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Iran’s future cannot be made in Washington
OPINION: For more than four decades, the regime in Tehran has fueled terrorism, destabilized the Middle East through proxy militias, pursued nuclear weapons capability and brutally oppressed its own people. Successive American administrations tried diplomacy, sanctions and accommodation. None has fundamentally altered Tehran’s behavior.
Illicit gold is a global security threat the US must address Original
Like millions of Americans, I was thrilled to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States these past several weeks. Across that quarter millennium, we became and remain the world’s one true indispensable nation. And one thing that helped us get there — a hallmark of U.S. economic power, international prestige, and yes, some glitz and glamour — is gold.
To Keep Pressure on the Iranian Regime, Support the Democratic Opposition
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Indian Fraud Has Made Its Way Into American Healthcare
In December 2025, India seized over 100,000 forged diplomas from 28 universities that had been accepted by American companies for employment. In a bombshell report by a former U.S. diplomat, Mahvash Siddiqui alleged that 80% to 90% of the H-1B visa applications from India she reviewed involved fraudulent documentation or unqualified applicants.
American companies should hire Americans first
OPINION: For decades, hundreds of thousands of American employees have been laid off across the U.S. by American companies such as Disney, Meta, Amazon and even public universities. Meanwhile, these same companies have continued to hire foreigners who do not compare in quality to American labor, both within and outside the U.S. Shareholder returns should not trump care for American employees.
A weakened Tehran faces its greatest threat: The Iranian people
OPINION: In the aftermath of the military conflict between Iran and the United States, the Iranian nation itself stands at a historic crossroads. The death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the cumulative impact of 40 days of war have left the religious dictatorship in a more fragile position than at any other point in its history. Yet the regime’s vulnerability did not begin with recent events.
Somali Fraud Is Only a Drop in the Bucket Compared to This Indian Fraud Scheme
The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the American economy, through H-1B visas, bought degrees and fake certifications. Since COVID, 90 percent of the net gain in American jobs have gone to foreign workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tech companies are passing over American college students for foreign workers, many of whom have scam degrees and certifications.
Somali Fraud Is Only A Drop In The Bucket
The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the American economy, through H-1B visas, bought degrees and fake certifications.
Somali Fraud Is Only A Drop In The Bucket
The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the American economy, through H-1B visas, bought degrees and fake certifications. Since COVID, 90% of the net gain in American jobs have gone to foreign workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's Time to Build America With U.S.-Made Materials
Original Article Posted By: FlyRight, 3/14/2026 6:19:55 AM America First is more than a matter of policy-it is a matter of industrial muscle. For too long, America's manufacturing industry has dwindled while the creation of new, innovative infrastructure to support our nation has stalled.
It’s Time to Build America With U.S.-Made Materials
America First is more than a matter of policy—it is a matter of industrial muscle. For too long, America’s manufacturing industry has dwindled while the creation of new, innovative infrastructure to support our nation has stalled. Now more than ever, we must put America first in how we build, starting with the strategic resources that underpin our entire economy. When I served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, I increased U.S. exports to Denmark.
A free Iran starts with women in charge Original
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran with brutality for nearly four decades, has thrown the Persian Gulf country into a historic moment of uncertainty — and possibility. His welcome passing shattered the familiar, oppressive order and forces a question Iran can no longer postpone: What comes next? That question arises as Iran sits at the center of a deeper shift that may prove historic and generational.
What To Do About Greenland | U. S. Politics | Before It's News
Americans might wonder why President Donald Trump declares that America needs to control Greenland. They might think it sounds aggressive to talk about “taking” territory from a long-time ally, but let’s look at the facts.
What To Do About Greenland
Americans might wonder why President Donald Trump declares that America needs to control Greenland. They might think it sounds aggressive to talk about “taking” territory from a long-time ally, but let’s look at the facts. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is part of North America and sits strategically to the immediate northeast of the continental United States between the United States and Russia.
What to do about Greenland
Americans might wonder why President Donald Trump declares that America needs to control Greenland. They might think it sounds aggressive to talk about “taking” territory from a long-time ally, but let’s look at the facts. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is part of North America and sits strategically to the immediate northeast of the continental United States between the United States and Russia.
CARLA SANDS: What To Do About Greenland Original
Americans might wonder why President Donald Trump declares that America needs to control Greenland. They might think it sounds aggressive to talk about “taking” territory from a long-time ally, but let’s look at the facts. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is part of North America and sits strategically to the immediate northeast of the continental United States between the United States and Russia.
The Iranian people have chosen democracy
OPINION: In diplomacy, we are taught to read the signals to understand what people are truly saying beneath the noise. For nearly a decade now, the Iranian people have been sending an unmistakable signal through uprising after uprising: They want freedom, reject tyranny in all its forms and have an organized movement ready to lead them there. The question is no longer whether change is coming to Iran; it is whether America will recognize it and seize the moment.
Keith Self, Carla Sands, Casey Harper, David Closson
On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, reports on the U.S. House efforts to extend the Obamacare subsidies, protests in Minnesota and Portland, as well as growing protests in Iran.
A New Foreign Policy Of America First, Nations First
The transatlantic relationship, once the strongest, most pivotal, and strategic alliance in the world, is fraught and frail. It’s time we reevaluate foreign policy relationships in a way that demands the excellence of other nations and our own. The new way forward to building an indestructible bond with our allies is by invoking a new strategy of foreign policy—an America First, Nations First approach.
A new foreign policy of America First, Nations First
The transatlantic relationship, once the strongest, most pivotal, and strategic alliance in the world, is fraught and frail. It’s time we reevaluate foreign policy relationships in a way that demands the excellence of other nations and our own. The new way forward to building an indestructible bond with our allies is by invoking a new strategy of foreign policy—an America First, Nations First approach.
CARLA SANDS And SAMANTHA FLANIGAN: A New Foreign Policy Of America First, Nations First Original
The transatlantic relationship, once the strongest, most pivotal, and strategic alliance in the world, is fraught and frail. It’s time we reevaluate foreign policy relationships in a way that demands the excellence of other nations and our own. The new way forward to building an indestructible bond with our allies is by invoking a new strategy of foreign policy—an America First, Nations First approach.
CARLA SANDS: What UN’s Climate Conference Needs To Know About America First
Americans – and free people everywhere – deserve governments that expand opportunity and improve human flourishing. Yet the upcoming COP30 climate summit offers a familiar and troubling display of globalist elites who are increasingly detached from the real needs of the world’s citizens.
CARLA SANDS And BART MARCOIS: U.S.-South Korea Summit Offers Clear Choice To Korea Original
President Trump is due to meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25. President Trump’s agenda for the meeting is quite clear: iron out the details of the sweeping trade agreement signed last month, determine cost sharing and wartime operational control for U.S. and Korean forces, and plan how best to counter Chinese influence. President Trump is focused on bringing economic growth and prosperity to America and to our trading partners. President Lee’s agenda is not as clear.
Opinion: At last, EPA believes in common sense
Imagine being fined over a million dollars simply for plowing your own field, land your family has farmed for generations. This isn't a wild hypothetical; it was reality for California farmer John Duarte under an expansive federal interpretation of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) – an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency policy that needlessly regulated water on private land.
End Biden’s Green Energy Scams Once and For All
Pause for a moment and think about your household budget. Imagine discovering a recurring, uncapped expense, initially sold as modest, that threatens to consume an ever-larger share of your limited budget, with the potential to bankrupt you. This is precisely the scenario America faces with new, expanded green energy tax credits that were signed into law in 2022 as part of the far left’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The Green New Deal Is Gone: President Trump’s Golden Age of Energy Is Here
If there is one thing that can be said about President Trump’s joint address to Congress earlier this month, it is this: promises made, promises kept.
The 'America First' approach to reclaiming U.S. leadership in Latin America
OPINION: The United States stands at a pivotal crossroads in Latin America, where rising challenges demand bold, decisive action. China’s growing influence, entrenched corruption and authoritarian regimes destabilize the region, fueling migration, gang violence and the devastating fentanyl crisis. Compounding this, Iran and Russia exploit the vacuum left by U.S. neglect, spreading malign influence that further threatens regional stability.
JORGE MARTINEZ AND CARLA SANDS : Trump Admin Is Taking On Much Needed Leadership Role In Western Hemisphere
The United States stands at a pivotal crossroads in Latin America, where rising challenges demand bold, decisive action. China’s growing influence, entrenched corruption and authoritarian regimes destabilize the region, fueling migration, gang violence and the devastating fentanyl crisis. Compounding this, Iran and Russia exploit the vacuum left by U.S. neglect, spreading malign influence that further threatens regional stability.
When It comes to Greenland, it's up to the U.S. to mind the gap
OPINION: “Mind the gap” is the warning that London Underground passengers have long gotten to watch their step; it is also a phrase that should ring clearly in the ears of our leaders. Securing what is known as the Greenland, Iceland, and UK, or GIUK, gap is critically important. As Chinese and Russian threats mount in the Arctic region, our national and global security depends on American leadership.
CARLA SANDS: Peace Through Strength Requires American Energy
Whether it is Russia’s war against Ukraine, Iran and its terrorist proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi rebels, and the IRGC), daily acts of terror against Israel or the latest act of aggression taken by China against Taiwan and its neighbors, one fact rings true: The last four years of the Biden-Harris administration have brought about an increase in global aggression that was unheard of throughout the entirety of the Trump administration.
Harris' anti-energy agenda will cost Americans time and money
OPINION: We often hear that time is money. Vice President Kamala Harris’ energy agenda is set to rob Americans of plenty of both. She recently told “The View” that “there is not a thing that comes to mind” that she would have done differently than President Biden in their time in office. Americans are struggling under the Biden-Harris administration’s policies. It is becoming increasingly clear that Ms. Harris’ answer to the hole we’re in is to dig deeper.
Why Kamala Harris Would Be A Total Disaster For American Energy
President Dwight Eisenhower once declared that “pessimism never won any battle.” Yet, many Americans are understandably pessimistic these days. Families are worried about how to put gas in the tank and food on the table. Most Americans feel that the American Dream is out of reach. As our nation faces mounting challenges, our leaders need to offer a positive vision for our future that Americans can believe in.
Kamala Harris Would Be A Total Disaster For American Energy
By Hailey Gomez A Venezuelan immigrant living in migrant housing in Aurora, Colorado, appeared to fight back tears while speaking to independent reporter Nick Shirley, saying she would return to her country after living in the U.S. This week, the city of Aurora faced major pushback from Republicans after footage surfaced online of armed men inside an apartment complex in late August.
CARLA SANDS: Kamala Harris Would Be A Total Disaster For American Energy
President Dwight Eisenhower once declared that “pessimism never won any battle.” Yet, many Americans are understandably pessimistic these days. Families are worried about how to put gas in the tank and food on the table. Most Americans feel that the American Dream is out of reach. As our nation faces mounting challenges, our leaders need to offer a positive vision for our future that Americans can believe in.
Here’s What Four Years Of Kamala Harris Would Cost
If Americans thought that the Biden administration was the most far-left, big-government, elite Democratic administration that America has ever seen, they are in for a rude awakening. As the Left has effectively silenced the voices of 14 million voters by deposing President Joe Biden from the party ticket, they have paved the way for Vice President Kamala Harris, arguably the most leftist candidate the Democrats have ever put forward.
CARLA SANDS: Here’s What Four Years Of Kamala Harris Would Cost
If Americans thought that the Biden administration was the most far-left, big-government, elite Democratic administration that America has ever seen, they are in for a rude awakening. As the Left has effectively silenced the voices of 14 million voters by deposing President Joe Biden from the party ticket, they have paved the way for Vice President Kamala Harris, arguably the most leftist candidate the Democrats have ever put forward.
Pittsburgh or Paris? Let's put American energy first
OPINION: Seven years ago this week, then-President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, correctly declaring U.S. commitment to its radical climate policies a “self-inflicted major economic wound” to the United States. Mr. Trump made an important assertion: that he was “elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” This pithy statement cut directly to the heart of how American leaders should make policy decisions, putting Americans first.
Rejecting Calls for Carbon Taxes Is Common Sense
By Carla Sands These days, good sense is worth recognizing, especially in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives recently passed a noteworthy resolution, known as a “sense of Congress,” opposing carbon tax proposals as “detrimental to the United States economy.” Though the resolution passed with 212 Republican votes and just 10 Democratic votes, it represents a key understanding that should be common sense for all lawmakers: a carbon tax raises energy costs by design, with devastating...
Rejecting calls for carbon taxes called common sense
[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire.] By Carla Sands Real Clear Wire These days, good sense is worth recognizing, especially in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives recently passed a noteworthy resolution, known as a “sense of Congress,” opposing carbon tax proposals as “detrimental to the United States economy.” Though the resolution passed with 212 Republican votes and just 10 Democratic votes, it represents a key understanding that should be...
Rejecting Calls for Carbon Taxes Is Common Sense
These days, good sense is worth recognizing, especially in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives recently passed a noteworthy resolution, known as a “sense of Congress,” opposing carbon tax proposals as “detrimental to the United States economy.” Though the resolution passed with 212 Republican votes and just 10 Democratic votes, it represents a key understanding that should be common sense for all lawmakers: a carbon tax raises energy costs by design, with devastating effects...
'Bidenomics' is a disaster for American agriculture
OPINION: At home and abroad, President Biden’s “America Last” policies have brought security crises right to our borders. Here in the U.S., the president’s misguided economic policies erode a pillar of our domestic security: the nation’s agricultural industries. Every nation needs secure and reliable food sources for its people. Without them, economies grind to a halt, and communities collapse.
Biden's LNG pause earns another no-confidence vote from American energy industry
OPINION: To declare that “the future is now” might seem like an oxymoron, yet our leaders should internalize the concept when making energy policy. The phrase rings especially true as lawmakers look to counter the Biden administration’s indefinite pause on export permits for liquefied natural gas. Amid continued conflicts around the globe, the Biden administration’s LNG export pause is the latest blow to industry and investor confidence.
'Bidenomics' is working? You must be dreaming
OPINION: Earlier this month, President Biden made a bold claim at a speech in Minnesota, stating, “Folks, Bidenomics is just another way of saying ‘the American dream.’” But many of us don’t feel like we are living the dream; 78% of Americans think that the nation is headed in the wrong direction. And with economic concerns top of mind, a whopping 73% describe the nation’s economy as poor.
Biden’s apocalyptic green fantasies will bankrupt us all
At the G20 conference this month, President Biden stated that “the only existential threat humanity faces even more frightening than a – than a nuclear war is global warming going above 1.5 degrees in the next 20 – 10 years. We’re – that’d be real trouble.” This isn’t the first time President Biden has made this concerning comparison.
Hands off our appliances Biden
OPINION: The Biden administration recently announced the next attack in its never-ending regulatory war on Americans’ home appliances. This time, it is coming after water heaters. It’s just the latest move in a long line of aggressive regulations on gas-powered stoves, dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, light bulbs and even cars.
Op-Ed: Hands off our appliances, President Biden
This article originally appeared in Washington Times on August 7, 2023 The Biden administration recently announced the next attack in its never-ending regulatory war on Americans’ home appliances. This time, it is coming after water heaters. It’s just the latest move in a long line of aggressive regulations on gas-powered stoves, dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, light bulbs and even cars.
Biden’s Biggest Gift To China
The Biden administration’s China outreach continued earlier this week as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stepped up to the plate, following Secretaries Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen’s recent trips — and telling bowing and scraping to Chinese officials. For his part, Kerry vowed “no concessions” to China in this latest visit. Americans can be forgiven for skepticism.
CARLA SANDS: Biden’s Biggest Gift To China
The Biden administration’s China outreach continued earlier this week as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stepped up to the plate, following Secretaries Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen’s recent trips — and telling bowing and scraping to Chinese officials. For his part, Kerry vowed “no concessions” to China in this latest visit. Americans can be forgiven for skepticism.
Op-Ed: Biden’s Biggest Gift To China
This article originally appeared in Daily Caller on July 20, 2023 The Biden administration’s China outreach continued earlier this week as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stepped up to the plate, following Secretaries Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen’s recent trips — and telling bowing and scraping to Chinese officials. For his part, Kerry vowed “no concessions” to China in this latest visit. Americans can be forgiven for skepticism.
Time to declare energy independence
OPINION: This Fourth of July, families across the country will again join in celebrating the beginnings of the greatest experiment in self-governance in history. On this joyous occasion, many will be feeling anxious about the future as, unsurprisingly, most Americans think the economy is headed in the wrong direction. During the Biden Administration, they have seen their grocery bills jump by nearly 20% and energy bills rise by more than 30%.
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