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Now colleges are even dropping the swimming test — and that could cost lives

I vividly remember the trepidation I felt as a Cornell University student when I took my required swim test.

The numbers are in: Unions need a new playbook

For decades, organized labor has been in decline. Despite periodic headlines suggesting a resurgence, unionization in the United States continues to fall. In 2025, just 10% of American workers belonged to a union — down from prior decades and only a marginal uptick from a record low the year before. Strip out the public sector, […]

Will Viktor Orban fall in Hungary’s elections?

On April 12, Hungarians will vote in the most important European election of 2026. For the first time since Viktor Orban consolidated power in 2010, the prime minister faces a challenger capable of unseating him. Peter Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who broke with the ruling party in 2024, has built the Tisza Party from […]

Repeated rebukes from NATO ‘allies’ could push Trump out of alliance

Over the weekend, France became the latest member of NATO to snub the United States. Its decision to restrict airspace access for U.S. military overflights transporting supplies to Israel may prove to be the moment President Donald Trump chose to walk away from the trans-Atlantic alliance. Although French President Emmanuel Macron’s office told Reuters the […]

Follow the rules, get sued anyway: A Supreme Court case to watch

Imagine running a restaurant where you need 51 different menus. Not because your customers want them, but because trial lawyers in each state and Washington, D.C., demand them.  That’s what could happen for some businesses if the Supreme Court decides, in an upcoming case, to let states impose laws that cover the same products as […]

Gavin Newsom insults voters with clueless pitch  

Why do white liberal Democrats find it so appealing to pretend to be stupid?  

Pentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract by Friday if company doesn’t lift safeguards

The Pentagon has threatened to cancel Anthropic’s contract by Friday if the company does not agree to the department’s terms for the use of its AI model, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday at the Pentagon amid a dispute over...

Mexico says security situation has ‘stabilized’

The Mexican Embassy in the U.S. said Tuesday the security situation in Mexico has “stabilized,” two days after a prominent cartel leader was killed by the Mexican army.  “The security situation has now stabilized following targeted operations in Jalisco,” the embassy wrote on social platform X, referencing the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or...

Massie calls for Gonzales to resign: ‘Where are the other men in the GOP?’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined several of his House Republican colleagues in calling for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) to resign over allegations that Gonzales had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire.  “I’m joining Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and Anna Paulina Luna in calling for Representative Tony...

Mark Kelly to attend Trump State of the Union address: ‘I feel it’s my obligation’

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Thursday said he would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address while other members of his party are skipping it, saying he felt an obligation to do so. Kelly has been embattled with the Trump administration over a video he participated in calling on troops to not carry out...

US forces board third oil tanker in Indo Pacific tracked from Caribbean to Indian Ocean

U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indo-Pacific Command (IndoPaCom) region on Tuesday — which was tracked from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean.  The Pentagon said that U.S. forces boarded “Bertha,” without “incident." The vessel, which was sanctioned by the U.S. government in December 2024 over its role in transporting...

John Quincy Adams’s State of the Union rebuttal is a model worth reviving

It is not only specific and proscriptive, but uncannily direct and prophetic.

Olympian says members of US men’s hockey team will attend Trump State of the Union

Members of the U.S. men's hockey team will attend President Trump's State of the Union Address Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., fresh off their Olympic victory in Italy. “Yeah, we’re excited to go. I mean, it’s something you don’t get to do ... I don’t know what day it is ... every Tuesday....

Democrats select their ‘designated survivor’ for State of the Union address

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) will be the Democrats' designated survivor for President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.  Thompson said in a Monday release that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) chose him for the role. The California Democrat will watch the speech from a secure, undisclosed location off campus from Capitol Hill....

House Democrat on State of the Union boycotts: Trump ‘has had total disregard for Congress’

Democratic Rep. Ami Bera (Calif.) blamed President Trump's "total disregard" for the legislative branch in explaining the decision by some Democrats to skip Tuesday's speech. “The person occupying that office doesn't show that deference to Congress any longer either. He totally disregards Congress,” Bera said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “On Balance” on Monday night....

AI’s privacy tipping point: Why America needs a HIPAA for chatbots

Your AI conversations are not private. A federal judge just confirmed it. 

Most say Trump becoming more erratic: Survey

A new poll released Tuesday shows that most Americans say they believe President Trump is becoming more erratic as he ages. Reuters/Ipsos found that 61 percent of respondents described Trump as having "become erratic with age," with 32 percent disagreeing. Pollsters found that 89 percent of Democrats, 64 percent of independents and 30 percent of...

Senate Democrat: Patel at Olympics ‘continuation of amateur hour’

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Monday blasted FBI Director Kash Patel for partying with the U.S. men's hockey team at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. ​​“It is a continuation of amateur hour at the FBI. And I know the serious agents, the senior agents, they are appalled by the diminished reputation of the FBI...

Colbert and Talarico show the easiest way to promote speech is to suppress it

With his campaign trailing Crockett in the polls, Talarico needed a shot in the arm, and he got one.

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