The best indicator of the waning influence of the WASP is that most people no longer know who the term refers to. Stripped to its barest terms, “white Anglo-Saxon Protestant” could mean anyone from an Appalachian bootlegger to a recently naturalized citizen who grew up in the Cotswolds. But these disparate figures, while white, of […]
This week, on a Zoom call with some colleagues, I told the group that I have been traveling around Europe and the Caucasus since May. One of my colleagues responded with a flattering shout. Wow! she said. You’re not just a tourist, you’re a traveler! Which was gratifying, of course, but also made a complicated […]
Teachers unions suffered yet another deserved but embarrassing defeat this week. In Arizona, the state Supreme Court found that not only did unions fail to submit enough valid signatures to get their anti-school-choice proposition on the fall ballot, but they also broke the law by hiring felons to collect signatures. This is just the latest […]
Two Republicans pushed back on the Trump administration’s Friday decision to temporarily lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef in an effort to bring down prices for American consumers ahead of the midterm elections. President Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Friday morning that he had finalized “a deal to substantially lower the...
Grindr CEO George Arison and Sen. John Hickenlooper called for federal and state reforms to make fertility care and family formation more accessible and affordable for all Americans.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday carried out its first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration terminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians earlier this year. The plane, which carried more than 160 people, arrived in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haïtien, The Associated Press reported. The U.S. has a...
President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. will pause higher tariffs on ground beef imports for 90 days to lower costs of the meat for consumers. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported without an “out-of-quota tariff," or the...
So far, the president has insisted that the Navy go back to using steam, decreed that the Strait of Hormuz will be a U.S. territory, and demanded that new aircraft carriers be redesigned to make them look “better.”
President Trump is set to hit the campaign trail on Friday in an attempt to give Republican Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.) one last boost before the special GOP primary runoff on Tuesday. Graham, a political newcomer who replaced her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), is going up against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) for the...
Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, pushed back Friday against “unjust” U.S. economic sanctions placed on the country by the Trump administration earlier this week. “We must plan for the unjust sanctions so that we can overcome them,” Qalibaf told a group of economic representatives in Baghdad, according to a message shared on...
Author Andrea D. Pringle argues that while the term "woke" may be evolving in political discourse, the underlying spirit of Black vigilance and awareness remains essential for addressing systemic injustices.
Bipartisan backlash to data centers is spreading nationwide. How could the panicked political response carry lasting consequences? Plus, Democratic socialist Angie Nixon’s upset in the Florida Democratic Senate primary and Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-S.C.) viral debate stumble in South Carolina. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and political editor Chris Stirewalt to discuss...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 a.m. EDT as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Elon Musk may succeed in November at repealing Alaska’s nonpartisan primary system. Whether you think that’s a...
Eight people were killed after the charter airplane they were traveling on crashed in Alaska on Thursday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The crash occurred near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, a U.S. Air Force military airstrip located in a remote area in the southwest part of the state....
At the end of June, an audit of Jefferson County Public Schools was released to the public. The largest district in Kentucky, Jefferson County (which includes Louisville) enrolls almost 100,000 students — one in seven students in the state. The report by auditor Allison Ball reveals the system's complete institutional failure. In 2024, Kentucky House...
