As I mentioned in my New Monroe Doctrine Column on Friday, Costa Rica was set to go to the polls on Sunday and vote in a new president. It was highly likely that Laura Fernández, the conservative, would win, though it wasn’t clear that she would get enough votes to avoid a run-off because […]

Imagine working for a news organization owned by a movie studio that is actively looking for ways to dump your low-rated channel, being invited to an all-hands meeting, and having your biggest gripe be … one of the few conservative contributors who draws viewers. CNN chief Mark Thompson must have wondered whether the newsroom […]

TUCSON, Ariz. —Authorities in Arizona are searching for the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing over the weekend. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said at a news conference Sunday night that Nancy Guthrie was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at her home in the Tucson area. Her family […]

Minnesota’s effort to use the courts as a vehicle to immediately end the immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has failed. On Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez  said Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the state of Minnesota “have not met their burden” to cut Operation Metro Surge short through the “extraordinary remedy” of a preliminary […]

AL-HASSAKEH, Syria — A small contingent of security forces with Syria’s interior ministry entered the city of al-Hassakeh on Monday as part of a deal between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which control the city. The SDF announced the new agreement with the central government on Friday, aiming to stabilize a ceasefire that […]