The following piece was originally published in The Hill by John Shkor, Steven Lepper and William Baumgartner. Read the original article here. President Trump has…
The American Watch Dog
In November 2022, New York City voters went to the polls and did something significant: they used the ballot box to mandate that their government address racial inequity directly. What happens after citizens cast those votes — how the mandates they approve get implemented, defended, or quietly narrowed — is one of the most consequential and least-watched questions in American civic life.
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, has made a habit of filming himself working out alongside active-duty military personnel and posting the footage online. But instead of generating the image of toughness he appears to be going for, the videos have drawn scrutiny — including from fitness experts and military observers who say his form and performance fall short of the standard he publicly champions.
Michigan's U.S. Senate race is heating up, and both major candidates are spending nearly as much energy managing political baggage as they are making their case to voters.
A sweeping federal land closure along Arizona's border with Mexico is raising questions about public access, government transparency, and the cost of the administration's border wall push. The Coronado National Forest announced it is shutting down a 55-mile stretch of land along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona — a closure set to remain in effect until January 20, 2029, the final day of President Trump's current term.
Every time you visit a Google service, a quiet negotiation happens in the background — one that determines how much of your data the company collects and what it does with it.
A burned-out headlight. A foreign driver's license. A call to Border Patrol. For one woman driving through Brownstown Township on a spring evening in 2025, that sequence of events ended in a federal immigration arrest — not a ticket.
A potentially catastrophic attack on one of America's most visited shopping destinations was thwarted this week when federal authorities arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota man they say was planning a mass shooting at the Mall of America, inspired by the Islamic State terrorist organization.
When a candidate campaigns on restricting a federal visa program, voters might expect a clean break between that position and the candidate's personal record. But for Zach Lahn, the Republican running for Iowa governor, the gap between his policy promise and his own business history is hard to ignore.
A conservative YouTube influencer is drawing widespread attention after describing his near-death experience meeting Jesus in terms that have left many viewers raising their eyebrows. The interview, which aired on Fox News, quickly spread across social media and sparked debate about the intersection of faith, politics, and personality.
For the first time in recorded history, a person has survived a lethal injection execution — and she is now awake, speaking, and recovering in a hospital bed. The case of Christa Pike has left legal experts, criminologists, and death penalty scholars struggling to find any comparable precedent.
Arizona's top education job is up for grabs in 2026, and the two candidates vying for it hold starkly different visions for the state's public schools.
When federal funding gets cut and local water bills go unpaid, the consequences don't stay in a government spreadsheet — they land on kitchen tables, in hospital waiting rooms, and at the front doors of families already stretched thin.