Senate leadership released the text of a bipartisan compromise on the border Sunday evening‚ the product of four months of painstaking negotiations. Elements of the deal‚ brokered by a bipartisan working group‚ had been teased in the days leading up to its release; however‚ the granular details offered by the text itself will determine how much support the bill receives in the Senate. The package‚ part of a larger national security supplemental‚ will be considered as...

The Senate’s border deal has been released‚ and it’s a horror show. It’s a $118 billion package tied to more aid for Ukraine that does next to nothing to solve the current crisis at the southern border. Don’t let the billions more in border security fool you. More funding for border agents is Biden-speak for more personnel to process the asylum claims‚ not to deport people who shouldn’t be here. And while the bar for would-be asylum seekers has been raised in the bill‚...

Former US president Donald Trump has said he would impose more tariffs on Chinese goods if he wins the US presidential election in November. In an interview with Fox News‚ he said the tariffs could be in excess of 60%. "We have to do it‚" he said in the interview on Sunday. Mr Trump‚ currently the frontrunner for the Republican party‚ is facing a number of criminal charges including attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. He has denied these. He has long accused China of...

It is not unusual for Washington Republicans to receive visitors — candidates‚ lobbyists‚ political donors — who boast about their commitment to securing the border and cutting taxes. It’s not every day that one of those visitors used to run Denmark. Yet on a recent Thursday afternoon‚ several hard-line members of the House found themselves listening to Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the former Danish prime minister emphasized his small-government values. As a head of government‚ Rasmussen told...

People who are thinking of their personal and professional lives as in conflict with each other are thinking as man sees‚ not as God does. At some point ten years ago or so‚ a client asked if I would offer a little career advice to their son. He was 21 years old‚ bright‚ about to graduate from a good college in a big city‚ and certainly employable. He had a good home life‚ high character‚ and was ambitious enough to want to come talk to his parents’ investment adviser. His first...

Palestinians huddling under bombardment in Gaza said on Monday they hoped a visit to the region by the U.S. secretary of state would finally deliver a truce‚ in time to head off a threatened new Israeli assault on the last refuge at the enclave's edge. Antony Blinken was in the air headed to the Middle East for his first trip since Washington brokered an offer with Israeli input for the first extended ceasefire of the war. The offer‚ delivered to Hamas last week by Qatari and Egyptian...

When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris held their first joint campaign event of 2024 last month in northern Virginia‚ they left no doubt that codifying abortion rights would be central to the president’s reelection bid. With the rally timed to honor what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade‚ Biden stood under a large “Restore Roe” sign and beside supporters holding smaller posters to “Defend Choice.” “We need the protections of Roe v. ...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is chipping away toward the goal of being on the ballot in states across the country‚ increasing the chances he will influence the outcome of the White House race. Mr. Kennedy has cleared the bar in Utah and recently collected the signatures needed to appear on the ballot in New Hampshire. He has also decided to work smarter‚ not harder‚ in a half-dozen states — California‚ Delaware‚ Hawaii‚ Mississippi‚ North Carolina and Texas —...

About 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ attack on the U.S. Capitol‚ according to multiple reports. But no officers were “killed” that day‚ as President Joe Biden falsely claimed at a Jan. 31 campaign reception in Miami. Biden made the claim at the private event after talking about former President Donald Trump “dividing” the country and “embracing political violence.” “He sat and watched on the 6th of — of January‚ watched that riot go on‚...

Gail Collins: So‚ Bret — more than 350‚000 new jobs in January without an inflation surge! Great news‚ huh? I guess that means the Biden plan is really working out‚ hehehehe. Bret Stephens: Just two problems. First‚ prices for groceries are still too damn high — up 25 percent in the last four years‚ according to The Washington Post. That practically amounts to a campaign ad for Donald Trump every time people are at checkout. Second‚ as our colleague Peter Coy observed‚...