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 […]
Enforcing federal immigration law is the remit of the federal government alone, per Supreme Court precedent — the court famously ruled against Arizona’s efforts to step up enforcement at the state level during the Obama administration — but said enforcement is a more efficient and safer process for everyone involved when state and local authorities […]
Federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles early Wednesday while conducting an immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A DHS spokesperson told The Hill’s sister station, NewsNation, in a statement that agents were conducting a “targeted operation” in Compton, Calif., around...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was denied entry to the USA House in Davos, Switzerland, where he was invited to speak during the World Economic Forum. “Under pressure from the White House and State Department, USA House (a church acting as the official US pavilion) is now denying entry to @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom to speak...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said President Trump was not going to invade Greenland, comments that followed the president ruling out military force to acquire the island. “He was never going to invade Greenland,” Newsom told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It was never real. So, that was...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will depose longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Feb. 9, committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for her role in procuring abuse victims for Epstein. Comer made the announcement during the committee’s meeting on holding...
OpenAI said Tuesday that it's rolling out age prediction technology for ChatGPT in the face of growing concerns about children’s safety when using AI chatbots. The technology aims to estimate whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18 years old in order to ensure teens are using a version of ChatGPT with additional protections....
President Trump on Tuesday said invoking the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota would “make life a lot easier,” even as he dismissed the prospect as unnecessary for the time being. In a sit-down interview with NewsNation’s “Katy Pavlich Tonight,” the president did not rule out the possibility of invoking the law in the...
President Trump is speaking at the World Economic Forum, where he’s facing off with European leaders amid his push to seize Greenland. Here's what to expect from the president's trip to Davos, Switzerland, as some Trump allies on Capitol Hill suggest the president should back off his efforts to acquire the island nation. Trump arrived...
President Trump touched down in Switzerland on Wednesday nearly two hours behind schedule, after a “minor electrical issue” forced Air Force One to turn back to Washington around 30 minutes into the flight to switch planes. Trump, flying on a smaller plane typically reserved for domestic travel, landed in Zurich shortly after 12:30 p.m. local...
President Trump’s power over the Federal Reserve goes before the Supreme Court Wednesday in a blockbuster review of the central bank governors’ firing protections. As the president wages war against the Fed for not lowering interest rates quicker, Trump has looked to sack Fed governor Lisa Cook by accusing her of mortgage fraud, which she denies. Lower courts sided with Cook. The justices have punted a decision for months...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joked to reporters that the Qatari plane gifted to the U.S. was sounding “much better” following a tech issue that forced Air Force One to return to Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday. The incident took place as President Trump was en route to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic...
President Trump will give a speech Wednesday morning at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — bringing him face-to-face with European allies as tensions build over his push to acquire Greenland. While Trump is likely to tout how his policies have made the U.S. economy stronger, the high-stakes meetings could play a significant role...
