Latest
Op-Ed
|
March 27, 2025
Privatize the TSA: 3 steps to better service and enhanced security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been the cornerstone of U.S. aviation security since its establishment in the wake of 9/11. During that time, it has been subject to much criticism – at times fair, at times not. Despite its imperfections, the men and women of TSA have achieved their mandate of securing the U.S. transportation sector for more than 20 years.
Op-Ed
|
March 25, 2025
Hamas’s Next ‘Hell to Pay’ Choices
In early March, President Trump met with a delegation of freed Israeli hostages who were in Hamas captivity. That night he doubled down on his threat to Hamas, writing on Truth Social, “Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!”
News Release
|
March 4, 2025
AFPI Salutes President Trump’s Renewal of the American Dream
Washington, D.C. – Leading with a flurry of rapid results and a broad vision for American renewal, President Donald Trump tonight addressed the American People and Congress with a tally of America First wins and his bold vision for the future.
Congressional Testimony
|
February 25, 2025
Opportunities Amid Geopolitical Difficulties: A Look at Global Threats in 2025
Last week, we learned about an Israeli mother, Shiri Bibas, and her two boys, Ariel and Kfir, who would be five and two years old today. They were murdered in cold blood by Hamas monsters. An autopsy of the bodies of the boys, the youngest of whom was just shy of 10 months old at the time, revealed indications of torture with bare hands.
Op-Ed
|
February 3, 2025
Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance
“The Mexican drug-trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the government of Mexico,” announced the White House last month, buried in the official statement on US tariffs on that country’s goods. The declaration has sent shockwaves through Mexico.
Experts on National Security & Defense
The Honorable Chad Wolf
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer & Chair of AFPI’s Center for Homeland Security & Immigration
Fred Fleitz
Vice Chair, Center for American Security
Lt. General (Ret.) Keith Kellogg
FORMER: Co-Chair, Center for American Security
Gloria McDonald
FORMER: Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Security
The Honorable Robert Wilkie
Co-Chair, Center for American Security
Videos
Selected...
Opportunities Amid Geopolitical Difficulties: A Look at Global Threats in 2025
Selected...
Brooke Rollins and Lee Zeldin on China’s Threat to US National Security
Selected...
Evaluating The Biden-Harris Policies: Foreign Affairs
Selected...
Debate Prep: Security at Home and Abroad
Selected...
An America First Approach To U.S. National Security
Selected...
Israel at War: And the Implications for America
Selected...
The Afghanistan Withdrawal: What Really Happened
Selected...
Combating Fentanyl - The America First Action Plan
Selected...
H.R.1 Energy Roundtable Discussion
Selected...
America First National Security Symposium
Selected...
Standing up to the Chinese Communist Party: How to Protect State Sovereignty
Selected...