Norman Podhoretz, the longtime editor of Commentary magazine and who the New York Times called “a lion of neoconservatism,” passed away last week at the age of 95. He was a brilliant writer and ardent patriot, whose book My Love Affair with America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative is a modern classic. Podhoretz was also the man who saw the […]
For all the noise about discharge positions and losing control of the floor, if you are looking at results, all House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does is keep winning. Just this week, in addition to passing admittedly modest healthcare reform that reduces premiums by 11% without any new government spending, Johnson also secured passage of […]
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Saturday said President Trump once compared his Twitter account to former President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Watters spoke at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix when he recalled a visit to the White House during Trump's first term. Trump went with Watters to the Lincoln Bedroom, where...
The penny received a "funeral" on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended the event, many dressed in black or wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into either caskets on display or made a wish as they threw pennies...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Friday expressed disappointment over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) decision to resign from Congress early next year amid her growing feud with President Trump. "I’m very sad for our country but so happy for my friend Marjorie," Massie posted to social media platform X. "I’ll miss her tremendously." "She embodies...
President Trump in recent days has lashed out at a familiar foe during a low point in his presidency: the press. Trump has escalated his swipes at the media as he faces mounting pressure from a weakening economy, setbacks from November’s elections when Democrats won big across the country, and his reversal on the Jeffrey...
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested Saturday and deemed a flight risk for an alleged attempt to avoid his 27-year prison sentence related to his efforts to stay in power in 2023. The preemptive arrest was conducted after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said Bolsonaro's ankle monitor was violated early Saturday morning,...
When Tucker Carlson released his interview with antisemitic provocateur Nick Fuentes, MAGA infighting exploded. It’s not the first time MAGA has turned on itself over U.S. support for Israel. In June, clashes over Trump’s Mideast policy pushed him to speak out, declaring: “I’m the one that developed America First. I’m the one that decides that.” Trump...
President Trump renewed his attacks on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) early Saturday, just hours after Greene announced she is resigning from Congress in January. Trump in a post online suggested Greene is leaving her seat because of fallout from the president pulling his endorsement earlier this month amid rising turmoil between the two over...
Across states, the pattern repeats: capable students complete hands-on programs, but the labor market fails to absorb them. That disconnect isn’t because students lack ability or ambition. It’s because we’ve failed to build bridges between their training and the industries that claim to need them most.
The latest report from SmartAsset looked into the annual price parents have to pay for raising a child in every state across the country, and it is not cheap.
President Trump announced late Friday that he is ending legal protections for Somali residents living in Minnesota "effective immediately." "Minnesota, under [Gov. Tim] Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program)...
Vice President Vance on Friday defended President Trump's 28-point peace plan to bring an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, pushing back on criticism he said is not based on "critical reality." Vance, in a post online, outlined three things needed for a successful agreement: "1) Stop the killing while preserving Ukrainian...
