No nation, particularly a democratic republic as large and diverse as ours, can survive without a common understanding of its history and values. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History was explicitly created to help preserve and communicate our shared narrative. Unfortunately, as a new White House report shows, it has failed in this […]
President Trump says he’s looking to Australia for inspiration on how to overhaul his nation’s Social Security system and put people in “much better shape” by retirement age. Australia’s superannuation system requires companies to contribute a percentage of their workers’ pay into a retirement plan. The U.S. operates as more of a “pay-as-you-go” system in...
A Supreme Court ruling giving President Trump broad authority to fire the heads of independent commissions will solidify the president’s grasp on a number of entities that impact Americans’ daily lives. The high court last week sided with Trump in determining he had the power to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter. It’s a...
President Trump and other world leaders will confront a number of key issues facing NATO during the group’s tension-filled summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week. Trump’s pressure campaign to get other NATO member countries to up their defense spending will likely be top of mind, along with the future of U.S. troop commitments in Europe...
President Trump’s push to pass a new law to restrict birthright citizenship is creating new headaches for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who must navigate GOP divisions over the issue. Trump last week declared that the Supreme Court’s decision knocking down his executive efforts to limit birthright citizenship could...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest Democratic lawmaker to say that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race, should drop out after a woman the candidate dated in 2021 accused him of sexual assault. "I believe that it's time for him to drop out of the race," Mamdani said of...
The Supreme Court declined to stop Texas from enforcing a state law that requires app stores and developers to verify users' ages and receive parental consent for children younger than 18 years. In a one-sentence order Monday, the nation's high court denied a request to pause enforcement of the law, the Texas App Store Accountability...
President Trump received a ceremonial welcome, complete with military salutes and a flyover, as he arrived Tuesday in Ankara, Turkey, for a two-day NATO Summit. He started the visit with a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, where he said he had no concerns over selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, adding the U.S. would...
A new poll shows that Democrats are increasingly likely to criticize the U.S. for its support of Israel and for not providing enough aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Associated Press-NORC poll released Tuesday found that 58 percent of Democrats believe the U.S. supports Israel too much, an increase from the 45 percent...
More than 1,200 former Justice Department employees encouraged the Senate to reject Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, writing in a Tuesday letter that he has been “demonizing career employees.” “In the coming weeks, many will rightly underscore the corruption and abuses that have defined the Justice Department under Todd Blanche’s leadership: the vindictive prosecutions...
A commercial tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said Monday. The vessel was hit off the coast of Limah in Oman while traveling southbound, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations, which is part of the British Royal Navy. The projectile struck the...
The Supreme Court voted for the Republicans and Trump whenever it had a chance to do so and checked Trump where it had no plausible alternative but to do so.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said late Monday that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other prominent progressive voices in the Democratic Party should “apologize” for championing Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy in Maine, calling Platner a “predator” “I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone he helped,”...
The woman who accused Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner (D) of sexually assaulting her nearly five years ago when they dated alleged Monday that she considered it to be rape. In an interview with CNN’s “The Lead,” Jenny Racicot, 41, described the alleged encounter with Platner, which was first reported by Politico. She said he...
Hard-line immigration restrictionists who were profoundly disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision last week upholding birthright citizenship as a constitutional right are seeing the decision as akin to what Roe v. Wade was for the anti-abortion movement. Activists and lawmakers are planning for a long-term effort to eventually reverse the decision. They are eyeing options...
I was recently in Kansas City. My Uber driver was Jesse — sharp, easy to talk to. He mentioned, almost offhandedly, that his girlfriend's mother and a close friend had just moved in with them. Between housing costs and gas prices, the math had stopped adding up for him. Jesse drives people for a living....
President Trump touched down in Turkey on Tuesday for the NATO summit in the country’s capital city of Ankara this week. Trump was greeted by Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the tarmac before greeting Turkish soldiers present for his arrival. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker and Joint...
