WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., is cosponsoring two bipartisan bills, both led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, to strengthen border security at ports of entry:

The Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act would fully staff America’s airports, seaports, and land ports of entry by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire at least 600 additional officers a year within the Office of Field Operations until the agency’s staffing needs are met.

The Non-Intrusive Inspection Improvement Act would improve screening of vehicles and cargo entering the U.S. by increasing the use of non-intrusive inspection systems, which...

Israel pulled off a hostage rescue that deserves to go down in the annals of extraordinarily daring, highly successful military operations, yet it is being condemned for it.

The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council denounced the “heinous and terrorist crime that targeted defenseless innocents with brutality,” while Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon have decried Israel’s alleged criminal tactics. United Nation special rapporteurs have weighed in with typically fulsome denunciations of the Jewish state.

The media coverage in the U.S. has taken a skeptical or negative tone, emphasizing the civilian casualties. According to the laughably unreliable Gaza Health Ministry, the...

Stansbury, Leger Fernández, Vasquez step up for womens’ rights


On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, U.S. Reps. from New Mexico  Melanie Stansbury, Teresa Leger Fernández, and Gabe Vasquez held a joint press conference on June 24 to discuss the critical importance of reproductive rights in the upcoming November elections.

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which effectively eliminated federal protections for abortion, has had far-reaching impacts across the U.S., leading to stringent abortion bans in several states. This anniversary serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing battle for reproductive...

The situation in the Taiwan Straits has become more and more tense since the Trump administration with the potential for military conflict increasing in parallel. The American policy of ambiguity as to its relations with and commitments to the regime in Taipei has contributed to that tension.

The U.S., in a series of joint statements with the People’s Republic of China in 1972, 1978 and 1982, reaffirmed the American commitment to a China policy in which Taiwan is an inherent part of the Chinese state. In seating the People’s Republic of China in the Security Council, the United Nation General Assembly expelled “the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they...