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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., speaks before Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio at Center Courts during a campaign rally, Oct. 29, 2024, in Saginaw, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

How Byron Donalds found Jesus in a Cracker Barrel parking lot

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican who is running for Florida governor, is among the politicians unafraid to align with Mr. Trump. A banner at the top of his 2026 gubernatorial campaign website boldly proclaims "Endorsed by Trump." But who is Mr. Donalds -- and what does he believe?

Chinese navy troops attending a joint naval drill with Iran and Russia stand on the deck of their warship in an official arrival ceremony at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S., Navy must do more to address China's growing maritime threat

Since the end of the Cold War, America has enjoyed an uncontested position at the top of the global hierarchy. However, the rise of China as a peer adversary backed by an unprecedented naval buildup is rapidly changing the post-Cold War correlation of power. And as America struggles with shipbuilding delays and an overstretched Navy, it risks being unprepared for the challenges ahead.

FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Why turn Red Ohio Minnesota Blue when it comes to online college education?

It's a head-scratching moment: Ohio legislators are preparing to interfere with academic freedom and the freedom of contract at public and private colleges across the state. Such intervention would make conservative Ohio look a lot more like progressive Minnesota.

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China's conventionally powered Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, on Dec. 17, 2019. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

What Washington won't admit about nuclear dominance

Once, the United States was an uncontested superpower capable of fielding a military more powerful and more advanced than any other. No longer. Instead, a rival has emerged that poses a serious and credible threat to America and its allies.

A riot policeman stands outside the Permanent Electoral Authority building in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 14, 2025, the place where candidates register their bids to participate in the country's presidential election rerun in May. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

WATCH: Is democracy dead in Romania?

You may recall that after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, there was an investigation, lasting nearly two years and costing more than $30 million, into claims of Russian collusion with Mr. Trump during the election.

Army combat helmets assigned to Soldiers participating in the 2009 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition sit at the ready during the Urban Warfighting Orientation Course phase of the competition. U.S. Army photo.

If war came, how quickly could we mobilize our reserves?

Much has been made - rightly - of the weaknesses in the U.S. defense industrial base and the need to address those shortcomings. But the U.S. also faces a similar problem which is just as significant: the inability to mobilize its reserve forces en masse.

This Nov. 14, 2017 photo shows Jaìme Ceja operating a forklift while loading boxes of Red Delicious apples on to a trailer during his shift in an orchard in Tieton, Wash. According to studies in recent years, a reverse flow immigration and an improving economy in Mexico is creating more competition for foreign-born labor in the U.S. (Shawn Gust/Yakima Herald-Republic/via AP)/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

Cracking down on illegal immigration would raise wages for lower-income Americans

President Trump signed so many executive orders on his first two days in office that many Americans were naturally left wondering how his policy changes would affect their everyday lives. One such question looms particularly large: If we deport illegal aliens, who will take their place in working low-skilled jobs?