As the United States of America at 250 looks forward to the next 250 years and beyond, it is vital that we address the unanswered existential question that lies at the heart of our national identity: Who will be the new Americans? Historically, the policy focus has been on addressing the question of who we […]
When Puerto Rico held its first presidential straw poll in 2024, Republicans received just 26% of the support, while then-Vice President Kamala Harris got 73%. The result was no messaging accident. It was the predictable outcome of a local Republican organization that has, for decades, operated as an elite social club rather than a serious, […]
President Donald Trump waived the Jones Act in March, calling it a temporary measure to ease fuel prices after the Iran war cut oil supplies. Prices haven’t fallen, but the market has started recalibrating whether America’s foundational maritime and homeland security law still matters. For most Americans, this feels new. But for the U.S. offshore […]
For too long, Washington has treated online scams as a consumer protection problem of victims, disputed transactions, and after-the-fact remedies. That frame is too small. The scam epidemic is a national security and law enforcement challenge driven by transnational criminal organizations, permissive foreign environments, illicit financial networks, trafficked labor, and digital infrastructure that lets criminals […]
California has become one of the most expensive places to live in the United States. Whether it be the cost of housing, exorbitantly high income taxes, or especially the cost of energy, high costs have pushed many people and businesses to leave for more affordable states such as Nevada, Texas, or Florida. Of the many […]
Former President Barack Obama campaigned as the face of hope and change. He governed under the banner of fundamental transformation. Recent Democratic primaries now present a clear test of what that transformation has produced: a wave of candidates who are unapologetically anti-Western, openly embracing Democratic Socialists of America platforms that challenge core American norms on […]
Two Biden-appointed federal judges blocked Trump administration election integrity measures this week — on consecutive days, on separate legal grounds — and the Left immediately declared victory. It shouldn’t. The rulings identified real statutory and constitutional problems. They also handed Republicans the clearest possible argument for why the SAVE America Act needs to pass the […]
The long-awaited opening of the Obama Presidential Center and the former president’s increased public appearances and criticism by President Donald Trump merit a reflection on his legacy and an analysis of the role of his tenure in the rise of Trumpism. Remembering former President Barack Obama‘s historic first campaign in 2008 and his charismatic ideas […]
When is a treaty not a treaty? When it is a deal of the kind that the Obama administration struck with Iran in 2015. When is a deal not a deal? When it is the kind of agreement that President Donald Trump signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on June 17: a memorandum […]
Early in Apple TV’s Star City, an error forces a Soviet cosmonaut’s reentry pod to land in Siberia. Stepping out of the capsule, our heroine is briefly menaced by a bear. Has the Marxist-Leninist state arranged for the creature’s appearance, subduing an erratic “worker” by means of its symbolic beast? Unlikely. Yet it says something […]
The Supreme Court is due to release orders and some of its final opinions on Monday morning, days after delivering wins for the Trump administration in major rulings on immigration. Follow along here for the latest rulings from the court, which should be released shortly after 10 a.m. President Trump said Monday on Truth Social...
