On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury quietly released the federal government’s fiscal year 2025 financial report. Buried in its tables is a number that should dominate our national conversation – but doesn’t: Total federal obligations now stand at $130.12 trillion.

The 2026 Ernie Blankenship Radio-Telethon for the Highland County Society for Children and Adults was a huge success. We received $188,889 in pledges, which is the third-highest total in the history of the event.

A majority of American voters say President Donald Trump has demonstrated better cognitive and physical skills during his second term compared to former President Joe Biden, according to a new poll.

Remember this. There is absolutely no reason to continue an argument. No use trying.

Tuesday’s debate was supposed to take place at a critical time – with two Republican candidates consistently running ahead of their Democratic counterparts, none of whom has broken out of a crowded field. It also was set to occur less than two months before the state planned to send ballots to every registered voter.

“People think I’m kidding when I say there is a fraud lobby, but there are absolutely powerful interest groups that lobby Congress to preserve the ease with which people can get money from these programs,” Cannon said. “With health the largest category of federal spending, those programs are vastly more complex, and subsidy recipients have even less patience for antifraud measures.” 

The SAVE America Act allows at least five documents to show proof of citizenship, including government-issued records that show a person was born in the U.S. or has been naturalized, including a valid U.S. passport; a certified birth certificate; a naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship; a Consular Report or Birth Abroad for citizens born overseas; or a government-issued ID showing U.S. citizenship. 

Across the country, Americans are flocking to city council, planning commission, and water board meetings trying to stop data centers from being built. Driving this NIMBYism are two main arguments: data centers will drive up electricity rates, and data centers will guzzle local water resources. Data centers are prodigious consumers of both power and water, so these views are understandable. They are also (mostly) wrong. 

You can find peace knowing that God is personaIly involved in your life in good times and in bad. Jesus can transform your hardships into blessings.

Senate Democrats should follow suit, face reality, admit defeat, and end the shutdown. They are running a risk of an attack. Senator Schumer, it is time to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Any serious student of the Middle East knows that an unrestrained Iran is not just an imminent threat; it is an existential threat. Not just to Israel or the United States, but to any country that does not follow its fundamentalist Shi’ite philosophy.

Trump is at work eliminating international bad actors while ramping up pressure on China.  

The chicken and I had another meeting. I’ll call it a strategic meeting. We had certainly met through the winter, but those had been quick, tactical meetings, planning no further than one day ahead.

Soon we'll be riding our zero-turns, but this too can wait. Today my spring chore is working alongside Greg in his shop.

The Secret Service agent who was in charge of developing and executing the failed security plan for the 2024 rally where President Trump was nearly killed has been suspended and is under internal agency investigation for allegedly improperly reporting her relationship with and eventual marriage to a foreign national, several sources told RealClearPolitics.