President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
For all the promises that our elections are safe and secure, a major news outlet is now reporting that the voting machines that will be used this November have a number of vulnerabilities, and there is no time to fix them. Last weekend, a group of hackers convened in Las Vegas for a planned conference […]
The spell of identity politics has worn thin and foundational cracks are showing, as voters notice that woke policies promising cohesion and safety have...
Taking advantage of the U.S. Navy’s overstretched resources, China is operating an aircraft carrier and escort warships in a rather interesting area of the Philippine Sea. Japan reported that the Shandong carrier and its escorts, including one of China’s excellent Type-055 air defense cruisers, were operating 261 miles south of Miyako-jima island on Monday. As […]
Former President Donald Trump returned Monday night to X, the platform that has provided us with the philosophical contributions future generations will remember as “Trumpisms,” including my personal favorite, “I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.” Such nuggets of genius seem out of place, given Trump’s modern preference for ALL CAPS on […]
Even if the political branches of the federal government are dysfunctional or counterproductive on most big, public issues, Congress actually is making bipartisan progress on a surprising array of less-prominent subjects. Where the media spotlight is low enough, the incentives for partisan grandstanding are lessened. With less partisan grandstanding, members of Congress show that the […]
During the White House press briefing Monday, Washington Post journalist Cleve Wootson Jr. revealed the Left’s real motivation: A seething hatred of the First Amendment to the Constitution. Wootson, who bears as much resemblance to a real journalist as I do the king of England, implored the White House to censor what he called “misinformation” regarding Monday night’s online […]
The New York Times does not do puff pieces on Republicans unless they have a specific ulterior motive. And in the case of this weekend’s New York Times profile of Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), that ulterior motive is clear: completely change the accurate perception of Vice President Kamala Harris as an open borders ideologue into […]
California Democrats are continuing to resist the rollback of pro-criminal “reforms,” showing just how difficult it is to root out the racialized rot in the criminal justice system once it gets a foothold. The California legislature has revived a bill that would help lessen sentences for people who have been in jail since 1990 or […]
