Matthew Continetti Assesses Trump’s First Month. Plus, NPR Whitewashes Hamas Barbarism.

Members of the Beltway political class seem to believe that Donald Trump’s flurry of a first month in office has alienated the American people. Ignore them, says Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti. Trump has moved fast and broken things. Washington politicos think that’s a bad thing. But they “can’t—or won’t—grasp the extent of public

Confessions of a woke racist

Jim Acosta plots saddest rebellion in history.Finnish babe charms American taxpayers.Cocaine Mitch calls it quits.When being ‘anti-racist’ is actually racist. It’s Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.  The USA hockey team was supposed to beat Canada on Thursday and win the 4 Nations Face-Off in front of the home crowd in Boston. Alas, the players choked and

Trump’s First Month: Victory at Home, Danger Abroad

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

When the Trump Administration Axed a Grant, This University Claimed It Only Did DEI To Appease the Biden Administration. The School’s Website Tells a Different Story.

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

Gretchen Whitmer Forges Business Deal With Iran-Linked Emirati Sheikh Implicated in Hacking Schemes

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

Israeli Police: Buses Explode Near Tel Aviv in ‘Suspected Terror Attack’

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

Pete Buttigieg, Whose Mayoral Admin Held Diversity Trainings Lecturing Cops on ‘Sizeism,’ Now Takes Aim at ‘Portlandia’ Diversity Trainings

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