Opinion

Reported violent crime in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction fell 8.2 percent during the first half of 2026, joining a broad national decline that the White House says proves President Donald Trump’s law-and-order agenda is delivering safer streets. The local progress is substantial but uneven. Las Vegas recorded...

Marty O’Donnell, the legendary composer behind the music of Halo and the Republican nominee for Nevada’s Third Congressional District, says SacAnime disinvited him from next month’s 25th-anniversary reunion because convention staff felt “uncomfortable” with his political statements. The decision did not follow an incident at the convention, a dispute with another...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday launching a sweeping overhaul of federal childhood vaccine guidance, replacing a one-size-fits-all approach with three categories of recommendations and placing parental authority at the center of the nation’s immunization policy. The order recognizes what the administration calls the “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump announced more than $2 billion in new mining and mineral-processing investments Friday, launching a sweeping effort to rebuild America’s industrial base, secure military supply chains and end the country’s dangerous dependence on Communist China. Trump unveiled the investments during a historic roundtable at the State...

Two Nevada high school athletes will carry the Silver State onto a national stage this weekend as America’s top young competitors gather for the 2026 Patriot Games. Kolt Freienmuth-Fisher of Las Vegas and Avery Callahan of Reno are among 120 student-athletes selected from across the United States, its territories, military...

National Republicans are putting down roots in Southern Nevada, opening a new NRCC “Battle Station” with Republican congressional nominee Marty O’Donnell as the party turns one of America’s closest House districts into a full-scale offensive. The National Republican Congressional Committee and O’Donnell will host the office’s grand opening Saturday, August...