The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing to formally define event contracts, including those tied to sports, politics, culture and weather, as swaps, in a change the agency says would confirm its exclusive jurisdiction over contracts traded on prediction markets.
Matthew Kaemingk and Shadi Hamid argue in their new book, Can Religion Save Democracy?, that our fractious democracy would benefit from a good dose of religion. The more well-intentioned people of faith, they suggest, the more likely it is that we’ll be able to advance the common interest. They suggest that society and governance will […]
Working families do not measure economic progress by how much more they spend. They measure it by what their paycheck makes possible: groceries without another sacrifice, a needed home repair, something left for their children’s future. Small business owners measure progress by whether they can pay employees, serve customers, and grow. Washington should apply that […]
Thursday’s numbers from St. Louis are impressive, but they prove very little yet. After Operation Show Me Justice, a surge that began in August, the Justice Department reported 435 arrests, 412 cleared warrants, 166 seized firearms, and 81 kilograms of drugs. Those are outputs. Safety is an outcome, and St. Louis hasn’t shown one yet. […]
In his Sept. 22 address to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump called the International Criminal Court an anti-American tribunal and urged countries to withdraw their membership. Washington, Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi, and Jerusalem never joined. The United States has reportedly been assembling a sanctions package against the court as an institution — if […]
Former President Barack Obama recently spoke out regarding the situation in the Middle East. In an October 2026 interview with journalist Susan McKay, Obama declared that Israel’s reliance on military and technological superiority risks undermining its moral standing. He warned that Israel has “ceded moral ground” by refusing concessions and engaging in excessive military engagements. […]
Energy costs are climbing across the country — electricity bills, gas prices, home heating costs — and those costs ripple through the rest of the economy. After years of political impasse, the Senate has finally reached a bipartisan permitting reform agreement to help address it. A deal is not a law, and Congress has a […]
Medicaid fraud can’t stay out of the news cycle. A California man was just sentenced to 30 years in prison over a massive healthcare fraud scheme. Minnesota is still in the middle of a high-profile Medicaid case. The Trump administration has already made eliminating fraud a top priority, including through the One Big Beautiful Bill […]
Politics, it is often said, can make for strange bedfellows. There is perhaps no stranger alliance today than that of progressives and Islamists. And history tells us that few are more fateful. In his campaign to be Michigan’s next senator, Abdul el Sayed has received the support of numerous pillars of the far Left. Progressive […]
Within six months, the world’s two best-known moral authorities found themselves in public exchanges with the president of the United States. In April, Pope Leo XIV, answering a harsh attack from President Donald Trump, said he had “no fear” of the Trump administration. On Friday, hours after winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the South […]
Illicit Chinese vapes have flooded into the United States by the millions. These black-market products are laced with toxins and put users, especially kids, at risk of nicotine poisoning and life-threatening lung damage. They have never undergone FDA review. Smugglers move them across the border and through ports as part of the same illicit trade […]
If Republicans lose their House majority in the midterm elections, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should offer his resignation as the top Republican. Whether his colleagues accept it is another matter. They might decide Johnson remains their best option. But that decision should be made through a vote of incoming members, conducted by secret ballot under […]
National borders are a privilege of sovereign governance, not a shield for state-sanctioned criminal anarchy. Recent independent analysis reveals that organized crime exercises effective control over roughly 30% of Mexican territory and disputes control over another 47%. This structural collapse leaves Mexico City with clear state predominance in a mere 23% of the country. Crucially, […]
