Abdul El-Sayed emerged from Michigan's Democratic primary facing questions not just about how he can solidify support outside the party's base but how he will energize Black voters, one of its most critical voting blocs. During the primary, Black voters largely favored El-Sayed's rival Rep. Haley Stevens (D), the establishment-backed candidate in the race. And...
Hawaiian voters go to the polls today to select the Democratic and Republican candidates in the Aloha State's congressional races this November. Both Democratic incumbents are seeking reelection, but one faces a progressive challenger who's hoping left-wing candidates' success across the country this year comes to the Aloha State. Meanwhile, Republicans already have presumptive nominees...
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella accused the Associated Press on Saturday of misreporting his agency’s body camera policy in an article on how ICE decides what footage may be released to the public. Venturella alleged the report, published Friday, incorrectly portrayed a provision governing the expedited release of footage after serious...
All Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted against the nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche, but their opposition was overridden by a majority of GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber in the early hours of Saturday morning. Many of these Democrats cited Blanche’s record over the past year as deputy and acting attorney general, pointing...
The press is supposed to be instant replay, not the cheerleading squad. In American politics, the people are the NFL audience. We invest our money in franchise swag and tickets. The opposing teams’ ownerships are the political parties that divide the big championship money in the playoffs. The media should be referees with honest instant […]
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing temporary warning signs outside the Smithsonian‘s National Museum of American History, advising visitors that some exhibits may present a distorted account of America’s past. The order follows a White House report — released, pointedly, on July 4 — questioning whether the museum has drifted from its […]
Peter Stein, the so-called “Boss of the Beach,” now collecting a $570,000 pension after careers with the Department of Education and Parks Department, is...
The summer of 2026 will be remembered as the moment the FIFA World Cup reminded the world of the magic of the United States. From viral moments to surging hotel bookings, the tournament showcased American hospitality. Even the strongest advocates of tougher border security embraced an important reality: when international travelers spend money, embrace our […]
I read an article in the Guardian about Westminster Council’s draft licensing policy that would restrict “vertical drinking” — standing at a bar to order a drink or chatting with a drink in hand. If ever a policy belonged in a Monty Python sketch, this is it. One can almost picture three men bursting into […]
“If you think Gen Z is bad, just wait until you see Gen Alpha.” That warning came from Katharine Birbalsingh, the British education reformer known as “Britain’s strictest headmistress,” during a speech last month at the ARC Conference. Toward the end, she offered a prediction for where we’re heading. Her argument isn’t that Gen Z […]
The invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta by tens of thousands of young, marauding Moroccans is, like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a tale of how the future could look unless one takes action in the present. It’s also a temptation to succumb to schadenfreude. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez harbors a special enmity […]
