Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer December 10, 2025 4:04 PM ET The Giffords Law Center released its annual State Gun Law Scorecard, which grades states on their “gun safety” policies. Where your state lands on its list is highly indicative of whether or not your state government holds dear the foundational American principle of
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December 10, 2025 12:26 PM ET The United Kingdom cares to meddle in its citizens’ private lives in nearly every area, but one. A new Australian law banning children under 16 from accessing social media comes into effect Wednesday, Politico reports . British lawmakers remain uninspired, despite Australia’s membership in the British Commonwealth. “There are
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December 10, 2025 11:25 AM ET Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Pennsylvania a week after President Donald Trump visited the state to push the administration’s affordability message, two sources familiar with plans told the Daily Caller. Trump visited Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, kicking off his year-long tour to push his economic policy.
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December 08, 2025 4:52 PM ET Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named ex-rapper Mysonne Linen — who served seven years in state prison for armed robbery — to his transition team’s criminal legal system committee. Linen, 49, was convicted in 1999 of two Bronx taxi stickups from the late 1990s and later reinvented himself as an activist.
December 08, 2025 4:23 PM ET Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took a chainsaw to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) — now the agency sits nearly empty, with a new name and a big future. The agency was seized in March by DOGE and its staffers removed. USIP made little news
December 08, 2025 3:43 PM ET The Department of Justice is recruiting lawyers to become “deportation judges” with salaries up to $207,500 and a 25% signing bonus. The agency’s recruitment website urges applicants to “help write the next chapter of America” by joining the immigration court system. The campaign offers positions at 70 locations nationwide
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December 08, 2025 3:31 PM ET The era of “independent agencies” might soon be over. The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Monday to allow the president to fire members of “independent” multi-member coalitions, which the Trump administration argues are really a “headless fourth branch” of government that operates without political accountability or democratic control. The
December 08, 2025 2:49 PM ET Nearly half of the retweets on Nick Fuentes’ six most viral posts — three before Charlie Kirk’s assassination and three after — allegedly came from foreign account, according to a new report. The study analyzed Fuentes’ social media activity. It found engagement patterns the researchers say are consistent with
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December 08, 2025 2:44 PM ET Alina Habba resigned from her role as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey on Monday. She will now serve as a senior advisor to the Attorney General for United States Attorneys, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a
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December 08, 2025 12:55 PM ET Indiana Republicans are wasting their energy battling President Donald Trump, and their own governor, over redistricting. You’d be forgiven for thinking the GOP is allergic to winning. At present, Indiana’s congressional map gives the GOP seven seats to Democrats’ two seats. The re-drawn map could deliver a full nine
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