America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in […]
It’s time to get serious about civics. States must require that it be taught and learned. Teachers must be deeply grounded in it and prepared to teach it. Schools — elementary, middle, and high schools — must make time for it in their schedules. We need top-quality curricula that contain essential knowledge, impart vital skills, and don’t shy away […]
The recent “Saturday Night Live” cold open spoofed a reported clash between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the sketch, James Austin Johnson’s President Trump is in the Oval Office with Marcello Hernández’s Rubio, with the president telling his secretary of State that he “can’t have you fighting with Elon.”...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he would step down from the presidency if it meant achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine. “If to achieve peace, you really need me to give up my post, I’m ready,” Zelensky said in remarks in Kyiv, speaking at a government forum marking three years since Russia launched...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Sunday that President Trump was joking when he floated running for a third term, adding he could not seek to change the Constitution without the consent of voters. “First of all, he joked. And so I think we need to take that as a joke, not being literal,” Mullin said...
Elon Musk is dominating the media and the political landscape, with his influence over President Trump and his role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) raising concerns about his impact on democracy and his potential conflict of interest as a government contractor.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a U.S.-Ukraine deal featuring “strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises” has an “implicit” economic security guarantee. “This deal is part of President Trump's long-arc negotiating strategy for peace between Ukraine and Russia, and … let the Ukrainians get back … to … a peaceful existence,” Bessent told Fox News’s Maria...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday defended the purge of top-level military officials amid blowback to the Friday night firings. The firing of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. CQ Brown Jr., as well as five other top defense officials, has raised alarm from Democrats and former defense officials who say the decision will have...
Cuts to the federal workforce under President Trump are threatening to roil Virginia’s off-year elections this November as Democrats seek to make them a political liability in the battle for control of the governor’s mansion and the House of Delegates. Virginia is home to roughly 145,000 federal employees, along with large swaths of government contractors....
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk over an email sent to federal employees requesting information on “what you accomplished last week.” “This is the ultimate d— boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a d—,” the Minnesota senator said in the first post of a thread...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Sunday the email to federal employees asking them to report back on their weekly accomplishments is meant to spot “outright fraud” from people on the payroll who aren't working at all. “The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said President Trump is trying to “disorient” by talking about a third term and being a king. “Donald Trump made repeated comments this week about possibly serving a third term, calling himself a king in a social media post. Do you take that seriously, or do you...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said on Sunday that forcing Ukraine to agree to a resource deal with the U.S., in exchange for the possibility of support against Russia, is akin to “victim extortion.” The moderate Republican said Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, should be the one forced...
