Unlawful crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border this year have dropped to the lowest levels since the early 1970s. In June alone, Border Patrol recorded just over 6,000 apprehensions at the southwest border for the entire month with ZERO released into the interior of the United States. Under the Biden Administration, the southern border would see more crossings in a single day.

Journalists remind the public, often at great personal risk, that truth is messy and theory must bow to evidence. Their gift is not perfection but rather curiosity, adaptability, and the humility to revise when the facts change

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is doing exactly what President Donald J. Trump hired her to do: Clean out a failed education bureaucracy, return power to states and parents, and put students – not Washington politics – first. That’s why Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is attacking her.

“Senator Kennedy’s bill allows the Federal Bar Association to run more efficiently and helps the organization continue to provide civics education programs to classrooms across the country. We were proud to support it and appreciate the Senator’s great work,” said Rep. Jim Jordan.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) this week launched an investigation into widespread fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs under Governor Tim Walz’s watch.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) and Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) this week discussed the increase in anti-law enforcement sentiment and the rise in threats and attacks against law enforcement officers and personnel.

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

The Hillsboro Woman’s Club recently contributed $100 to the Highland Humane Society.

The Trump administration now expects about 600,000 total deportations in 2025, fewer than under the Biden administration’s final fiscal year, as a drop in border crossings outweighs the effect of increased deportations elsewhere, according to a report released Oct. 30 by the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.