Column: As Trump delivers on economy and the border, foreign policy threatens gains Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ignore the Beltway Sturm und Drang: One month into his second term, Donald Trump has advanced his coalition’s priorities of changing Washington, tackling inflation, and sealing the border. Yet these gains could vanish if Trump succumbs to
On February 7, the Department of Education canceled a $6.8 million grant to the University of St. Thomas that had been used, in part, to support precisely the sorts of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that the Trump administration has put on the chopping block. The funds—ostensibly meant for teacher training programs focused on special
Whitmer went on Gulf junket with anti-Israel activist Osama Siblani Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D.) / Wikimedia Commons On a recent trip to the Middle East accompanied by a prominent supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D.) inked an investment deal with a Gulf sheikh accused of waging “hack-and-leak” operations against business
Three buses exploded just south of Tel Aviv on Thursday, in what Israeli police are calling a “suspected terror attack.” The explosions, which occurred in separate parking lots, were caused by makeshift bombs with timers that likely originated from the West Bank, Tel Aviv District police chief Haim Sargarof told reporters. One of the unexploded
South Bend training slides denounced various ‘isms’ as violent crime surged (Alex Wong/Getty Images) As a prospective Senate candidate, Pete Buttigieg is denouncing the diversity trainings that have become synonymous with the Democratic Party’s liberal wing, saying they look “like something straight out of Portlandia.” As mayor of South Bend, Ind., he championed such training, with
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) in a Senate floor speech announced his retirement and urged his fellow senators to stand up for “national security” and “the rule of law.” “Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime,” McConnell said in the speech on Thursday, his 83rd birthday. “I will not seek this honor an
As throngs of Hamas militants and their Gazan allies celebrated over the caskets of four dead Israelis, including two children and their mother, an NPR reporter described the scene as “much more somber and much less celebratory on both sides.” The taxpayer-funded outlet’s Tel Aviv-based correspondent, Kat Lonsdorf, gave the description after interviewer Michel Martin