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Congress is getting housing rehabilitation wrong

Congress is moving to restrict large investors who are already spending billions rehabilitating distressed homes, while proposing a small federal pilot program to do the same thing less efficiently. This troubling contradiction sits at the heart of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Our new research on the role of large institutional investors in […]

America at 250: Why advancing freedom worldwide still matters

America was built on a radical premise: that individual liberty is an unalienable, inherent right worth fighting for in the face of tyranny. Revolutionary at the time of our founding, this idea remains the bedrock of American democracy and strength. As we approach our nation’s 250th anniversary, we should acknowledge the endurance of these ideals […]

Will Democrats embrace hating America in 2028?

It’s clear that hating America is still in vogue. Far from banished to the pages of history, the waves of national self-disgust throughout the political Left of the early and mid-20th century have been given a modern facelift and are back, angrier than ever before. Turkish-born and Muslim-raised Hasan Piker is undeniably the most prominent, […]

Michael Jackson biopic revives the American ideal of earned greatness

It is difficult to convey exactly how famous Michael Jackson was in the 1980s, because our increasingly fragmented, online culture is no longer capable of producing fame of such scale or universal reach. But director Antoine Fuqua’s new biopic, Michael, succeeds in giving us at least a glimpse of an era when the King of […]

Democrats have normalized political violence

After news broke of a shooter bursting through a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night, the suspect’s profile emerged with a chillingly familiar predictability: a young, highly intelligent male, shaped by a decade of progressive propaganda, convinced he could make history by ridding the world of a modern-day Hitler. […]

Trump World launches ballroom blitz in wake of WHCA dinner shooting

President Trump and his political allies are pointing to Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner as providing urgent proof of the need for his planned ballroom on White House grounds, touting its security strengths for large events. Trump highlighted the ballroom’s security benefits shortly after the shooting on Saturday, telling reporters...

What to know about Musk vs. Altman

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk vs. Altman: Tech titans face off in court Tesla CEO Elon Musk's fight against OpenAI C Sam Altman kicked off Monday, as the years-long feud between the two tech titans comes to a head at a trial over the ChatGPT maker’s corporate structure. © Greg Nash Musk, who...

Senate Democrats probe attack that killed 6 US troops in Kuwait amid Iran war

A group of Senate Democrats are investigating an early March attack on U.S. troops stationed in Kuwait, where six service members were killed and another 20 were injured amid the U.S. war with Iran. The four Democrats - Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) - all members of...

New Wisconsin speed limit has a decimal point. Why?

A new (and very specific) speed limit has been posting in Wisconsin at the Outagamie County Recycling and Solid Waste facility. Drivers entering the facility need to drive no faster than 17.3 mph.

Trump assassination attempt sparks new wave of unfounded conspiracy theories  

A fresh wave of conspiracy theories is rolling through social media across the country following Saturday night’s attempted assassination of President Trump at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. The unfounded theories largely capitalize on short video snippets of those in the room and initial breaking news reports filed moments after a gunman tried to breach a ballroom at...

Jeffries calls Karoline Leavitt a ‘stone-cold liar’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday called White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt a “stone-cold liar” after she blamed Democrats for the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. “I think that what's interesting to me, as you pointed out, is that the so-called White House press secretary, who's a disgrace,...

CDC move to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccine could lead to hundreds of infections: research

The decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth is likely to lead to hundreds of more infections, worse health outcomes and millions of dollars in higher costs, according to new research published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The CDC in December approved the change to longstanding practice following...

Trump to pay more companies to abandon offshore wind and invest in fossil fuels

The Trump administration will pay two energy companies to abandon their offshore wind ambitions and invest in fossil fuels instead. The Interior Department announced on Monday that it would issue a refund to Global Infrastructure Partners, which is part of BlackRock and Golden State Wind, for the money they paid for the opportunity to build...

Jeffries stands by ‘maximum warfare’ language: ‘I don’t give a damn about your criticism’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is standing by his promise to use “maximum warfare” in the battle over redistricting, even following Saturday’s shooting at a press gala where President Trump was in attendance. In the wake of the shooting, a number of conservatives have hammered Jeffries’s choice of language, saying the Democratic leader was...

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