Baltimore is seeing the greatest decline in violent crime and homicides it has witnessed in well over 50 years.

The very people these leaders claim to champion — the poor, the working class, the vulnerable — are the ones most harmed by policies that leave them defenseless.

Government shutdowns hit everyone. That's why our elected officials must compromise, even if it may cost them politically. Billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of livelihoods are at stake, and not just federal workers'. This isn't about them; it's about the people they serve.

Why? Because fear is profitable. Networks, influencers and political campaigns have discovered that outrage converts into engagement, and engagement converts into money. The algorithm rewards anger, not reason. The more you hate, the more you scroll. The more you share, the more they earn. The villains we see on our screens are not reflections of reality, but of the market.

This is not just a policing issue — it’s a governance issue. A political class eager to tout success selectively leans on crime statistics that do not represent reality. Meanwhile, communities drowning in fear feel gaslit. That disconnect breeds cynicism, disengagement and eventually rage. It is one reason why “law and order” rhetoric resonates so powerfully in American politics. People know something is wrong, even if official numbers deny it.

Some view this as political payback for Comey’s handling of Trump-related investigations. That said, there’s little doubt that his overall actions with respect to the Clinton emails and Russian collusion investigation may have benefited both Trump and Clinton with parity.

This is news. We kept it quiet for the summer. Operation Summer Heat was a 3-month surge by the FBI with our state and local partners. We started at the end of June and just wrapped up at the end of September.

Before they signaled their acceptance, Netanyahu said that if Hamas rejected the offer, then Israel would “finish the job.” Trump, for his part, stated categorically that in such an eventuality, “Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas.”

President Trump proclaimed on July 23, 2019, “Then I have Article 2, where I have the right to do anything I want as president.” This Supreme Court term will test that assertion.


The truth is this: Peace will never be achieved by rewarding terrorism. Peace will never be achieved by pretending that both sides are equally at fault when one side builds schools and hospitals while the other side builds tunnels and stockpiles rockets. There is no moral equivalence whatsoever.

The truth is this: Peace will never be achieved by rewarding terrorism. Peace will never be achieved by pretending that both sides are equally at fault when one side builds schools and hospitals while the other side builds tunnels and stockpiles rockets. There is no moral equivalence whatsoever.

You also heard President Trump’s announcement yesterday about Tylenol and his cautionary message. Given your background as a former pediatric neurosurgeon, this is your field, and you probably know more about it than just about anyone on the planet. Please share with us your thoughts.