President Donald Trump's housing affordability promise faces a new threat as diesel prices spike to $5.65 a gallon, driving up home construction costs.
The White House needs a new approach to defeat the Yemen-based Houthis and end their assault on global shipping — one that must include addressing their Iranian sponsors.
This is the headline you never saw: “Famine averted in Gaza; Israel and UN facilitate surge of humanitarian aid.” The news is true, anchored in data collected by the leading global authority on food shortages. But the media told a different story, with a typical headline declaring, “Half a million in Gaza face starvation, report says.” One might […]
It’s been a tough year for Hollywood. Hit by the aftershocks of the writers strike and the pandemic-accelerated shift toward streaming, box office revenues through June were down 19% from last year. Cinephiles usually care little about ticket sales, but the industry’s woes do have tangible effects on the moviegoing experience. Cinema is meant to […]
Voters don’t get to choose whether they want to live under Republican or Democratic Party rule for almost four months, but people are already voting with their feet, they have been for years, and their choice is clear: people overwhelmingly want to live in Republican-run states. The latest data come from the Internal Revenue Service […]
It has been less than a year since Azerbaijani forces poured into Nagorno-Karabakh, an ancient Armenian province that Joseph Stalin transferred to Azerbaijan as he gerrymandered the Caucasus. Nagorno-Karabakh is historically significant for two reasons: First, it is the traditional heartland of Armenia, the first country on Earth to embrace Christianity as its official religion. […]
In a win for both American energy and climate policy, a federal court this week blocked the Biden administration’s pause on new permits for liquefied natural gas exports. It’s clear that unleashing cleaner, abundant energy, produced in the United States, will support global emissions reduction efforts while increasing energy security for us and our allies. Reversing President […]
Memo to Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg: A Bronx cheer for your new “Midtown Community Improvement Coalition,” because — yes! — the squeegee...
