Jake Paul’s fiancée, Dutch Olympic speed skater Jutta Leerdam, was praised for her heartwarming reaction Monday after winning Olympic gold.

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The House on Monday passed a bipartisan housing bill aimed at lowering costs and increasing homeownership.

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With a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) looming at the end of the week, the Senate is not close to resolving fundamental disagreements on immigration law enforcement.

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., expressed openness to a new funding extension to provide time for talks between the White House, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats on how to get the votes to fund the department.

“It’s a work in progress, but I would hope that the Democrats here in the Senate—if it takes more time, which I believe it will—would be amenable to allowing us to get an extension … to allow more time for those negotiations to continue,” said Thune.

Democrats are demanding that Republicans agree to insert restraints on immigration law enforcement agents into a DHS funding bill which was the product of bipartisan negotiation before the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

DHS is the only discretionary spending area which has not been covered for the rest of the fiscal year. The department is currently running off of a short-term funding extension which was meant to buy enough time for negotiations.

Across the board, senators are pessimistic about a long-term deal materializing soon. 

“The Democrats are not going to vote for the DHS bill because the Karen wing of their party wants to defund ICE like they wanted to defund the police” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told reporters Tuesday. “And they will punish my Democratic friends the rest of their natural lives if they vote for the DHS bill which involves ICE.”

Kennedy added that Republicans are also entirely uninterested in any proposal “that looks like it handcuffs ICE in doing their jobs” and that Republicans would like to see a crack-down on sanctuary city policies included in any bipartisan deal.

Democrats have asked for major policy concessions in exchange for their votes to fund DHS, such as a judicial warrant requirement for deportations, as well as a prohibition on operations in certain locations.

Thus far, Democrats and Republicans do not have a deal. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both D-N.Y., said in a Monday statement that Republicans’ response to Democrat demands “is both incomplete and insufficient in terms of addressing the concerns Americans have” about ICE.

As the Coast Guard, national disaster response teams, and cybersecurity infrastructure face an imminent dry-up of funding, senators are divided on whether another funding extension, or “continuing resolution” is a possibility.

“If cooler heads prevail and everybody takes their meds, we’ll end up with a CR [continuing resolution], a clean CR, that just extends the status quo, and that we can get TSA and Coast Guard and FEMA funding,“ said Kennedy.

The budget reconciliation bill passed in July of 2025 has already provided billions in funding for border security and deportation operations under DHS’ umbrella.

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A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration the green light to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 60,000 migrants living in the United States with no other immigration status.

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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday tried to shame acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Lyons into resigning from his post, but the Trump administration official deftly parried the […]

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Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Tuesday launched the TruckSafe Tipline for truckers and those in the trucking industry to report concerns about carriers employing or contracting with drivers who are in the country illegally.

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Venezuela's socialist strongman Diosdado Cabello celebrated the abduction and rearrest of opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa.

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While Victor Davis Hanson recovers, his show goes on, and with a connection to Ohio.

In the latest episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” co-host Jack Fowler speaks with Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, on Ohio’s energy boom and the future of America’s energy industry.

Fowler explains that Balderson’s role as chairman of the House Energy Action Team makes him the “leading voice on energy policy for House Republicans.”

The Marcellus Shale Boom

The Marcellus Shale is a unit of sedimentary rock spanning from Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well western New York and eastern Ohio, including Balderson’s district.

Balderson brought up the relevance of the Marcellus Shale going back to 2010, when the Obama administration was closing coal mines and plants, something the congressman noted “greatly impacted” southeast Appalachia.

When the Marcellus Shale industry began making its way into Ohio in 2010, Balderson explained, “it brought great pride to those communities” and “expanded from there.” This “boom” helped build up the local economies.

As Fowler chimed in, “Nobody would have thought of Ohio as a bastion of energy before this was discovered.”

Benefits of Energy

From Fowler’s perspective, it is “lost on the Left that with energy comes actual generated power and with power comes economic growth and with that comes an escape from poverty and oppression.”

“Cheap, accessible, reliable energy is atop of that list,” Fowler said.

Davos having just taken place when the interview was recorded, Fowler invited Balderson to offer a message on American energy for those attending the forum.

It’s more than “drill, baby drill.” There’s also an “AI boom that’s happening here,” Balderson offered, with central Ohio welcoming data centers, including Intel.

In response to demands for “clean energy,” Balderson reminded that “we’re giving them clean energy,” noting that natural gas is 98% carbon free.

Balderson spoke of a need to “change that narrative,” emphasizing how “we need 24/7 base load energy.” The congressman added that “natural gas has changed all that,” with nuclear energy also playing a role. This includes nuclear investment in Balderson’s district.

It’s not merely those at Davos who need to hear this. “You also have to talk to the constituencies and making sure that we provide them with clean, affordable energy, too,” Balderson argued.

The Role of American Energy

“If America could unleash its full potential when it comes to creating energy, what kind of a world would we be living in?” Fowler asked, “What kind of economy would we be realizing? And what would the benefits be of America unleashed for the rest of the world?”

The congressman argued the world is seeing energy benefits under the Trump administration.

“By unleashing this energy dominance that we could have is very empowering of what it can do,” Balderson responded, also pointing out the “low times” in southeastern Ohio from 2008 to 2010 when the Obama administration closed coal plants.

Balderson said one of Republicans’ priorities is “to make sure that we uplift these people to provide them the jobs.”

“Now with the energy coming back and the energy dominance coming back that we have here in this country and in the state of Ohio and with the 100 years of natural gas below our feet, we’re providing those jobs back to those folks,” Balderson shared.

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Nancy Guthrie disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was last seen on 31 January. Authorities believe she was taken against her will. NBC narrative engineer Savannah Guthrie said on Monday that her family believes their mother is still alive and issued a new appeal to anyone with information. The […]

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Team USA hockey player Brady Tkachuk expressed that he was “truly grateful” to be competing in the Winter Olympics and to represent the United States. While speaking to reporters after practice before the men’s hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics,

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