Federal agents and Philadelphia police are digging into a backyard at a home tied to seven missing women, and the country is watching. At the same time, Lansing, Michigan, is reeling from the slayings of five homeless men — two stories that should unsettle every neighbor who still believes the system is working for ordinary More

The feds showed up at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home with a court‑authorized search warrant, and the picture is now unmistakable: Homeland Security Investigations carried out a seizure that included a cellphone, notebooks and even a passport while grand‑jury subpoenas went out to relatives. That kind of federal action doesn’t happen in a political vacuum More

France is burning this week. What started as protests about schools and the cost of living exploded into citywide rioting, looting and arson in Paris, Marseille, Limoges and elsewhere. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned the country is approaching a “point of no return,” and a French journalist has even claimed rioters in Marseille had lists More

Newt Gingrich showed up on Life, Liberty & Levin this week with a simple pitch: be an optimist. He’s turned that pitch into a book — America’s Golden Age — and he’s betting that technology plus what he calls “Trumpism” can kick-start a new era of growth. Love him or roll your eyes, he’s trying More

A new voter poll says what most Americans already feel in their wallets: inflation is the top worry. Yet the same voters barely mention the national debt — even as Washington is handing trillions in new short-term bills and interest costs balloon past a trillion dollars. That contrast is the real political story this week. More

Records produced under a Freedom of Information Act request show Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s eight‑day investment mission to South Korea and Taiwan cost Michigan taxpayers more than $200,000. The new disclosure gives us the line‑by‑line tab: airfare, fancy hotels, conference rooms, translators — and even a $3,200 “cultural activity.” That’s a lot of mileage for a More