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A Delaware jury just convicted Hunter Biden of three felonies: lying to a federally licensed firearms dealer, lying on a federal background check and possessing a firearm while “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.” Republicans will cheer the result for holding a Biden family member accountable, while Democrats will complain about selective prosecution brought under political …

“Hellscape” is a dramatic word. It is the description of what awaits the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People’s Republic of China if it is ordered to invade Taiwan by Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. We know this because Admiral Samuel Paparo, USN, is the big boss of the Pentagon’s “Pacific Command,” and …

The Founding Fathers feared a system of government where the executive branch is able to wield the power of the federal bureaucracy to interfere with elections. Unfortunately, President Biden has directed every federal agency to do just that. As chairman of the Committee on Small Business, we have been investigating the electioneering efforts undertaken by the Small Business Administration (SBA), …

Weareall feeling the effects of stubbornand persistent inflation.When the currentadministration tells us inflation is coming down, we must remind ourselves that only meansalready high pricesare going up slower. Whenafew large pizzas, some salads,and garlic knots cost you $100, you begin to realize just how expensive life is getting forAmericans. So, is thereany chance that prices will ever come down? The …

Forthelast three decades, I have been imploring Republican presidential candidatestotaketheir message directlytoAmerica’s inner cities.Directlytotheepicenters of “blueness.” As someone who grew up in abject poverty in some of those inner cities, I knew that most of those residents strongly believe intherule of law, are faith-based and do supportthepolice.But, forthelast number of decades,they have also felt disrespected and abandoned bytheGOP and Republican …

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was astride the national political stage as people wondered whether he would be running for president.Now, Newsom is nowhere to be found outside California.The reasons are simple and they include the failing state of California. In 2023, Gavin Newsom positioned himself well among Democrats.Many thought he was running for president. He took the fight …

Religiousfreedom is a cornerstone of our American republic. It is our responsibility to protect this integral aspect of our country because, without it, we would stray from our core values of liberty and freedom. This sacred freedom has been under attack, especially in public education. Fortoo long,teachers have been told to leave theirbeliefsat the schoolhouse gate,forcing them to choose between …

President Joe Biden is in serious mental decline, from the “perpetual state of confusion” displayed on his trip to France, to Washington insiders reporting that the president has performed poorly in meetings, the president’s cognitive impairment raises serious concerns for U.S. national security with a heightened potential for global conflict. The mental acuity of a nation’s leader plays a critical …

The United States today, effectively and enduringly, is not one but three nations. There is a “Red America” a “Blue America,” and an “I don’t care” America. Rarely do those in Blue or Red America agree on matters political, or reconcile with friends and family estranged because of politics, and increasingly they do not congregate together.What used to be differences …

The facts were simple, the law was clear, and the evidence of guilt can only be described as overwhelming. The only surprise is that it took jurors more than five minutes to convict Hunter Biden on all three gun charges that he faced in a federal courtroom in Wilmington, Delaware.In sports vernacular, the case was a slam dunk. It did …