The bizarre and unsavory strongman bromance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump continues. If you’re a MAGA Republican and not having seco…
The “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule, the Biden administration’s new immigration order, is in many ways as draconian in rejecting asylu…
Aboard the papal plane on April 30, Pope Francis said talks were underway to return artifacts to Indigenous people in Canada.
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The recent spike in border crossings and the expiration of the emergency policy Title 42 have once again sparked discussions about immigration…
Here we go again. A qualified, conservative, likable Republican gets into the GOP presidential primary against Donald Trump. And then so does …
Millions of patients and their caregivers breathed a collective sigh of relief when drugmaker Eli Lilly recently announced its new experimenta…
There is a housing crisis in rural America, including in our community, and the federal response needs to be up to the task.
As a proud third-generation wine grape grower and chairman of the Congressional Wine Caucus, I am always delighted to celebrate National Wine …
I am always amazed when, in the aftermath of a mass shooting such as the tragedy in Allen, Texas, both political parties expect their overly s…
Did Big Tech just win big at the U.S. Supreme Court? That seems to be the view of most commentators in the wake of Thursday’s unanimous decisi…
Last week, tens of thousands of police officers, deputies, troopers and agents gathered in our nation’s capital to commemorate Police Week and…
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