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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security, which was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to protect the country from international terrorism, is moving toward a sweeping set of policy changes to detect and stop what intelligence officials say is now a top threat: domestic violent extremism. Two senior Biden administration officials said DHS, whose intelligence division did not publish a warning of potential violence before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is seeking to improve its ability to collect and analyze data about domestic terrorism — including the sorts of public social media posts that threatened an attack on...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will discuss taking up a major new gun rights case involving a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to a New York state law that restricts the ability of residents to carry concealed handguns in public...Two gun owners and the New York affiliate of the NRA, an influential gun rights group closely aligned with Republicans, are asking the justices to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling throwing out their challenge to a policy that requires a state resident to show "proper cause" to obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun outside the home.

From the Desk of Fr. Mike: This is a good place to bring you up to date briefly on a recent change inp> the Catholic Church that you might not learn about from the secular media. A new instruction from the Vatican has banned the practice of individual Masses inside St. Peter’s Basilica, placing strict limits on the use of the Latin rite. One of the groundbreaking reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was to adapt the liturgy “...more suitably to the needs of our own times.” Now, the place where those words were penned and approved can become...

Chances are you’ve seen them – car clubs gathering in suburban parking lots full of beautifully shiny classic vehicles, hoods open, windows down, men and women milling around comparing notes and sharing a mutual love of a hobby. But according to media reports, car clubs are under fire in Austin, Texas, for exuding a “toxic display of masculinity.” The term “toxic masculinity” is a recently invented term, coined by academics and media personalities who believe certain masculine traits are harmful to not only society but also to the men themselves. Repeating a lie long enough doesn’t make it true, of...

The U.S. government now holds political prisoners in jail in the nation’s capital, and the party that purports to stand for freedom, liberty, and rule of law refuses to defend them.federal judge this week blasted a top Justice Department official for publicly bragging about the agency’s sprawling investigation into the January 6 Capitol melee. In an emergency hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta warned government prosecutors to keep quiet or face a gag order. Mehta fumed over comments made in a television interview by former acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin—he led the first two months of the nationwide manhunt...

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has previously spoken out against the allegations of election fraud former president Donald Trump claimed last year, has now insinuated that Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia won his 2018 race against Stacy Abrams through similar means. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has previously spoken out against the allegations of election fraud former president Donald Trump claimed last year, has now insinuated that Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia won his 2018 race against Stacey Abrams through similar means. In a tweet posted Thursday after Gov. Kemp signed SB 202, a bill overhauling Georgia's voting laws, Warren called Kemp...

President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the sweeping new voting restrictions in Georgia as "outrageous," "un-American" and "Jim Crow in the 21st Century." "This law, like so many others being pursued by Republicans in statehouses across the country is a blatant attack on the Constitution and good conscience," Biden said in a statement.

Foster parents in California are being asked to hold as many as 26 unaccompanied migrant children in their homes amid the burgeoning border crisis, according to a new report. California’s Community Care Licensing Office (CCLD) is approaching parents in the state’s foster care system and asking them to tell the agency how many extra beds they had to “serve additional youth,” according to a voicemail recording obtained by The Daily Mail. “This is an emergency message, please respond to this urgent message from the Community Care Licensing Division,” the voicemail said. “CCLD would like to know how many available beds...

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Larry McMurtry, the prolific novelist and screenwriter who won a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award for his work, died Thursday at 84. Amanda Lundberg, a spokesperson for the family, confirmed McMurtry’s death in an obituary published Friday by the New York Times. Lundberg did not respond to The Post’s request for confirmation. SNIP McMurtry was best known for his anti-Western work, or stories that focused on demythologizing the romanticism of the American West.

Laura Ingraham sometimes is off base – last night was one of those times. .... Snip.... She gave up on President Trump as soon as the 2020 election was stolen by the Biden gang. She either didn’t have the courage to stand up to FOX Executives or she didn’t have the wits to see what was happening. But within hours Laura was already moving on with the corrupt Biden gang. Because of this, her viewership is half what it was. In her interview with the President last night, she rudely cut off the President of the United States when he...

DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced today that he was taking drastic action to reduce the unaccompanied minor backlog at the Southern border processing sites. Mayorkas ordered the auction of the excess minors to be initiated on Monday 29 March 2021. All minors in excess of the mandated limits per processing facility will be placed up for auction. Foil wrapped Pedros and Marias will be auctioned to the highest bidders of the invited sex traffickers, slave labor companies, and body part recovery companies from the West coast, New England and Hollywood. Funds generated will be donated to the DOJ Lawyers Benefit Association.

Beverly Cleary, the beloved children’s books author famous for “Henry Huggins,” “Ribsy” and “Ramona Quimby,” has died. She was 104. HarperCollins, her longtime publisher, announced her death Friday. Cleary, whose books have sold more than 85 million copies and have been translated into 29 different languages, died Thursday in her longtime home of Carmel, California. “We are saddened by the passing of Beverly Cleary, one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time,” the publisher said in a statement. “Looking back, she’d often say, ‘I’ve had a lucky life,’ and generations of children count themselves lucky too — lucky...

The Biden administration is considering imposing a vehicle mileage tax on Americans — as a way to fund a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan set to be announced by President Biden, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday. “I think that shows a lot of promise… If we believe in that so-called user-pays principle, the idea that part of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive,” Buttigieg said on CNBC during an interview. “The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it; it’s not anymore… So, a so-called vehicle miles traveled tax or...

Pelosi Congress Assault on Election Integrity Raises Constitutional Questions Lawsuit: 2,400 Illegal Alien Criminals Released under San Francisco Sheriff’s Office Sanctuary Policy Judicial Watch Sues Georgia Secretary of State for Records about Changes to Processing of Absentee Ballots in 2020 Election, and 2021 Trump/Raffensperger Call Fauci Update: Judicial Watch Sues for NIH Funding and Other Records Tied to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology Judicial Watch Sues OPM for Records on Agency Personnel Classes, Seminars in China; Breach of OPM Data Pelosi Congress Assault on Election Integrity Raises Constitutional Questions Robert Popper is a Judicial Watch senior attorney who served...

Today marks a full year plus 2 weeks since the institution of the infamous “Flatten the Curve,” AKA The Deep State’s Plot to Drive Us Crazy, Make Us Stupid, and Take Over the World (in order to make the world safe for China to take it over). 15 days, they told us, for 15 days/roughly two weeks we need to work from home, close non-essential business, cancel concerts, baby showers, cat shows, etc., yada, yada, you know “the thing” (to show my solidarity with a certain awe-inspiring president) in order to give hospitals a chance to gear up for huge,...

Biden hires Joe Manchin’s wife…

Cancel culture goes after USA Today editor Hemal Jhaveri for saying that the Boulder shooter was white. Here’s a picture of the shooter. He sure looks white to me.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)March 26, 2021Hemal Jhaveri just got fired from USA Today because she said the Boulder shooter was white. Here’s a picture of the Boulder shooter. He sure looks white to me.But regardless of whether Jhaveri was right or wrong about the shooter’s race, I think it sucks that USA Today fired Jhaveri. Cancel culture sucks.

Two California teenagers who admitted to beating their classmate to death have been sentenced to probation. In September 2019, the teens attacked 13-year-old Diego Stolz in the yard of Landmark Middle School. Cellphone video showed Stolz being punched repeatedly before falling and hitting his head on a pillar.

Jackson Acquisition, a blank check company led by Jeb Bush targeting healthcare, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering. The Alpharetta, GA-based company plans to raise $300 million by offering 30 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and 1/3 of a warrant, exercisable at $11.50. At the proposed deal size, Jackson Acquisition will command a market value of $375 million. The company is led by Chairman Jeb Bush, who previously was the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is joined...