The GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" is rolling out in different ways across U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson's home district - from steakhouse servers getting a tax break on tips to a community center where people line up for a free hot lunch as SNAP benefits are being cut.
Ten thousand households that earned more than $1 million in 2024 collected unemployment benefits that year, according to data shared with The Washington Times.
A dangerous autocracy is emerging on Europe’s southwestern flank, hidden behind a thin veneer of constitutional legitimacy. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his ruling socialist party (PSOE) have systematically hollowed out Spanish democracy, transforming a NATO ally into a lawless personal fiefdom. Leaked internal records published by Spain’s Libertad Digital recently exposed a coordinated conspiracy, […]
While the United States fights a war against Iran, Congress is losing its constitutional war against the president. The Senate on Thursday rejected another War Powers Resolution calling for an end to hostilities in Iran, failing 49-50. The House had voted 220-204 to pass the resolution, which was the third time it had voted to […]
On the very first day of his second term, President Donald Trump took action to address the crisis on the southern border. The directives he imposed resolved the crisis so quickly that we all moved on to the next item on the to-do list without bothering to take even a moment to reflect on Trump’s […]
It is well known that the United Nations, whose General Assembly annual session ends this week, passes more resolutions condemning Israel than all other countries combined. Since the establishment of the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2006, approximately half of its country-specific resolutions have been against the world’s only Jewish state. The situation has become […]
On Sept. 21, Liberal Currents, a left-leaning magazine, published a poll of 683 Democratic voters conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics, a polling group that calls itself part of the progressive community. Its author, Chance Phillips, summed up one result with relief: “Thankfully, on net Democrats are not pro political violence.” He was describing […]
It has been quite a week for Diego Garcia, the U.S.-U.K. base that covers the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and East Africa. On Tuesday at the United Nations, President Donald Trump called the British plan to give Mauritius sovereignty over it a “terrible deal,” noting that B-2s striking Iran had to fly all the […]
“In a time of universal deceit,” George Orwell is often credited with writing, “telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” In his recent speech at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed a revolutionary act by pushing back against the moral inversion plaguing Western democracies as much as the rest of the world. […]
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s frustration grows in Florida ▪ Senate’s last week in town ▪ Possible terrorist attack prevented ▪ The administration’s ‘magic’ words President Trump fumed online over the weekend as Republicans face warning signs in Florida, going after a key ally who broke with him on immigration and brushing off the idea...
The data center backlash is intensifying. In fact, more Americans now oppose data centers than fear AI. This is true even though tech companies have plausible defenses to much of the backlash. Data centers, for example, use far less water than the nation's golf courses. There is little evidence so far that they significantly raise...
The return of football season is bringing a major boom in sports gambling activity across the country, and with it, new scrutiny over how online sportsbooks are doing business. Major online betting providers like FanDuel and DraftKings are spending more than ever this fall on extensive advertising campaigns and corporate partnerships marketing themselves to potential...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pick to lead the Army is facing Democratic opposition and a hesitant reception from key Republicans, amid jockeying for the service branch’s top civilian post after Dan Driscoll resigned a month ago. Hegseth’s choice to lead the Army is Sean Parnell, a decorated Afghanistan war veteran and his senior advisor and...
