The U.S. military launched a third round of strikes against Iran on Saturday in response to an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command (Centcom). Iran said it was closing this critical oil trading passage after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck Cyprus-flagged container ship GFS...
William Lawrence, a progressive running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House in Michigan, is responding to backlash over his previous criticism of Black political leaders. The Huffington Post on Saturday published Lawrence’s comments from a 2024 episode of his podcast, in which the Democrat accused some Black lawmakers of being “a pillar, frankly, for establishment,...
A preliminary hearing for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk unfolded in Utah this week, offering the first comprehensive look at the evidence prosecutors say ties Tyler Robinson to the shooting at Utah Valley University last fall. Judge Tony Graf is weighing whether there is enough evidence to send Robinson to trial, as the...
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Speaking at the “American Dynamism” summit back in 2025, Vice […]
At the G7 summit in Evian last week, the leaders issued their first joint declaration since President Donald Trump returned to office, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called it “a real success.” After a year of trade friction, a drawdown of American troops from Germany, and open strain between the two men, the change in […]
The Food and Drug Administration is about to decide whether a scientific word can become a regulatory loophole. On July 23 and 24, the FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee is scheduled to consider whether several peptides should be added to the list of bulk drug substances that may be used in pharmacy compounding. That sounds […]
A union leader recently announced he was leaving the Democratic Party. His stated reason was blunt: The party, increasingly influenced by the Democratic Socialists of America and aligned activist networks, is no longer primarily focused on working people. It has been captured by anti-capitalist ideologues and factions whose priorities are ideological transformation and foreign policy […]
Washington is about to hand a single agency responsibility for a trillion-dollar market. Whether that turns out to be a triumph or a debacle depends on whether the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ready. For years, regulatory uncertainty has hindered the development of the U.S. digital asset industry. Innovation has moved offshore, companies have faced […]
Iran’s leaders call survival a victory. After a year in which the United States and Israel dismantled the Islamic Republic’s military, gutted its nuclear program, and killed its supreme leader, the regime’s surviving officials insist that merely enduring is triumph enough. But surviving is not the same as living, and what Tehran has preserved is […]
In every sport played with a ball, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey (the puck counts), golf, volleyball, handball, the oldest piece of coaching wisdom is also the best: “keep your eye on the ball.” Look away for a moment, and the game slips through your fingers. Is Israel keeping its eye on the ball? Sadly, […]
On June 12, the U.S. government directed Anthropic to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for any foreign national, inside or outside the United States. The order forced the company to disable both models worldwide. Days later, Beijing-based Zhipu rolled out GLM-5.2, a near-frontier, open-weight system that users could download and run locally. […]
The Success Academy's just-released report on New York City public-school failure is so shocking and troubling that even anti-charter-school teachers unions should be shaking...
A quarter of a millennium ago, the United States was founded. Unlike other global powers of that era, which were ruled by despotic kings wielding nearly absolute authority over their subjects, the U.S. distinguished itself as the first nation in history to establish sovereignty with its people protected by a system of separate powers among […]
Protests targeting “Zionists” in America quickly crossed partisan lines. Antifa-aligned and “social justice” networks on the Left turned campuses and cities into sites of disruption and eliminationist rhetoric. Right-wing groups such as Patriot Front ran parallel actions with banners like “No Zionists in Government,” advancing antisemitic appeals inside white-nationalist programs. Both represent collectivist extremism. Fascism […]
As America emerges from its 250th anniversary, it is worth recalling what made the American experiment exceptional in the first place. The formula was never especially complicated: Our rights come from God, not government; all people possess those rights equally; government is legitimate only by the consent of the governed; and each generation bears a […]
In 2008, a majority of the Supreme Court decided that executing a man who raped his eight-year-old stepdaughter so violently that she required emergency surgery violated the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. That’s the holding of Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407. Four justices disagreed. Sixteen years later, multiple states have passed laws […]
