and Management has developed an intensive new training program for those aspiring to join the Senior Executive Service, the upper ...

A key congressional panel focused on China's impacts on human rights and religious freedom is urging Congress and the Trump administration to do far more to combat Beijing's transnational intimidation and repression campaigns in the United States and ...

Following the tragic mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including a New York City Police Department officer, we must confront a vital question: Where were the heroes? Reports indicate ...

Democrats were virtually salivating as they unanimously voted against Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill two weeks ago, which certainly should give pause to Republicans as they prepare for the midterms and the 2028 elections beyond. What gives the ...