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WASHINGTON -- "Washington is still operating as if it's March 2020. The headquarters of most agencies remain largely abandoned," Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote in a report released Thursday that paints a dystopian picture of the federal workforce inside the vaunted beltway.

It's been nearly five years since COVID knocked on America's door. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump's pick to serve as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is in the hot seat.

I fear Hegseth, a combat veteran and "Fox & Friends" weekend anchor, is not up to the job. I'd rather see someone like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who successfully has run the Sunshine State.

But the campaign to slime Hegseth ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- I am glad President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. I don't think it would be good for the country if a president's son were put behind bars for a nonviolent crime.

Besides, I never believed Biden when he said he wouldn't pardon his son. I don't take the president at his word. In 2019, Biden said he had "never spoken" to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- There's been a change in Washington since Donald Trump won the election. Democrats have begun to wonder about some of their more extreme messages.

The New York Times reported Tuesday on regrets among transgender activists who now question the movement's confrontational approach -- as they realize their overboard rhetoric helped ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- "My Mom Voted for Trump. Can We Let It Go?" Read the headline for The New York Times' "The Ethicist" piece Friday.

The family dynamic no doubt is familiar to New York Times readers -- the writer's wife's family members are committed Trump haters, except his mother voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020.

The writer isn't sure if his ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- If you think of Joe Biden as a nice old man who was kicked to the curb, consider his administration's jaw-dropping efforts to sabotage Donald Trump.

The president-elect plans to actually enforce federal immigration law starting Jan. 20, when Trump takes the oath of office. As the New York Post reported Thursday, Team Biden "is ...Read more