If you missed the drama on Friday, the federal government avoided a shutdown after passing a much-argued-over, President Donald Trump-endorsed continuing resolution. How we got there is the more interesting story, though.  Because Republicans only have 53 votes in the Senate, they needed several Democrats to cross the aisle, […]

Lead prosecutor Joe Thompson completed his cross-examination of Aimee Bock yesterday morning. His cross-examination was something of a master class in the art. Bock came across as a practiced liar — “practiced in the art of deception,” to quote the Rolling Stones song. It’s hard to tell, but in my judgment Thompson’s art exceeded Bock’s. […]

The Trump administration is finally doing what President Joe Biden refused: revoking visas and deporting violent Hamas-supporting foreign “students” once and for all. These agitators should count their blessings. They could have been and should have been criminally prosecuted by the Biden administration. These foreign actors staged violent protests at American colleges, cheering the vicious massacre, rapes, assaults, and kidnappings […]

The face of travel could see a dramatic change as President Donald Trump calls for new restrictions. Trump’s administration is currently considering sweeping travel restrictions affecting citizens from dozens of countries. This comes eight years after his first travel ban, comprising a series of executive actions beginning in January 2017 during his first administration. A […]

I ask readers to forgive me for repeating this personal note on the Ides of March. It is meant to pay tribute to my high school alma mater, my high school teachers — Latin teachers Lyman Hawbaker (who also taught ancient history) and Dave Sims in particular — and to my classmates. In the course […]