Earlier this month, I took my 13-year-old son to buy a get-well card for a teammate who had taken a baseball to the face during a tournament. “How about this one?” I asked. He took the card I’d offered, paused, and looked up at me. “Dad, I can’t read cursive,” he replied. We bought the […]
As we trudge toward yet another election season, President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail to announce his latest plan to help the Republican Party emerge victorious in November. “If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000,” Trump declared during the Republican National Committee convention in Dallas. “It will […]
At his party’s midterm convention in Texas, President Donald Trump said that, if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he “will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.” That pledge reflects an epic lack of subtlety, even for Trump. It also places him in line with a long […]
There are places whose importance cannot be measured in bricks and concrete. They are witnesses to history — and sometimes witnesses to crimes. For Iran, Gohardasht Prison is such a place. On Sept. 13, Iranian authorities began a new phase in the demolition of the notorious prison in Karaj, west of Tehran. State media showed […]
This 250th year of American independence has given us much to celebrate. We have honored the courageous signing of the Declaration of Independence and reflected on how its principles unleashed a degree of prosperity unmatched in human history. Each and every day, the Trump administration has built on this legacy of freedom in unprecedented ways, […]
During political campaigns, candidates often make promises that sound plausible but prove fanciful in practice. Take hedge fund executive-turned-Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent soon promoted his “3-3-3” plan: reduce the federal deficit to 3% of GDP, lift sustained real GDP growth to 3%, and deregulate energy markets to expand domestic crude oil production by 3 […]
Britain’s settlement sanctions were never going to stay in London. Days after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced an import ban on goods from Israeli communities in the West Bank and penalties for those who help them expand, 11 other governments said they would follow. Norway is now moving a bill that would make buying or […]
America’s foremost enemies are massing their talents and strengths. U.S. political leaders, however, have yet to name, let alone begin to counter, the growing threat from the “Axis of Aggressors” — China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The axis is working together to murder Americans and our allies. Chinese firms reportedly supplied high-resolution satellite images […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “The fact that they didn’t vote on it tells me that they did a whip check, and they probably found that there were...
The most important national holiday in the U.S. doesn't earn its citizens a day off from work or school. It wasn't formally created until 2004, when Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) quietly inserted it into an omnibus spending bill. Most Americans have no idea when it is celebrated or even what it commemorates. And yet, given...
In today's issue: ▪ Fed raises interest rates after three-year pause ▪ House leaves Washington ahead of midterms ▪ Ovechkin’s ties to Putin under scrutiny ▪ Iowa emerging as key battleground The Federal Reserve raised interest rates yesterday for the first time since July 2023, a clear sign that central bank officials remain concerned about...
Last April, President Trump scolded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on warfare. Trump told Zelensky, "When you start a war, you got to know you can win." That advice was inapt to begin with — Ukraine didn't start the defensive war in which it is now engaged — but it has aged especially poorly. Trump started a war with Iran this...
Confidence is growing among some influential Democrats about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) prospects in the 2028 presidential race. The New York Democrat has quickly become one of the party’s most prominent voices, tapping into a surge of populist energy on the left while growing her following as Democrats search for a leader nearly two years after...
House lawmakers raced for the exits on Wednesday, trimming their final week in Washington ahead of the midterm elections and kicking a controversial vote to impeach Pete Hegseth into the lame duck session. House GOP leaders scrapped votes scheduled for Thursday, when the resolution to remove the Defense secretary was expected to hit the floor....
