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 […]
On Oct. 25, the people of Latin America’s largest democracy and economy will vote in a presidential runoff. Neither the conservative candidate, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, nor the socialist incumbent, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (known as Lula), secured an outright majority in the first round of voting. Bolsonaro is the favorite. Recent polls show him […]
Computers don’t have rights. No matter how smart they are. That may sound like an obvious, even unnecessary statement, but in the effective altruist world occupied by some companies building superintelligence, that’s a controversial and possibly even offensive reality. Just last week, Anthropic said it’s going to restrict what it calls “abusive behavior” towards its […]
Choosing which laws to enforce and which cases to pursue is an inherently political decision. Resources are limited, and priorities must be set. But when electing law enforcement officials, especially a state’s highest law enforcement official, voters should ask candidates to base their decisions on the facts and the law. New York Attorney General Letitia […]
It’s not a tough call. LA County should comply with the Trump administration’s reasonable request to investigate non-citizens on the local voter rolls.
Police officers vs. firefighters. It’s not the annual softball game. It’s a serious political fight over a proposed half-cent per dollar sales tax in...
