America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in […]
It’s time to get serious about civics. States must require that it be taught and learned. Teachers must be deeply grounded in it and prepared to teach it. Schools — elementary, middle, and high schools — must make time for it in their schedules. We need top-quality curricula that contain essential knowledge, impart vital skills, and don’t shy away […]
The recent “Saturday Night Live” cold open spoofed a reported clash between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the sketch, James Austin Johnson’s President Trump is in the Oval Office with Marcello Hernández’s Rubio, with the president telling his secretary of State that he “can’t have you fighting with Elon.”...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that El Salvador’s offer to house American criminals in its prison system is “very generous” but could face “legalities.” “There are obviously legalities involved. We have a constitution,” Rubio said at a press conference in San Jose with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Tuesday, according to...
Trump administration officials say the five-year timeline laid out in later phases of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas is too short, estimating the timeline will be at least twice that. While officials were cautious about explicitly backing Trump's suggestion to "clean out" Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and house them elsewhere during reconstruction,...
The Congressional Research Service, a federal agency tasked with legislative research and analysis, published a Monday report declaring President Trump does not have the “authority” to abolish USAID. “Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish it;...
Two Office of Personnel Management employees are asking a court to block the agency from using computer systems and emails connected with its buyout offers to federal employees. It’s the latest battle in a suit that alleges OPM violated the law by sending out emails purporting to be from “[email protected]” – assembling a new dataset...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said Tuesday he will introduce legislation to empower parents to sue leading social media companies over alleged harms to children and teens. "Social media platforms don't change because they don't have any incentive, which is a very polite way of saying, there's no hammer on these people. They do whatever they...
Greenland’s Parliament on Tuesday debated whether it would ban political donations from foreign or anonymous contributors. The island territory's Inatsisartut examined a proposal that would ban political parties from receiving domestic private contributions of more than 200,000 Danish kroner — which is nearly $28,000. It would also ban an individual contributor from exceeding 20,000 kroner,...
The ability of our elected representatives to make optimally informed decisions about programs and budgets is constrained by the limited capabilities and numbers of congressional staff.
A University of California student group sued the school system Monday, alleging racial discrimination in admissions. Students Against Racial Discrimination filed a suit saying the university system gives “discriminatory preferences to non-Asian racial minorities.” The suit says Asian American and white applicants are turned away while Black and Hispanic students “are often placed at...
The impacts of climate change could cost real estate nearly $1.5 trillion in value, according to a study published Monday by climate risk modeler First Street. Researchers write that climate change is both driving up insurance costs and affecting consumer preferences, which combined create a “feedback loop” where populations move in accordance with climate risk...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Costa Rica Tuesday, where he will give remarks to the press alongside Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chavez. Rubio's travel through Central America and the Caribbean in his first major trip at the helm of the State Department has been largely focused on curbing illegal immigration into the U.S....
President Trump shared figures inflating the spike in autism in a post Tuesday morning promoting his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, highlighting a key data point in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s debunked theories around a link between autism and vaccines. “20 years ago, Autism in children was 1 in 10,000....
