Americans pay the highest prices in the world for brand-name prescription drugs. Patients in other wealthy countries, meanwhile, pay far less for the exact same treatments. Their government-run health systems bully drug companies into offering huge discounts, and then the United States is left subsidizing drug costs for the rest of the world. The Trump […]
The U.S. and Iran have reached a fragile ceasefire, but despite the long-awaited reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the future of the ceasefire remains uncertain, and American families are still facing real economic consequences at the gas pump, in grocery store aisles, and on their electric bills. Gasoline prices have increased by more than […]
If Congress allows permitting reform to stall again, the United States will inevitably face higher energy costs, weaker energy reliability, and reduced geopolitical influence. Washington favors strong language and superlatives about resilience, competitiveness, energy dominance, and winning the future. But for all that rhetoric, policymakers don’t seem to feel the urgency of a major weakness […]
We’ve all seen it: Officers respond to someone in the midst of a mental health crisis or an overdose. As a former officer and police chief in Irving, Texas, I saw those painful moments again and again. We answered those calls because someone had to, but too often, we were being asked to respond to […]
After burning $340 million in his 2020 presidential bid, which ended in failure, billionaire Tom Steyer has spent more than $120 million in hopes of becoming the next governor of California. Thanks to fortuitously timed reporting about former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s extramarital activities, Swalwell’s latest investment looks like it may pay off. The state’s largest […]
I have spent years on the ground across the corridors that shape global power — Africa, the Middle East, and Asia — working not just with executives and policymakers, but with the truck drivers, the field operators, and the logistics crews who keep energy flowing to us. I have sat with regional leaders, spoken directly […]
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, said Saturday that the country’s armed forces remain “ready” amid peace talks with the U.S. "It is not the case that we think just because we are negotiating, the armed forces are not ready," he told state-owned Press TV. "Rather, just as the people are in...
What makes Trump’s rhetoric unique — and uniquely dangerous — is not just the frequency and ferocity with which he uses profanity. It is the mutually reinforcing way he combines it with Christian nationalism and racial and religious insults to signal that the only “real” Americans are white, Christian and of European descent.
Young adults are struggling to break into the housing market, facing historically high barriers to homeownership and falling behind previous generations. A survey released by real estate brokerage Redfin in January found that 38.3 percent of 28-year-olds owned their home last year, less than the 42.5 percent of Gen Xers and 44.4 percent of baby...
Another office at the Department of Education is on the chopping block after a year of efforts to dismantle the federal agency, pushing the hope of restoration for certain programs further out of reach for opponents. The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), used to support English language learners, is the latest of dozens of...
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) future is in limbo as President Trump pushes for more budget cuts and his nominee to helm the research agency awaits Senate confirmation. Since Trump’s return to the White House, the administration has canceled or suspended nearly 1,400 of the agency's grants, citing changing policy priorities. A series of internal...
