President Trump arrives to speak on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center on April 29 in Warren, Mich. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP So much has happened in the first 100 days of President Trump's second term. On Day 1, he signed a slew of executive

Steve Bannon praises Trump’s strategy, wants DOGE’s receipts Stephen K. Bannon says he is expecting a "summer like no other." The sometime presidential adviser is one of many figures worth watching to see what Trump voters, and occasionally Trump himself, might be thinking. And as the Trump administration completes its first 100 days, Bannon is

“Nazi” and “fascist” are words being used a lot these days; thrown about as descriptions of contemporary populist leaders or to mark out disagreement with someone. Comparisons with 1930s Germany don’t always suit the complexity of the moment we live in, but there are resonances. The choices people are having to make in the face

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Activism / April 29, 2025 The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring people to us. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters after signing

John Dinges’s revisionist account of Missing. The crew of Missing arriving for the screening at the 35th Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1982.(Ralph Gatti / AFP via Getty Images) Just as I’m Still Here, Walter Salles’s Oscar-winning film, is reawakening interest in the years of ferocious military rule in Brazil, Costa-Gavras’s movie Missing reminded

"They’re prioritizing criminals over the federal government trying to do their job and protect Americans." Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec spoke with Kenny Cody about the shifting political views of young voters following his new Human Events opinion editorial, "Trump's young MAGA base creates a sustainable future for conservatism."  "The mainstream media and Democrats

The ads are part of a $200 million project that will run over two years. The Sheinbaum government of Mexico is preparing to block ads by the US government on grounds that they are "propaganda," as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Secretary Kristi Noem pushes a major campaign encouraging illegal immigrants to self-deport

Hegseth fit the bill, fulfilling Trump's campaign promises to drain the Washington D.C. swamp, and nobody should be surprised that the empire is striking back against him. Calls for President Trump to fire Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are intensifying amid several media-driven scandals and turnover inside the Pentagon. After messages about a Yemeni bombing

When families can grow and thrive without burdensome costs and bureaucratic interference, the birth rate will take care of itself. There's a new push making the rounds in Washington, dressed up in patriotic packaging. The idea? Handing every new mom in America a $5,000 "baby bonus" in hopes of reversing our plummeting birth rate. Sunny