Betsy McCaughey

Betsy McCaughey

Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.

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Deadbeat AOC’s student-loan mooching should be a red flag to her 2028 supporters

If we elect a student-loan deadbeat to our nation’s highest office — the nation’s first freeloader-in-chief — hold onto your wallet, and prepare for financial calamity.

Greedy Democrats are taking aim at Taylor Swift — and you’re next

The left's new forms of taxation are fueled by jealousy and hatred for our free-market system, the work ethic and everything American. 

DSA’s panhandling pol is just the start — as Dems careen toward a socialist cliff

Unlike this Democratic Socialist Assembly candidate, New York state can’t put up a GoFundMe page when the money runs out: The burden will be on you.

Sneaky new teachers’ union plan to indoctrinate our kids: classroom AI

Teachers' unions aim to indoctrinate, not educate, our kids — and AI is now part of their strategy.

Legionnaires’ tragedy warns US voters that unserious leaders can be deadly

The Legionella deaths in New York must be a red flag for voters nationwide: Electing unserious candidates like Zohran Mamdani can be a life-or-death mistake.

NYC’s homeless camp chaos puts all of New York — and Mamdani’s ‘big plans’ — in danger

The homeless encampment spreading along Manhattan’s West Side is a warning: Under Zohran Mamdani, this city has no interest in protecting you, your business or your property.

We the people are fighting back against the leftist assault on America’s heroes

I spent Independence Day at the National Mall to tell my state's story — and battle the Marxist effort to cancel our heroic Founders and erode our America's values.

Mamdani’s rent-freeze win could come back to bite him — at the Supreme Court

Left-wing activists could be in for a judicial smackdown: Don't expect Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent freeze to survive a constitutional challenge.

Switzerland just set a great example for America on immigration — we need to have a national conversation

Swiss voters went to the polls Sunday and resoundingly rejected capping the country’s rapidly growing population at 10 million by limiting immigration.

Go bold, Bruce Blakeman — with a tax plan even Democrats can love

The Republican candidate can offer New Yorkers real change in the race for governor — with a smart strategy to responsibly eliminate the state’s economy-killing income tax.

Don’t laugh off Bernie Sanders’ communist AI-heist attempt — young voters are falling for it

Bernie Sanders is pushing a bill to confiscate 50% of the nation's largest AI developers — a concept straight out of Vladimir Lenin’s or Fidel Castro’s playbook. And Gen Z...

Justice is (race-)blind — and the Supreme Court leads the way

In a new ruling, the Supreme Court nudged the nation another step closer toward color-blind justice.

Trump’s Supreme Court appeal targets #MeToo injustice that’s warping our courts

Every accused person, male or female, deserves a fair trial before a jury that hears actual evidence — not a “this is your life” documentary of past misdeeds.

Hantavirus cruise outbreak sounds a dire warning for a mobile world

The shipboard hantavirus outbreak is a dire warning: A mobile world makes infection prevention — in the travel industry and in hospitals — more vital than ever. 

Supreme Court puts Big Brother on trial — and your privacy, too

These technologies are a crime-fighting boon, but in the wrong hands they could cost all of us our freedoms.

Mamdani’s ‘bonkers’ DEI scheme is divisive — and could be deadly

Forget treating people as individuals: With his DEI demands, Zohran Mamdani aims to set up a New York City caste system.

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 Americans in need of help.

Supreme Court’s trans therapy case gutted 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?

Supreme Court’s Election Day case 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.

Mamdani’s new 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.