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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 17

1954—In Brown v. Board of Education, a unanimous Supreme Court abandons available originalist justifications for its ruling that state-segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause—justifications that would have…

Don’t Buy into Hantapanic

It’s extremely unlikely that the next pandemic is at hand.

Harvard and Yale Discover (Gasp!) the Importance of Viewpoint Diversity

But endowed chairs for conservative scholars won’t fix the problem.

Jürgen Habermas: A Serious Man

The late German thinker and teacher brought liberal secularism to the pinnacle of academic...

America has a plan to win the AI export race. Industry must deliver

The U.S. government’s new full-stack artificial intelligence program is the right strategic bet. Now American companies have to make it pay off. America has a plan to win the AI race. Now it’s time to execute. The administration’s AI Export Program is one of the clearest attempts in years to translate technological advantage into global […]

Buc-ee’s is expanding to new states: Where (and when) travel centers will open

As popular as it is, Buc-ee's and its Beaver Nuggets aren't as prevalent as you may have guessed.

Waltz says US pushing for UN resolution on Iranian actions in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Mike Waltz on Sunday reiterated his push for the international coalition’s security council to pass a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Trump administration, alongside Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait...

Campaign finance disclosures should fight corruption, not fuel political voyeurism

At a time when civic participation is already under strain, expanding the public exposure of ordinary political activity risks discouraging it.

Acting CDC director on hantavirus: ‘This is not COVID’

Acting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” comments that come after an outbreak of the virus on a Dutch cruise ship. “We've been communicating the last week as the — as the sort of the, the press attention has picked up more with the public, as...

Iran sends response to US peace proposal: State media

The Iranian government has submitted its response to the peace proposal from the U.S., according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The state-owned outlet reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran are solely focused on halting hostilities in the region. The administration proposed a one-page...

Musk faces significant obstacles to a jackpot compensation package

The list is, mildly speaking, breathtaking.

See a worm in your yard? It might be invasive

Depending on where you live, there may be no native earthworms around.

Putin says Russia-Ukraine war ‘coming to an end’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the over four year-long war between Russia and Ukraine is “coming to an end,” according to Reuters. The outlet reported that the Russian president told reporters that he believed “that the matter is coming to an end,” and stated that he was open to discussion about fresh European...

Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

Passengers on a cruise ship that had an outbreak of the hantavirus have begun disembarking the vessel, The Associated Press reported. The outlet reported that the first plane with passengers evacuated off the ship left the Spanish Canary Islands on Sunday. Spanish health authorities said that Spaniards were the first group of people to depart...

Trump’s electoral assault is just getting started

Trump’s baseless allegations of fraud, issued every time Republicans lose, are part of a comprehensive strategy to stack the deck in his favor. 

Gingrich says Trump-Xi meeting could be ‘remarkable breakthrough’

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could yield a "remarkable breakthrough" Gingrich appeared on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM, where he said Trump's visit to Beijing is "the biggest thing in the near future." Trump requested to move...

Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts 

State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected to grow this year and beyond, as policies from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...

Hegseth boosts veteran benefits bill that key Republicans have opposed 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a rare boost last week to a bipartisan bill that key Republicans, including the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), have opposed over cost concerns. The legislation, named after a U.S. Army combat engineer, diagnosed with cancer due to toxic burn pit exposure, would provide about 54,000 combat-injured...

USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives

The shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtained by The Hill. The notification acknowledges that the price of closing out the agency is...

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