One of the internet’s oldest, ugliest problems keeps getting worse. Despite decades of efforts to crack down on sexual pictures and videos of children online, they’re more widely available now than ever, according to new data from the nonprofit tasked by the U.S. government with tracking such material. John Shehan, head of the exploited children […]Read More

House Republicans announced two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday, accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and breach of the public trust. The charges come as Republicans swiftly concluded two public impeachment hearings this month without Mayorkas’s in-person testimony or testimony from any fact […]Read More

Three U.S. troops were killed and at least 34 injured in a militant drone attack Sunday in Jordan, officials said, marking the first deadly military action against American service members since the war in Gaza triggered a steep rise in violence throughout the Middle East. President Biden blamed the attack on groups supported by Iran, […]Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In what was supposed to be a strictly celebratory event launching President Biden’s glide path to the Democratic presidential nomination here, long-shot primary challenger Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) sought to appeal to the crowd with a somber warning. Speaking minutes before Biden was set to take the stage here at the First-in-the-Nation Dinner […]Read More

Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wants to be held responsible for blocking a bipartisan border security billin the works in the Senateas President Biden seeks emergency authority to rein in a record surge of unauthorized border crossings. “As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders […]Read More

Unlike some American voters, senators have come to grips with the reality that the November presidential election is all but certain to be a rematch of the 2020 race. Despite polls showing each likely nominee to be very unpopular, senators have turned fairly enthusiastic about their party’s front-runner, with little signs of regret about the […]Read More

Donald Trump doesn’t respond well to women who challenge, question or mock him. They bring out the worst in him. Nikki Haley is doing all three and has turned the Republican nomination contest into something worth watching. Put aside whether Haley can win next month’s South Carolina primary or how well she will do on […]Read More

Donald Trump took a preemptive victory lap in Nevada on Saturday, 12 days before he is expected to sweep the state’s delegates in Nevada’s Feb. 8 Republican presidential caucuses. After his victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, the former president held a “Commit to Caucus” rally in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon. The former president is […]Read More

President Biden said Friday that he would use new emergency authorities to “shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed” if Congress passes a bipartisan immigration plan that the Senate has been negotiating. The comments signified a remarkable shift in tone for a Democratic president and underscored the urgency of the issue for his reelection […]Read More