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‘Integration’ is an utterly fake fix for NYC’s failing schools

All the sudden noise about “integration” as the fix for New York City's failing schools may be the most shameful red herring ever — a blatant bid to distract...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—October 16

1898—William Orville Douglas, who, alas, will become the longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history,...

How the 2028 Primaries Could Cripple America’s AI Buildout

With designs on the White House, some Democratic governors are one-upping each other with...

The Lessons We Should Take — and Not Take — from Ancient Greece

If you want to know something about America, look to Greece.

Trump Is Right to Prevent a Livestreamed Execution

The Fort Hood shooter deserves his fate, but there is a difference between carrying...

Schumer slams House-passed data center bill

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Schumer slams House-passed data center bill Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday slammed a bill that would force states to consider standards to mitigate data centers’ power price impacts as an “ineffectual participation trophy.” © Natasha Kaiser His comments signal that Democrats...

Supreme Court declines Christa Pike’s clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the execution of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted in the 1995 murder of a teenage classmate, clearing the way for the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in...

Trump administration ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect

President Trump’s ban on nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect Tuesday, marking the latest salvo in a trade war between the U.S. and its longtime ally to the north. The restrictions include Canadian dairy products, motor vehicles and many alcoholic beverages. Trump, in signing the executive orders to ban the goods,...

Don’t let our next UN secretary-general be a shill for China, Cuba and Hamas

The U.S. has good reason to doubt the suitability of Rodrigues-Birkett, who with good reason appears likely to get China's endorsement.

Jack Smith stresses strength of Trump cases, says he will not be ‘silenced’ by threats

Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement, obtained by The Hill, is to be delivered as Smith appears Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second appearance before Congress about...

We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses

I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to Congress. This was unpleasant but unsurprising. MAGA acolytes had spent years vilifying the work I did in government to...

Trump kicks off week with economic ‘win’ for Iowa

In today's issue: ▪ Trump touts Iowa steel mill ▪ Education Department strikes LGBTQ protections ▪ Backlash to government-funded ads ▪ Iran denies involvement in U.K. incident President Trump unveiled plans for a Minnesota company to build a new $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, kicking off the week with a dose of positive economic news as...

Trump, China and the question of selling arms to Beijing

Questions about whether the U.S. could change its posture toward China are on the rise after David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, made waves by saying President Trump had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he would “like to buy some.” The president on Monday denied making the offer to Xi, while close observers...

Tariff challengers take Trump back to court: ‘Rinse and repeat’

President Trump hopes the third time will be the charm as his latest round of tariffs heads to court this week. The Supreme Court already ruled Trump can’t invoke an emergency statute to impose his global trade war. Now, the president is pointing to a different law, and this time, everyone agrees it allows the president to impose...

Council of Europe head revives Biden-backed framework for AI regulation

The Biden administration and a number of countries in Europe have endorsed a framework for AI regulation that respects human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it is generally unheard of outside of the tiny European organization that drafted it.  Alain Berset is the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, an important but...

Cuba tensions on the rise as Trump pushes for ‘fundamental change’

Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba are rising once again after President Trump told world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly that he was seeking “fundamental change” from the island and asserting that “freedom will be coming to Cuba.” The Trump administration has never walked back threats of a possible military intervention —...

GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad

President Trump's new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself in such a brazenly political way. While Republicans generally approve of Trump’s political message, they say using taxpayer dollars to fund...

Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from ‘foreign actors’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections" while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.”  “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize...

Shaheen presses Senate to cap insulin costs

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Shaheen makes last-minute insulin pitch Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is pressing Senate leadership to hold a floor vote on bipartisan legislation to cap insulin costs in private insurance before lawmakers leave town until after the midterm election. © Greg Nash...

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