Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas attends a news conference along with U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz, in Brownsville, Texas, August 12, 2021. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released its report for the 2021 fiscal year on Friday, showing a sharp decrease in the number of arrests and deportations of illegal

President Biden announces new actions against Russia at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) President Biden on Friday called on Congress to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation status,” which would downgrade the country as a U.S. trading partner and potentially result in devastating tariffs against Moscow. In addition to revoking

Students on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2018. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) Whether Christian, Muslim, conservative, or liberal, student groups are, and should be, free to require their leaders to adhere to their beliefs. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I magine if National Review’s editor-in-chief were Rachel Maddow. Your immediate thought (after

I wrote today for Politico on responding to the economic dimension of the era of Great Power competition that is now clearly upon us: The new, more threatening era underlines the urgency of what should have already been priorities. We need a much bigger defense budget; we need an all-of-the-above energy policy that takes full

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks to the media during a news conference in Miami, Fla., August 29, 2019. (Marco Bello/Reuters) Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a sharp rebuke of Disney on Thursday, calling out the company’s “woke” stance on the state’s Parental Rights in Education bill and its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. A

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions Deputy Treasury Secretary nominee Adewale Adeyemo during his Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing, on Capitol Hill, February 23, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Senator Elizabeth Warren has an idea: Putin’s war is driving up gas prices — and Big Oil companies are raking in record profits. I’m joining @SenWhitehouse in

President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Don’t fall for it. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I nflation hit a 40-year high in February, with the Consumer Price Index rising nearly 8 percent over last year. The White House reacted by pointing out that “Americans’ budgets are being stretched

I’m having difficulty understanding why there is any doubt that Ketanji Brown Jackson, as a Supreme Court justice, would be required to recuse herself from taking part in the Court’s consideration of the challenge brought by Students for Fair Admissions to Harvard’s use of racial preferences in admissions. Judge Jackson has been a member of

University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas at the Women’s Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., February 17, 2022. (Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports) By abandoning the libertarian ‘live and let live’ approach, transgender activists are alienating Americans.  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he transgender and gay-rights movements are often lumped together

(wutwhanfoto/Getty Images) Young students are having difficulty learning to read as schools have returned to in-person learning after two years of pandemic disruptions. Studies of literacy in young children have shown that some young students are still suffering from learning loss, even after most U.S. schools have returned to in-person instruction. A February briefing by

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 30, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Agency guidance on ‘equity’ and ‘gender-inclusive’ language is a minefield of do’s and don’ts. NRPLUS

Mickey Mouse greets visitors at Shanghai Disney Resort as the Shanghai Disneyland theme park reopens following a shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2020. (Aly Song/Reuters) A shareholder of the Walt Disney corporation slammed the company Wednesday for its hypocrisy in advocating for domestic social justice while maintaining a strong

As my colleague David Harsanyi rightly notes, progressives are deliberately distorting Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill by calling it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Admirably, Florida governor Ron DeSantis refuses to play along with this silly game. When asked by a reporter about his support for the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, DeSantis hit back,

Six Democratic governors are asking Congress to suspend the federal gas tax — not permanently, just to the end of 2022. That conveniently aligns with their election-year interests, as five of the six are running for reelection: Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tim Walz of Minnesota, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico,

President Joe Biden holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) In his official statement marking yesterday’s celebration of International Women’s Day, President Biden lauded his administration’s efforts to assist women, including “a whole-of-government effort to protect reproductive rights.” It’s difficult for progressives to

Vice President Mike Pence waves to supporters at the end of a rally in Kinston, N.C., October 25, 2020. (Jonathan Drake / Reuters) Pence can’t win the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination. But if he were so inclined, he’d have a good chance to stop the party from renominating his old boss. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE R

Senator Roger Marshall (R., Kan.) speaks during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing for education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 3, 2021. (Susan Walsh/Pool via Reuters) Pregnant mothers deserve the opportunity to see their unborn child before choosing an abortion. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T his

President Joe Biden announces the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 23, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) President Joe Biden has been praised on the left for his deft statecraft and ability to rally our allies against Russia. Yet the Wall Street

Members of the Army Old Guard place small American flags in front of the headstones of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 21, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) When asked whether they’d flee or fight an invading force, far too many Millennials and Gen-Zers give the wrong answer. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a meeting of the Federal security cabinet on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin, Germany, March 4, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via Reuters) German chancellor Olaf Scholz defended Europe’s exemption of energy imports from Russia on Monday, saying the continent is dependent on oil and gas imports to supply electricity and heating

(Halfpoint/iStock/Getty Images) In a legal complaint, Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the families, argues that the mandate unduly burdens free exercise of religion. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O n March 1, the Washington, D.C., city government lifted its mask mandate for most indoor settings, such as stores, bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues. But schools have

New York governor Kathy Hochul (Mike Segar/Reuters) “This is absolutely reprehensible and dangerous.” Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine? Violence on the subways and streets of New York City? The extreme laws in New York State — worse than Roe itself — that pressure girls into having but one choice? No, Empire State governor Kathy Hochul was

Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) (US Congress/via Wikimedia) The Fairness for All Act (FFAA), an all-Republican House bill that would write gender identity into U.S. civil-rights law, has lost another cosponsor. Chris Jacobs, who is serving in his first full term as a representative from New York’s 27th congressional district, quietly dropped off the bill in

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas, in 2018. (Nick Oxford/Reuters) According to the International Energy Agency, Russia is “the third-largest producer of oil behind the United States and Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest exporter of crude oil behind Saudi Arabia, and the largest overall exporter

Edwin T. Burton of the University of Virginia argues that many are misunderstanding inflation: Imagine you were driving your car and it ran out of gas. Would you call for a new set of tires or a new battery and expect that to get you back on your way? If you don’t understand why your

People wear masks while riding on the subway in New York City, August 2, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) As Biden signals an end to Covid as a political issue, some bitter-enders remain in pandemic panic mode. Some of them might have a financial incentive to do so. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n March 1974, Lieutenant Hiroo

(fizkes/iStock/Getty Images) When so many ‘problems of living’ get reclassified as medical conditions, mental health becomes the government system that can’t say no. Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health, by Thomas Insel (Penguin, 336 pages, $28) NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S hortly after World War II, mental-health authorities made a promise that went

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media from the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, August 16, 2021. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters) On Saturday, the New York Times reported that senior White House and State Department officials were in Caracas engaging in conversations with the Maduro regime. The U.S. has not recognized the regime since dissolving diplomatic

Demonstrators attend a rally in support of Ukraine in Prague, Czech Republic, February 24, 2022. (David W Cerny/Reuters) This history should inform the NATO debate over Ukraine’s urgent request for aircraft. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE U krainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that if NATO will not establish a no-fly zone over his country, then

UnionPay, a Chinese credit card company, displays on the exhibit hall floor during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nev., October 24, 2017. (Steve Marcus/Reuters) Multiple Russian banks on Sunday announced plans to begin issuing cards using a Chinese card operator’s system with Russia’s Mir network after Visa and MasterCard pulled out of Russia.