This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. For decades, conservatives agreed on the simple premise that the best foundation for good jobs, rising wages, and expanding opportunity […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which comes to you refreshed and reinvigorated after a break. Today, we run the rule over polling from North Carolina, with surprising results in a Senate race that might not be as clear-cut as you thought. Plus, we take a look at some of the mysterious language in […]
In the past six months, Nigeria has seemingly received more attention in U.S. media than ever before. Unfortunately, most of that attention has centered on terrorist attacks and killings. It is true that Nigeria is confronting a multipronged security crisis, with terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS operating in the north and militant […]
It could very well be that the embarrassing spelling and clerical errors Virginia’s attorney general’s office has made in the legal battle over redistricting are due to incompetence. Attorney General Jay Jones is a man who has wished for the children of his political opponents to be killed, and such venality never correlates strongly with […]
Across the United States, thousands of water and wastewater professionals work every day to deliver essential and affordable services to communities of all sizes. Yet access and affordability are not a given for all. While water is typically the lowest-priced utility, nearly 1 in 7 households in the U.S. — or 19 million — lack […]
For a political party full of politicians who stressed the importance of being honest with the people, Democrats sure enjoy lying to people. Legislators in the left-wing political party continue to exempt themselves from the standards to which they hold Republicans. The one senator who arguably does this the most is El Salvador enthusiast Sen. […]
In a characteristically blunt Oval Office assessment on Monday, President Donald Trump described the ceasefire with Iran as being on “massive life support.” However, the most explosive detail of his remarks was not the failing diplomacy, but his repeated frustration regarding an allegedly failed covert operation to arm Iranian protesters. Trump confirmed once again that […]
After 15 years of nearly flat electricity consumption, U.S. power demand has been climbing about 2.1% a year since 2020. That sounds modest; it is not. The United States is now adding roughly 120 billion kilowatt-hours of new annual electricity load, the equivalent of plugging in nearly 12 million American homes every year. The grid […]
Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of healthcare. Nearly a third have recently stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the various reasons for rising costs, and begin to address them now — one by one — or small businesses will […]
President Donald Trump has long considered European states freeloaders on defense and diplomacy. He was not wrong. A major first-term achievement was naming, shaming, and forcing countries to meet their NATO budget commitments. In Iraq and Afghanistan, most European states — the United Kingdom and Denmark excepted — would avoid combat but then demand equal […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Iran conflict has “put a little damper” on Republicans’ affordability efforts while insisting that President Trump “thinks about Americans’ financial situations.” Johnson made the comments when asked in a press conference Wednesday about Trump telling reporters the day before that Americans’ financial situations are not motivating him “even a little...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over comments in which he called her a “parasite,” saying the Lone Star State senator views working-class people as “less than him.” On Monday, Cruz called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after the New York Democrat said that Americans “can’t earn” their...
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Tuesday told National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett that the rising annual inflation rate is "lousy" as the Trump administration seeks to defend its economic agenda. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.8 percent over the past 12 months and 0.6 percent in April alone, having previously hit...
