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Trump’s push for Russia-Ukraine peace: Letters to the Editor — Jan. 1, 2026

The Issue: President Trump’s efforts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. The United States’ approach to brokering a peace settlement in the Russia-Ukraine...

Priorities, Priorities

Silver rebounded after a sharp sell-off, but China’s dominance in refining and rising U.S.–China mineral competition point to deeper, long-term risks.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 31

1975—In Roe v. Norton, a three-judge district court rules that the Equal Protection Clause requires Connecticut to fund elective abortions for welfare recipients if it funds their expenses associated with childbirth. In his opinion...

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority

Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a year-end special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber.

Trump administration halts federal child care payments to Minnesota amid fraud charges

The Trump administration said late Tuesday it was freezing child care payments to Minnesota over the reported fraud schemes that have plagued the state.

Trump acts in the Monroe Doctrine tradition

President Donald Trump is delivering increasingly robust U.S. policies against drug cartels and hostile regimes in Latin America. He has little concern for the escalating complaints of European allies over these policies. There’s nothing new about this approach to Latin America. President James Monroe announced the Monroe Doctrine on Dec. 2, 1823, warning European powers against […]

The Information State is the most important book of 2026

In March 2026, the most important political book of the last several years will be published. It’s called The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control. The author is Jacob Siegel, a journalist for the Tablet. The release is going to be a seminal moment in American political life.  To distill an incredibly complex topic […]

Trump’s total control of the border is the success story of 2025

Two years ago this month, more than 300,000 illegal immigrants were stopped by Customs and Border Protection officers along the southwest border of the United States, and almost all of them were quickly released into the country. At the time, we were told by even supposedly conservative media outlets that there was nothing the Biden […]

In defense of Mamdani’s much maligned housing plan

Zohran Mamdani’s housing plan has been critiqued up, down and across the aisle since it was announced in February. These attacks seemingly come from people who have not read his plan, or do not understand its nuances enough to properly critique it.

Trump Derangement Syndrome changed definitions in 2025

Middle-class and working-class Trump voters are beginning to question their support for the MAGA movement as they face economic hardship and the Trump administration's policies have not delivered the promised benefits.

Walz on frozen federal child care payments: ‘This is Trump’s long game’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) slammed the Trump administration for pausing child care payments to his state amid increased federal scrutiny of alleged fraud within its social services programs.  “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday in a post on social platform X. We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue...

How the US could lose its Diego Garcia military base to China 

After the loss of Bagram air base in Afghanistan, Diego Garcia is a critical lifeline for the American military in the region. 

Michele and Rob Reiner’s autopsy reports blocked from release

The Reiners’ bodies were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary.

Saving for a down payment now takes 7 years, double prepandemic pace

In some California cities, a median-income household would need more than 30 years to save for a down payment.

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