Despite recent declines, D.C.’s crime rates remain alarmingly high, raising questions about safety and governance. Story Highlights D.C. experiences a significant decline in crime rates in 2024 and 2025, but they remain above pre-pandemic levels. Public perception of safety is low

Trump’s direct outreach to Belarus’s Lukashenko ahead of a pivotal Alaska summit with Putin signals a dramatic reshaping of U.S. diplomacy—one that could upend the Ukraine conflict and challenge the failed appeasement and globalist policies of previous administrations. Story Highlights President

China’s robot Olympics drew global attention, but its headline-grabbing machine failures reveal deeper questions about the risks of foreign tech ambitions and overhyped innovation—especially when state power and global competition are in play. Story Snapshot China hosted the inaugural World Humanoid

An ICE data breach exposes critical law enforcement details through unsecured group chat, igniting fresh fears about government incompetence and threats to privacy and constitutional protections. Story Snapshot ICE mistakenly added a civilian to a sensitive group chat coordinating an active

When U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joe Edlow returned for another stint in the Trump administration, he expected to wrangle with a mess left by the Biden administration’s border crisis. Soon, however, Edlow would be met with a surprise.

After five months of caring for her new baby, Krystena Murray was forced to give him up to his biological parents. Murray, who worked with a fertility clinic to have a biological child using her eggs and a sperm donor, knew

Secretary of State Marco Rubio eviscerated CBS News host Margaret Brennan’s assertion that European leaders want to ensure that President Donald Trump does not bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Brennan claimed on “Face the Nation” that European leaders are joining a