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Rewrite Immigration Laws to Favor Educated, Skilled Newcomers Who Won't Burden Taxpayers

Rewrite Immigration Laws to Favor Educated, Skilled Newcomers Who Won't Burden Taxpayers

More than half of immigrant households in the U.S. use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for Americans in...

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Townhall

Betsy Mccaughey

Congress must stop immigrant welfare madness since Supreme Court won’t

More than half of immigrant households in the United States use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for...

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New York Post

Betsy Mccaughey

How the Supreme Court’s trans therapy case guts the ‘expert’ class

It wasn't a cultural battle between Christian right-wingers and transgender advocates, but a bigger question: Can government silence medical dissent?

03.04.2026 10

New York Post

Betsy Mccaughey

What is Election Day? Supreme Court’s answer could swing the midterms

Getting to the mailbox with plenty of time to spare is a small price to pay for the privilege of living in a representative democracy.

25.03.2026 20

New York Post

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Don't Count Ballots After Election Day

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that hinges on the meaning of Election Day – and it's got Democrats sweating....

24.03.2026 4

Townhall

Betsy Mccaughey

Stripping the Dying of Their Assets: Mamdani's Latest Proposal

If New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gets his way, half of everything New Yorkers work a lifetime for – including their homes, their businesses or...

17.03.2026 9

Townhall

Betsy Mccaughey

This Mamdani tax scheme is a stealth strike on the American dream

Truth is, Mamdani and his DSA allies in the state legislature oppose private property and will use any pretext to confiscate it.

17.03.2026 10

New York Post

Betsy Mccaughey

Blue-State Suicide

It's not just California and New York. All across the nation, blue states are committing political and economic suicide by targeting millionaires...

10.03.2026 8

Townhall

Betsy Mccaughey

Blue states are committing tax suicide — their mania is contagious

The Democrats' tax-the-rich push is about more than balancing budgets: It’s rooted in a searing ideological revulsion at wealth.

10.03.2026 8

New York Post

Betsy Mccaughey

Democrats Lie and Slander U.S. to Stop Commander in Chief

The U.S. Senate's resolution aiming to handcuff President Donald Trump, barring him from taking additional military action against Iran, should...

04.03.2026 7

Townhall

Betsy Mccaughey

Rabid Democrats toss truth aside to rescue Iran’s regime

Democrats are knowingly lying to the public — and impairing President Trump’s stature abroad — as they push a resolution to stop the US campaign...

03.03.2026 8

New York Post

Betsy Mccaughey

The secret that explains the Quad God’s Olympic choke

The collapse of young Ilia Malinin — the US figure skater known as the Quad God — on Olympic ice Friday is the moment in this year’s games most...

18.02.2026 150

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Handcuffing ICE will cost Americans big-time — and not just in crime

A new public opinion poll shows two thirds of Americans now disapprove of ICE. That spells trouble for taxpayers and everyone who wants safe...

13.02.2026 250

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

If ICE Is Hamstrung, Hold on to Your Wallets

12.02.2026 8

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

The Dangers of Being Seen by a Nonphysician

04.02.2026 30

Townhall

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No, Gov. Hochul: Physician assistants CAN’T replace doctors

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to allow PAs more freedom to practice without a doctor’s supervision, worsening the danger that already exists.

04.02.2026 20

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Mamdani's Cruel Homeless Policy: Frozen Corpses and Blighted Neighborhoods

28.01.2026 30

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Mamdani’s hands-off homeless camp policies leave everyone hurt

The consequences of leaving encampments in place are dire — for the vagrants themselves, and for the city’s viability.

28.01.2026 50

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Phasing Out State Income Tax Key to Success in Dying Blue States

21.01.2026 20

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

How spendaholic Kathy Hochul is dooming New York to loser status

Saddled with a tax-hound governor and state legislature, New York is becoming increasingly unattractive to newcomers and businesses alike.

21.01.2026 30

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Time to Crack Down on Fraud

15.01.2026 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

$600 billion a year in federal fraud is killing us — crack down now

The enormity of the Minneapolis welfare rip-off is sparking a nationwide rebellion against welfare criminals and the politicians who tolerate them.

13.01.2026 60

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Shameless stock-trade titans like Tom Suozzi make a mockery of Congress

Lawmakers have information and influence other stock traders don’t — and they’re parlaying it into riches.

08.01.2026 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

The Geniuses in Congress – That's a Joke

07.01.2026 40

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Blue states blow nothing but hot air on wind-power boondoggles

Climate-driven Democrats should at least admit they’re making decisions based on ideology.

02.01.2026 40

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Property-tax fury can help Republicans flip the affordability script

In state after state, a property-tax revolt could shape the political map ahead of the November 2026 midterms.

19.12.2025 20

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Democrats divide on homelessness — public safety vs. radical folly

There’s nothing humane about hands-off leftist policies that speed mentally ill and drug-addicted people toward untimely deaths.  

13.12.2025 40

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

How to End Obamacare and Improve Coverage

04.12.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Enough with Obamacare’s 12-year failure — Congress, start here to unwind it

Republicans who want to stop the skyrocketing subsidies must show their concern about the quality of care for patients — and start to fix what’s...

03.12.2025 8

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Zohran Mamdani, put your grin to good use — and prod courtesy from NYC workers

The mayor-elect can employ his smiley superpower to improve daily life for New Yorkers by making the city’s 300,000 employees turn on the charm when...

27.11.2025 8

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Put That Smile to Work, Mr. Mayor

26.11.2025 7

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Beware Housing Bills With Socialist Goals

19.11.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Beware false affordable-housing fixes — new Connecticut law hides a socialist wishlist

Connecticut Democrats cynically claim their new law will solve the affordable housing crisis, but its real purpose is ideological: forcing every town...

18.11.2025 50

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Republicans should admit it: Home ‘affordability’ is not fake news

The median age of the first-time home-buyer just hit 40, according to the National Association of Realtors.

13.11.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

The Home Affordability Crisis - Not Fake News

12.11.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Zohran Mamdani’s DSA allies are flexing power in Albany — and no corner of the state is safe

Zohran Mamdani's victory gives a huge political boost to his Democratic Socialists of America comrades embedded in the New York state Legislature —...

06.11.2025 20

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Mamdani Win Will Ravage Entire State

05.11.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Would Kathy Hochul have the guts to boot Zohran Mamdani if his plans wreck NYC?

The question is: Would Gov. Kathy Hochul have the guts to use her authority to protect the city, or would she sacrifice New Yorkers by pandering to...

26.10.2025 30

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

How Albany Can Stop Mamdani

22.10.2025 6

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Zohran Mamdani could threaten public safety for decades with this stealth mayoral power

It can be a New York City mayor’s most lasting legacy: The power to appoint, for 10-year terms, scores of judges to the city’s courts.

15.10.2025 9

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

The law backs ‘noble’ Trump in sending the National Guard to Chicago — and other cities, too

When cities controlled by left-wing pols cater to the criminals, someone needs to secure the rights of the law-abiding public. President Trump can do...

09.10.2025 7

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Get Tough on Criminals to Avoid Needing the Guard

08.10.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

Dirty Hospitals Are to Blame for Superbug Deaths

04.10.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

One surprising factor hikes your risk of a deadly ‘superbug’ infection

As "nightmare bacteria" evolve and become more drug-resistant, going into a hospital will be an increasingly dangerous prospect — unless our health...

03.10.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

From ‘affordability’ to schools, climate lies are Zohran Mamdani’s only answer

The frightening truth is Zohran Mamdani is more passionate about greening New York City than about helping New Yorkers afford life and raise families...

26.09.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Zohran Mamdani ratchets up the rhetoric as Albany leaders fall at his feet

The mayoral frontrunner isn't cooling his comments to ensure his win, but proudly reveling in his leftism — and supposedly moderate Democrats are...

18.09.2025 8

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

How Mamdani’s green delusions will whack NYC homeowners

Zohran Mamdani vows to rigorously enforce the lunatic Local Law 97, the pointless carbon-emission mandate that could force thousands of condo and...

04.09.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Mamdani Could Lose Even in Crowded Field

28.08.2025 10

Townhall

Betsy McCaughey

‘Scrawny’ Zohran Mamdani has a fatal weakness— that could lose him the election

Under Zohran Mandani, New York City would become a hellhole of criminal chaos — and if public safety is voters’ top concern, polls suggest his...

28.08.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey

Jew hate is surging in public schools and teachers’ unions lead the way

Antisemitic graffiti and bullying, anti-Jewish slurs, and pro-Hamas propaganda are rising in public schools from NYC to Baltimore to Sacramento,...

06.08.2025 10

New York Post

Betsy McCaughey