Citing comments made by Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz at a border security conference, Fox News reported the United States is “two or three days” away from recording 1 million migrant encounters since Fiscal Year 2022 began last October. According to Ortiz, border agents have encountered migrants from 157 different countries. This includes countries that…

The Biden administration is shopping around with some less than savory potential partners to lessen the blow of energy sanctions against Russia, and that may not even work. Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Iran–all well-known and fairly maligned regimes from right, left, and center of American politics–are all sitting on top of some of the largest energy…

While a U.S. ban on Russia’s oil supply is drawing attention, we should not overlook the country’s position in the metals market, particularly nickel. Just this week, as the Ukraine invasion escalated, nickel prices tripled, and the London Metals Exchange cut off trading. Why in the world do nickel prices matter so much? Nickel is…

Pressure has been building on the Biden administration to begin loosening sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with his opponents. The U.S. engagement comes as Venezuela’s financial lifeline to Russia is fraying under sanctions on Moscow following its bombardment of Ukraine. Venezuela has been under…

Gasoline prices are pushing further north of $4 per gallon as President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports in retaliation for the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Even before the invasion, inflation, at its highest level in decades, had become the top issue on the minds of voters ahead of elections this…

Now that the question of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has proven itself not to be a hypothetical, Western governments will be pushed to respond. The United States and its European allies are likely to pursue a sanctions campaign, but this is easier said than done. While it has been popular to deride Russia and…

A caravan of about 2,000 migrants, many Venezuelan, is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has blamed the border crisis on the Biden administration’s opposition to former President Donald Trump’s border policy. “If they would merely just do what the Trump administration did, which was enforce federal law, put the ‘Remain…

The topic of Communion came up during the 90 minute meeting between President Joe Biden and Pope Francis Friday. The meeting’s length was more than double the normal length of time for an audience with the pontiff. “In his audience with Pope Francis today, President Biden thanked His Holiness for his advocacy for the world’s…

Dr. Frank I. Luntz is a pollster and political analyst. He pioneered the “Instant Response” focus group technique which has been profiled on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America (on Election Day), and on PBS’s Frontline. He has been a guest on a variety of talk shows including The Daily Show and Real Time with Bill…

From Russia’s cyberattacks and election interference to China‘s economic buildup and expansion in the South China Sea, both countries pose pressing challenges to the global balance of power. Earlier this year, a U.S. intelligence report identified how and why Russia and China remain America’s top two international threats. It detailed how China has become a…