Before the year is out, the United Nations must appoint a new secretary-general. This is an opportunity to be seized, not a misfortune to be endured — precisely because multilateralism is navigating heavy headwinds. The U.N. must rediscover its core mission: guardian of peace and provider of humanitarian relief at the intersection of national sovereignties. […]
The Fifth Amendment says the government can’t take your property for public use without paying you for it. It doesn’t say the government can’t destroy your property’s value, a very different thing. That distinction has cost property owners billions of dollars they’ll never recover. James Madison wrote that government is instituted to protect property of […]
PITTSBURGH — Western Pennsylvania’s leadership in AI, robotics, and intelligence companies that work with the Department of War was reinforced recently. Qintel was selected for an $84 million contract with the United States Cyber Command to deliver a threat intelligence solution in support of full-spectrum cyber operations. Qintel also just announced it will be part […]
In a single fraud case, federal agents seized nine luxury vehicles, nine properties, and more than $1 million in sports memorabilia from one man who stole $270 million from California’s Medicaid program in just 11 months. He was billing for prescription drugs that were never prescribed and never delivered to patients who needed them. He […]
The nation’s largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans is urging policymakers to bring the Make America Healthy Again agenda into an unexpected arena: health insurance. Centene, one of the country’s largest managed care organizations, recently called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to remove regulatory barriers that limit Medicare Advantage plans from covering […]
For years, the Department of Homeland Security operated a program allowing tens of thousands of foreign students who recently graduated from a college or university to obtain valuable tech-related jobs. Known as post-completion Optional Practical Training, the program permits former students admitted to the United States on F-1 visas to work in STEM-related jobs for […]
One of the dumbest antitrust lawsuits in recent memory — and that’s saying a lot — is the blockage of Nexstar Media Group’s $6 billion bid to acquire local news broadcaster TEGNA. The merger was approved three months ago by the antitrust cops at the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission. President Donald Trump […]
Iranian Americans despise the Islamic Republic more than almost any group on earth. They fled it. They lost family to it. They protest against it every weekend in cities across America. They showed up to CPAC in numbers I have never seen at any political event, because Reza Pahlavi, the man who represents everything the […]
From May to July 1776, delegates from 13 disparate colonies sat in a stuffy room in Philadelphia, windows sealed against eavesdroppers, sweating through coarse wool coats in the summer heat. They disagreed about nearly everything. Thomas Jefferson’s elegant and inspired draft was sliced by a quarter in debate. Delegates from the South threatened to walk […]
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was created in March 1978 by Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426 after Israel’s Operation Litani. Its mandate required confirming Israeli withdrawal, restoring peace and security, and helping Beirut reassert sovereignty in the south. What began 47 years ago as a temporary buffer has mutated into an institutional […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stopped in Armenia on May 26 (on his way back from an official visit to India) to meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to sign the “Charter on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Armenia and the United States.” Rubio’s visit — the first by a U.S. […]
