The public will be able to comment on a proposed rule banning federal contractors from offering government agencies paper straws once it enters the Federal Register on Monday. The rule affects the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, NASA, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy…… Read more
Former Biden aide Annie Tomasini became the third witness to invoke their Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination in the House probe of an alleged cover-up of President Biden’s mental decline in office. Ms. Tomasini appeared under subpoena…… Read more
Forty years ago this week, I made my first trip to Washington. It was my honor to serve as one of the two people selected from each state to attend the American Legion Boys Nation program. It is where I first learned that “the why” is more important than “the what” in life…… Read more
Congress cleared a $9 billion package of spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting for President Trump’s signature, codifying a small portion of Department and Government Efficiency savings. The Senate-amended measure, which restored $400 million to a global AIDS prevention program that the original package had cut, passed the House…… Read more
President Trump signed a bill Wednesday that permanently places illicit fentanyl and its chemical cousins on the most restrictive list of drugs in the U.S. The HALT Fentanyl Act is a long-awaited move to clarify regulations around the synthetic opioid and ensure consistency in drug enforcement…… Read more
South Korea’s new government plans to take over wartime operational control of South Korean troops from the U.S. within five years, a shift that would almost certainly collapse the joint warfighting command on the peninsula and probably trigger a downsizing of U.S. Forces Korea…… Read more
The Kremlin turned thumbs-down on President Trump’s demand that Moscow accept a ceasefire in Ukraine within the next 50 days. The Russians called the ultimatum unacceptable and promised to continue its aggression if diplomacy breaks down…… Read more
It’s no secret that the Catholic Church, in its historic territories, has faced a decline in Mass attendance, priestly vocations and birth rates after decades of sexual abuse revelations, permissive moral theology and experimental liturgical changes…… Read more
On Dec. 12, President Biden granted clemency to about 1,500 people and pardoned 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, an action the White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Overall, Mr. Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his…… Read more
President Trump showed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying he will impose steep “secondary” tariffs on Russia if the Kremlin doesn’t reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine within 50 days. He also announced that he would send more U.S. weapons to Kyiv…… Read more
The public will be able to comment on a proposed rule banning federal contractors from offering government agencies paper straws once it enters the Federal Register on Monday. The rule affects the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, NASA, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy…… Continue Reading
Former Biden aide Annie Tomasini became the third witness to invoke their Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination in the House probe of an alleged cover-up of President Biden’s mental decline in office. Ms. Tomasini appeared under subpoena…… Continue Reading
Forty years ago this week, I made my first trip to Washington. It was my honor to serve as one of the two people selected from each state to attend the American Legion Boys Nation program. It is where I first learned that “the why” is more important than “the what” in life…… Continue Reading
Congress cleared a $9 billion package of spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting for President Trump’s signature, codifying a small portion of Department and Government Efficiency savings. The Senate-amended measure, which restored $400 million to a global AIDS prevention program that the original package had cut, passed the House…… Continue Reading
President Trump signed a bill Wednesday that permanently places illicit fentanyl and its chemical cousins on the most restrictive list of drugs in the U.S. The HALT Fentanyl Act is a long-awaited move to clarify regulations around the synthetic opioid and ensure consistency in drug enforcement…… Continue Reading
South Korea’s new government plans to take over wartime operational control of South Korean troops from the U.S. within five years, a shift that would almost certainly collapse the joint warfighting command on the peninsula and probably trigger a downsizing of U.S. Forces Korea…… Continue Reading
The Kremlin turned thumbs-down on President Trump’s demand that Moscow accept a ceasefire in Ukraine within the next 50 days. The Russians called the ultimatum unacceptable and promised to continue its aggression if diplomacy breaks down…… Continue Reading
It’s no secret that the Catholic Church, in its historic territories, has faced a decline in Mass attendance, priestly vocations and birth rates after decades of sexual abuse revelations, permissive moral theology and experimental liturgical changes…… Continue Reading
On Dec. 12, President Biden granted clemency to about 1,500 people and pardoned 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, an action the White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Overall, Mr. Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his…… Continue Reading
President Trump showed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying he will impose steep “secondary” tariffs on Russia if the Kremlin doesn’t reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine within 50 days. He also announced that he would send more U.S. weapons to Kyiv…… Continue Reading