Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump.
The debate over fairness in women’s sports has bounced back to center court, with Sophie Cunningham becoming its latest flashpoint. After telling ESPN she believes women’s sports should be reserved for biological women, the professional basketball player spent two weeks in the throes of a national firestorm as rallies of support erupted outside WNBA arenas […]
If your impression of San Francisco was formed during the pandemic, it is time to update it. The city portrayed as a dystopian collection of homeless encampments, open-air drug markets, boarded-up storefronts, and empty office towers still exists in the public imagination. Some of those problems remain, but that version of San Francisco is increasingly […]
We have seen outsize investor focus on inflation and the Federal Reserve’s response to it. But while monetary policy gets most of the headlines, the much bigger long-term economic threat is our rapidly growing federal debt. The deficit is around $2 trillion out of a $7 trillion federal budget (about 30% of spending!), which must […]
The November midterm elections will be the first national election in which generative artificial intelligence is cheap, convincing, and carried in everyone’s pocket. The concerns being discussed are not hypothetical. The Los Angeles County’s registrar has reported that AI was used during California’s June primary to manipulate publicly available footage of ballot counting to gin […]
Americans have good reason to worry about the rapid spread of Flock Safety cameras. More than 6,000 governments in 49 states now use these swarms of cameras to monitor cars, tracking their movements throughout the day for law enforcement purposes. While catching criminals is always important, people fear their privacy rights are at risk, and […]
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell on Wednesday said he’s prepared to spend “upwards of $1 million” for a private recount of ballots cast in the Minnesota Republican primary for governor. State House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Minn.) beat Lindell by 11 percentage points, but Lindell has refused to cede to the lawmaker, citing concerns with voting machines...
Former official David Mansdoerfer argues that bureaucratic delays at the FDA threaten American leadership in the growing regenerative medicine sector and give international competitors like China a strategic advantage.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) called a recent private memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) about data centers “alarmist in tone.” Appearing on News Nation, Hutchinson told host Blake Burman that “The NRSC memo was almost alarmist in tone, which is concerning in and of itself." “Republican candidates need to define themselves...
Florida’s Democratic nominee for governor, David Jolly, said Wednesday he’s not focused on the political divide within the party but rather is seeking solutions to big-ticket issues impacting voters ahead of the midterm elections. “I'm in a very postpartisan, postideological space. I reject the left-right spectrum. I don't care about the left-right spectrum. We have...
Chinese authorities are increasing restrictions on a wrongfully detained American academic, prompting U.S. officials to express alarm about a “significant deterioration” in his treatment, according to sources familiar with the matter. Min Zin, an American citizen who runs a think tank focused on politics in Myanmar, was arrested in China in June. The Trump administration...
Maybe a wealth tax can be put to good use by our elected officials. Or maybe letting the billionaires keep and invest their money is a better alternative.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey (Mass.) received a boost to his reelection bid Thursday with an endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Markey is engaged in a competitive Democratic primary race against Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.). The two candidates have sought to build upon a growing antiestablishment sentiment in the Democratic Party in their campaigns. Moulton...
