As the country enters its third week of uprisings the mullahs have shut down the internet and even landlines. Nevertheless, shocking images have been trickling into the western media outlets following this weekend’s bloodbath.

There is nowhere to hide at the base of the Washington Monument. And so, on the early-early morning of New Year’s Eve, a gregarious but bleary-eyed video producer from Florida named Kyle Barrett shifted side to side, bracing against a bitter wind while waiting on edits from senior administration officials. In less than 24 hours the obelisk would be bathed in moving light.

Strength at the border, accountability abroad, and fair trade at home remain essential to protecting U.S. security and prosperity in the years ahead, and I look forward to continuing my work on these issues.

It was early August 1968. Pete and I were walking back from the briar patch after an unsuccessful hunt.

When people steal this money, this $1 trillion-plus a year that we spend helping our neighbors, when people steal that money, it offends me. When they steal from the poor, and they steal from the American taxpayer, it offends me equally. And the folks in Minnesota and elsewhere who stole this money, who took a giant whiz – a giant great Dane whiz – down the leg of every taxpayer and every poor person in America, every one of them ought to go to jail.

After capturing and deposing former dictator/president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Jan. 3, what effect has this had on the Venezuelan people? Has life improved for the Venezuelan people? Are things the same – or worse?

I thought it seemed curiously warm inside the cabin for an early winter day. Typically, when the fire dies down overnight, the cabin cools a bit, but not this morning. I checked the outside temperature on my phone. It was 62° and there was a 90% chance of rain. Yes, indeed. It was warm, and it was raining.

A big topic of discussion across Congress as of late is the upcoming deadline on the Continuing Resolution that was passed in November which reopened the government after the historic shutdown. As Jan. 31 looms closer and closer, it is incredibly important to work efficiently in order to pass the remaining appropriations packages so that Congress can get back to funding the government through the regular order process.

Each year on Jan. 9, we recognize Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. It’s a time to thank the police officers who keep us safe. Officers across the U.S. work hard to prevent crime and protect families. They face danger and serve with courage.

Unlike a sizable number of his congressional colleagues, Sen. John Kennedy does, indeed, possess the common horse sense that God gave a goose. (OK, sorry for the poor mixed metaphor.)

Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Republican representing parts of Sacramento in Congress, assailed the state of the state address as pure gaslighting. “For once, Newsom is right,” he said. “California has led the nation during his tenure – in homelessness, unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, gas prices, electricity costs, debt, and outmigration. That is the true state of our state.”

Invading other countries that harm us, directly or indirectly (like Venezuela)? We’ve been doing that since Thomas Jefferson.   

The Iranian people have made their position clear. They reject the Supreme Leader. They reject the Shah. They demand a democratic republic built on the sovereignty of their own votes.  The least the world can do is listen to what they're actually saying. International media must stop helping Tehran. 

U.S. First Assistant Attorney Bill Essayli Thursday called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud,” accusing him of a lack of oversight on spending to address homelessness.

Unfortunately for Maduro, the law has long been settled that “the power of a court to try a person for crime is not impaired by the fact that he had been brought within the court's jurisdiction by reason of a `forcible abduction.” Noriega made the same claim, and it was also rejected. And the facts surrounding Noriega’s abduction were, arguably, far more disruptive, intrusive, and invasive than Maduro’s.