Alex Adams, head of the federal government's Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an "orphan tax" on kids who end up in foster families.
President Donald Trump’s supposed weekslong war on Iran has now trudged into months, but while it’s hard to say whether he’s winning his war over the country’s suicidal dictatorship, it’s becoming increasingly clear that, against all odds and a concerted, anti-American psy-op, the White House is winning its war for oil independence. In a narrative-defying […]
For four years, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization called the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention operated with no connection whatsoever to the family of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer whose name it took. Then the family filed a complaint with Pennsylvania authorities, the press picked it up, and the institute made an announcement. A man named […]
For most of the past century, the U.S. Congress has shaped veterans’ issues and benefits with the able and direct assistance of the Veterans’ Service Organizations. Some of these VSOs are very familiar to most of the public. Organizations such as the American Legion — of which I have been a proud member for almost […]
President Donald Trump gave the Pentagon 90 days to update the rule governing autonomy in weapon systems. That window closes this week. The administration’s instruction was not simply to adopt artificial intelligence faster. It was to do so while preserving the chain of command and operational authority. That gives the Pentagon an opportunity to solve […]
While headlines are dominated by election news and the war in Iran, our government is quietly getting ready for one of the most important events of the year. In under four weeks, President Donald Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House. The meeting comes at a crucial juncture for bilateral relations. […]