By: Catherine Porter and Steven Erianger – nytimes.com – February 17, 2025 The hastily called gathering was part of a flurry of diplomacy expected to center on Ukraine this week as Trump officials prepare to start talks with Russia on their own. The leaders of many of Europe’s biggest countries came to Paris on Monday in an effort to forge...

New York Gov Kathy Hochul says she will reject the extradition request by Louisiana for a New York doctor charged with illegally providing abortion drugs to a mother who gave them to her minor daughter.

Pro-life advocacy groups say they see newly confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a man who changed his mind on abortion.

Herzog tells Fox News US president’s proposal to relocate Gazans is a ‘new idea’ that could cause ‘real change,’ but urges wishes of Egypt, Jordan, other Arab nations be respected Source: Incoming US envoy Huckabee says Trump to bring Mideast change of ‘biblical proportions’ | The Times of Israel

Whether you love or hate what is being said, if you don’t believe in their right to say it you are a totalitarian. Counter speech you dislike with facts, but don’t try to suppress it.

At the Munich Security Conference, J.D. Vance delivered a bold speech challenging European elites on democracy, censorship, and election integrity, defending free speech and citizen rights.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – February 16, 2025 The allies receive bracing, if not always helpful, warnings from the U.S. Start with the Ukraine war. This is the largest military conflict on European soil since 1945, and the Continent’s leaders recognize the stakes for their security. But Mr. Trump’s message is that the U.S. doesn’t care what Europeans...

A president is accountable through the election process. It is the independent federal agencies that are the true threat to democracy.

A federal judge in Washington on Friday handed Elon Musk’s government efficiency team a win by declining a request to temporarily block it from accessing sensitive data from at least three federal agencies.

Their radicalism put them out of step with American voters. One of the notable facts accompanying Donald Trump’s return to the White House is the cratering support among the American people for immigration of all types.