Author: Rana McCallister

Oregon’s current budget pours more into a taxpayer-funded health plan for immigrants regardless of legal status than it does into the Oregon State Police, leaving a gap of roughly $500 million or more, state budget documents show. The contrast covers the 2025–27 biennium and exposes a clear policy choice about priorities. /* /10519169/dailycaller_incontent_1 */ const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector(“#dailycaller_incontent_1”); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add(“hide-premium”, “hide-free”); observer.disconnect(); console.log(“Ad div found and hidden”); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); Official estimates put combined state and federal spending on the Healthier Oregon Program,…

Trump Considers Call to Putin Over Tomahawk Missiles President Trump is weighing a direct phone call to Vladimir Putin about a possible transfer of Tomahawk cruise missiles, a move meant to cool tensions before any sale is finalized. The idea, from a Republican perspective, is to pair a firm defense posture with a final chance for Moscow to step back and avoid miscalculation. Tomahawk missiles are long-range, precision cruise missiles launched from ships and submarines and used to strike high-value targets. Their range and accuracy shift operational options and regional deterrence calculations when they appear in a new theater. Any…

Former LA Schools Chief Launches Bid To Unseat Karen Bass Austin Beutner, the one-time head of Los Angeles Unified, announced Monday he will challenge Mayor Karen Bass in the 2026 race. He frames his campaign as a practical response to what he calls a city that needs fixing, not another ideological fight. The announcement landed as many voters are still fed up with rising costs and street disorder. Beutner, a 65-year-old former investment banker, said in a posted to X that Los Angeles “is adrift.” He also claimed that “after seventeen years in public life,” he has learned how to…

Newsom Signs SB 518, Creating a State Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 518, establishing a state agency to design programs for descendants of slavery. This move turns political rhetoric into a standing government office with a mandate to explore reparative measures, and it comes with all the risks that bureaucracies bring. The full bill text is publicly available and spells out how the bureau could expand if the Legislature chooses to fund it. SB 518 specifically tasks the new agency with finding ways to provide reparations to descendants of slaves. Gavin Newsom…

Midshipman reported missing found dead near Naval Academy campus A 20-year-old midshipman was reported missing after failing to attend classes on Thursday and was later found dead near the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The discovery stunned the campus and prompted an immediate response from Academy officials and local authorities. The suddenness of the news left classmates and faculty scrambling for answers. Academy officials have identified the student as midshipman Second Class Kyle Philbert James, of Whippany, New Jersey. James was reportedly found dead Friday. However, as of Monday officials have not announced when he was found or…

Reclaiming the Warrior: Why Male-Only Military Academies Matter The Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Virginia reshaped VMI and, by extension, the idea of military academies built for combat leadership. That ruling pushed sex integration into institutions that once prioritized a singular martial purpose. If we care about battlefield performance, we have to reckon with how those changes altered officer formation. Red-state governors can act. They can build new, accredited academies with ROTC links that preserve an uncompromised warrior ethos. This isn’t nostalgia; it’s a practical move to restore disciplined officer pipelines. A properly designed school would offer a…

NYT Columnist Calls Hamas Hostage Release a ‘Big Risk’ After Trump’s Ceasefire President Trump’s team brokered a ceasefire that many hailed as a major diplomatic achievement, and it drew applause from allies. But a New York Times analyst in Tel Aviv offered a very different take, suggesting the hostage releases carry danger for Hamas itself. On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a brutal assault inside Israel that killed roughly 1,200 civilians and seized about 250 hostages. Adam Rasgon suggested the group is taking a “big risk” by releasing its remaining 48 hostages, more than half of whom are presumed…

A simmering border feud exploded into open combat after Pakistan launched surprise air strikes across multiple Afghan cities to hit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan leadership and bases. The TTP, a roughly 4,000-strong Pakistani Taliban faction that long cooperated with the Afghan Taliban during America’s two-decade presence, has broader political aims than battlefield survival. Its real objective is control inside Pakistan, not merely refuge across the border. Pakistan misjudged how Kabul would respond. Afghan forces counterattacked, striking border posts after receiving large sums and hardware under the Biden administration’s aid programs, which critics call an arm-a-terrorist policy. What was a tense frontier suddenly…

President to Greet Released Hostages Next Week, Vance Says Washington is bracing for a rare and emotional moment as officials prepare for the possible return of Americans held overseas. The expectation that the president will personally greet the freed hostages has put a human face on a complicated diplomatic effort. Voices on both sides of the aisle are watching closely. “So you can’t say exactly the moment they will be released. But we have every expectation, that’s why the president is going, that he will be greeting the hostages early next week. It’s a monumental thing. It’s great of course…

JD Vance Confirms U.S. Won’t Deploy Ground Troops After Trump’s Mideast Deal Vice President JD Vance told NBC that there are no plans to send U.S. troops onto the ground in Israel or Gaza after both sides accepted the first phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace deal. He said the administration will rely on existing forces in the region rather than open-ended combat deployments. The aim is simple: monitor compliance, push aid through, and avoid a fresh American ground war. The deal itself is straightforward: Israel must pull back to designated lines and hostages held in Gaza should…