New Jersey House candidate Analilia Majia, backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is narrowly ahead in a too-close-to-call Democratic primary.
You don’t often find the philosopher Donald Trump of Queens and the historian Thucydides of Athens in the same article. Kudos, as Thucydides would say to Foreign Policy magazine. A Foreign Policy contributor from the Rand Corp. argued last April that Trump is running a “grand experiment” in realist theory, the view of international relations […]
Throughout President Donald Trump‘s second, nonconsecutive term, pundits across the political spectrum have warned that the economy is on the cusp of mass job losses. They have cited everything from the demonstrable downward pressure on the labor market from tariffs to Trump’s orders for the Federal Reserve, an independent body, to immediately slash the federal […]
Young men are turning to fascism. I don’t use that word lightly. Hypochondriac leftists apply it to everything they dislike, from farmers’ markets to air travel. Still, when I see the combination of antisemitism, white nationalism, hostility to markets, and apologias for actual, literal Nazism (notably through the elevation of Adolf Hitler’s legal apologist, Carl […]
The best government data will be delayed again, thanks to yet another shutdown caused by the Democratic Party. But the best private data show rents fell again in January, the sixth month in a row, leaving them 1.4% lower than a year ago, the first decline in decades. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies are […]
Several Senate Democrats on Saturday came out against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after another deadly shooting by federal authorities in Minneapolis earlier in the day. “Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on the social platform X. “This...
Texas Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico faced off on Saturday in the first debate of their closely watched Texas Senate primary. The hourlong debate was hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO, moderated by KXAN-TV anchor Daniel Marin and Dallas Morning News political writer Gromer Jeffers, and aired on Nexstar’s KXAN. During the event, the candidates made...
Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya’s entrance into the Minnesota Senate race is giving Republicans a high-profile candidate they say puts the seat more in play. Tafoya is vying for retiring Sen. Tina Smith’s (D-Minn.) seat and quickly earned the backing of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, clearing the way for her to be the heavy favorite in the primary while centrist Rep. Angie...
President Trump defended the presence of federal law enforcement agents in Minnesota following another deadly shooting on Saturday, tying the latest incident to an ongoing massive fraud investigation in the state. A man, who federal officials claim was armed, was shot and killed during a struggle with U.S. Border Patrol agents in south Minneapolis on...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) demanded federal officers vacate the state after agents shot and killed a second person in Minneapolis on Saturday. “Donald Trump, I call on you once again: Remove this force from Minnesota,” Walz said at a press conference, echoing similar comments from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey earlier in the day. “They...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander on Saturday said the country has its "finger on the trigger" at the U.S. after President Trump said an "armada" will head toward the Middle East. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard and dear Iran stand more ready than ever, finger on the trigger, to execute the orders and directives of the Commander-in-Chief,”...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Saturday called on President Trump to "put America first" and remove federal law enforcement officers from Minneapolis after a second resident was killed by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer. The shooting marked the third shooting involving federal officers, weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer...
Illegal immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy by paying taxes, taking jobs that Americans don't want, and not receiving welfare benefits, according to Milton Friedman.
The Trump Pentagon’s newly-released National Defense Strategy blueprint pushed U.S. allies to tackle their own security, and indicated that countering China, which the Biden administration saw as the top U.S. adversary, is not the primary focus. The 34-page document, which was released late Friday, chastised the previous administrations for neglecting the interests of the American...
The Biden administration's Public Land Order 7917, which withdrew 225,000 acres of land in northern Minnesota from mineral development, has been met with opposition from Congress, mineral developers and local residents, and a CRA resolution has been passed to nullify it and restore economic opportunity, domestic production and the constitutional balance of power.
President Trump appeared on Saturday to walk back comments he made earlier in the week, suggesting non-U.S. troops in NATO avoided the front lines in Afghanistan, following widespread anger from British political leaders and military families. “The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America!...
A Minnesota activist charged in connection with a protest against federal immigration authorities at a church on Friday said an FBI agent told her that video of her arrest would not be shared, before the White House shared an altered version of the arrest online. "When I asked him about recording, he said, 'Oh, it's...
You might not be entirely happy with the pay increase your company is planning to offer in 2026. But would it help to know that most of your colleagues aren’t thrilled with it, either?
