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Trump Cuts Deportation Court Backlog

Trump Cuts Deportation Court Backlog

President Trump took the adage about finding yourself in a hole and stopping digging to heart, at least when it comes to illegal immigration, where his almost miraculous improvements at the southern border have resulted in the first sustained decrease in the immigration court backlog in nearly two decades. In little more than six months, Mr. Trump pared the Biden-era…Read more

Zelenskyy to Visit Washington Monday, Trump Says

Zelenskyy to Visit Washington Monday, Trump Says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to the White House on Monday to meet with President Trump to discuss a potential peace deal. Mr. Trump arrived back in Washington early Saturday morning from the summit in Alaska, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ways to end the Russia-Ukraine war…Read more

LANDRUM: Good Government Isn’t Complicated

LANDRUM: Good Government Isn’t Complicated

Government, good or bad, is something that we feel. We feel it when we pull out of our driveways and sit in traffic. We feel it when our kids go to overcrowded schools. We feel it when we open our tax bills and wonder what exactly we’re paying for. And we feel it when we look around our neighborhoods and realize the places we love are being slowly chipped away…Read more

Teacher Flagged Abortion Scheme to Principal in 2022, Says Report

Teacher Flagged Abortion Scheme to Principal in 2022, Says Report

A teacher flagged the issue of school-funded abortions in Fairfax County to a high school principal years ago, but nothing was done to resolve the illegality, according to a new report. A 2022 email reviewed by WJLA, an ABC affiliate, revealed that a teacher informed a principal at Centreville High School…Read more

Youngkin Orders Probe Into School Funding Minors’ Abortions

Youngkin Orders Probe Into School Funding Minors’ Abortions

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Virginia State Police are investigating allegations that Fairfax County school staff helped minors terminate pregnancies without parental consent. According to the governor’s press release Wednesday, school administrators may have been aware of an abortion scheme involving students, teachers and school funds…Read more

Trump Says He Has Nominees for ‘Trump/Kennedy Center’ Awards

Trump Says He Has Nominees for ‘Trump/Kennedy Center’ Awards

Mallory Wilson | August 13, 2025 (The Washington Times) — President Trump said he has a great list of honorees for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors while teasing a new name for the center. “GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday,” Mr. Trump posted Tuesday…Read more

Coast Guard Tracking Chinese ‘Research’ Vessels Near Alaska

Coast Guard Tracking Chinese ‘Research’ Vessels Near Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a fleet of Chinese icebreakers operating in the Arctic region near Alaska in an unprecedented move for a country long calling itself a “near Arctic state.” A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules plane last week spotted two Chinese vessels, identified as the Ji Di and the Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, as they sailed northeast in the Bering Sea…Read more

Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C.

Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C.

President Trump announced Monday that he would deploy about 800 National Guard troops to the District of Columbia and placed the city’s police department under emergency federal control in an unprecedented move to combat crime in the nation’s capital and remove homeless encampments. The president said he might send federal authorities to other cities…Read more

Trump Fuels Takeover Talk With Promise of DC Crime Crackdown

Trump Fuels Takeover Talk With Promise of DC Crime Crackdown

President Trump said he will reveal plans Monday to rein in crime and disorder in the District of Columbia, just days after he floated a federal takeover of the nation’s capital and deployed agents throughout the city to help local police crack down on lawlessness. He said his administration would “make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before”…Read more

Trump Says He’ll Turn D.C. From Dangerous to Safe

Trump Says He’ll Turn D.C. From Dangerous to Safe

President Trump said D.C. will soon be “one of the safest” cities as his administration moves to handle violent crime in the nation’s capital. In a Truth Social post Saturday, Mr. Trump said a press conference held at the White House Monday will reveal how he plans to stop violent crime in the District. “It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere…”Read more

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Trump Cuts Deportation Court Backlog

Trump Cuts Deportation Court Backlog

President Trump took the adage about finding yourself in a hole and stopping digging to heart, at least when it comes to illegal immigration, where his almost miraculous improvements at the southern border have resulted in the first sustained decrease in the immigration court backlog in nearly two decades. In little more than six months, Mr. Trump pared the Biden-era…Continue Reading

Zelenskyy to Visit Washington Monday, Trump Says

Zelenskyy to Visit Washington Monday, Trump Says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to the White House on Monday to meet with President Trump to discuss a potential peace deal. Mr. Trump arrived back in Washington early Saturday morning from the summit in Alaska, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ways to end the Russia-Ukraine war…Continue Reading

LANDRUM: Good Government Isn’t Complicated

LANDRUM: Good Government Isn’t Complicated

Government, good or bad, is something that we feel. We feel it when we pull out of our driveways and sit in traffic. We feel it when our kids go to overcrowded schools. We feel it when we open our tax bills and wonder what exactly we’re paying for. And we feel it when we look around our neighborhoods and realize the places we love are being slowly chipped away…Continue Reading

Youngkin Orders Probe Into School Funding Minors’ Abortions

Youngkin Orders Probe Into School Funding Minors’ Abortions

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Virginia State Police are investigating allegations that Fairfax County school staff helped minors terminate pregnancies without parental consent. According to the governor’s press release Wednesday, school administrators may have been aware of an abortion scheme involving students, teachers and school funds…Continue Reading

Trump Says He Has Nominees for ‘Trump/Kennedy Center’ Awards

Trump Says He Has Nominees for ‘Trump/Kennedy Center’ Awards

Mallory Wilson | August 13, 2025 (The Washington Times) — President Trump said he has a great list of honorees for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors while teasing a new name for the center. “GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday,” Mr. Trump posted Tuesday…Continue Reading

Coast Guard Tracking Chinese ‘Research’ Vessels Near Alaska

Coast Guard Tracking Chinese ‘Research’ Vessels Near Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a fleet of Chinese icebreakers operating in the Arctic region near Alaska in an unprecedented move for a country long calling itself a “near Arctic state.” A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules plane last week spotted two Chinese vessels, identified as the Ji Di and the Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, as they sailed northeast in the Bering Sea…Continue Reading

Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C.

Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C.

President Trump announced Monday that he would deploy about 800 National Guard troops to the District of Columbia and placed the city’s police department under emergency federal control in an unprecedented move to combat crime in the nation’s capital and remove homeless encampments. The president said he might send federal authorities to other cities…Continue Reading

Trump Fuels Takeover Talk With Promise of DC Crime Crackdown

Trump Fuels Takeover Talk With Promise of DC Crime Crackdown

President Trump said he will reveal plans Monday to rein in crime and disorder in the District of Columbia, just days after he floated a federal takeover of the nation’s capital and deployed agents throughout the city to help local police crack down on lawlessness. He said his administration would “make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before”…Continue Reading

Trump Says He’ll Turn D.C. From Dangerous to Safe

Trump Says He’ll Turn D.C. From Dangerous to Safe

President Trump said D.C. will soon be “one of the safest” cities as his administration moves to handle violent crime in the nation’s capital. In a Truth Social post Saturday, Mr. Trump said a press conference held at the White House Monday will reveal how he plans to stop violent crime in the District. “It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere…”Continue Reading

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