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DHS funding ran out on Friday. No one seems to be in a rush to get it back.

DHS funding ran out on Friday. No one seems to be in a rush to get it back.

by Ben Shapiro | Feb 17, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Funding for the Department of Homeland Security ran out Friday evening after House Democrats and the White House once again failed to come to an agreement about how to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, triggering a partial shutdown with no clear...
Melania Trump promotes documentary during sit-down conversation with freed Israeli Hostage

Melania Trump promotes documentary during sit-down conversation with freed Israeli Hostage

by Ben Shapiro | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump met with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in a private conversation at the White House Wednesday afternoon. The talk came one year after Siegel was released from Hamas captivity in what was part of the first phase of a temporary...
Senate Democrats plan to block funding for DHS, in what could be the start of a partial government shutdown

Senate Democrats plan to block funding for DHS, in what could be the start of a partial government shutdown

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are opposing a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of two deadly shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Minnesota, in a move that will likely lead to a partial government shutdown...
In Photos: 53rd National March for Life draws thousands to Washington

In Photos: 53rd National March for Life draws thousands to Washington

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of pro-life demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Washington on Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life. Carrying both handmade and printed out signs and chanting as they walked from the National Mall to the Supreme Court,...
Jack Smith defends his investigation into Trump in congressional hearing

Jack Smith defends his investigation into Trump in congressional hearing

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told a congressional committee Thursday that his investigation into President Donald Trump was not partisan and that he wouldn’t be “intimidated” by Trump’s threats toward him. Smith, who led the investigation into...
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold laws barring transgender athletes

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold laws barring transgender athletes

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 13, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports after hearing oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. The cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., challenge Idaho’s...

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