President Trump announced the addition of over 160 discounted prescription drugs to the federal government-run healthcare platform, bringing the total to over 800.
The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Ivan Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed, is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and the rights of Indigenous communities.
Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Elysee Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac - weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humor while building her own political power base in rural France - has died. She was 93.
Americans increasingly vote like hostages negotiating with fate. Every election is sold as the most important of our lifetime. Every cycle becomes a final battle for the soul of the country. Then Tuesday becomes Wednesday, the sun rises, and people are left wondering why so little actually feels fixed. Look at the country right now, […]
A new wave of celebrities are appearing on ballots across the country, showing just how far a famous face can carry a candidate to office with no political experience. Spencer Pratt, a reality television personality, is in second place in the Los Angeles mayor's race. Another reality television star, Luke Gulbranson, has announced his run...
The Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling this week in Chiles v. Salazar is about more than one Christian counselor in Colorado and the state’s ham-fisted attempt to silence her. It is a window into one of the defining tensions of our political moment: the collision between the intolerance of modern progressivism and the enduring discipline of […]
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. President Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of the war with […]
The rapidly escalating conflict in Iran is already sending shockwaves through commodities markets, including aluminum — a strategic industrial material essential to civilian and military uses that the U.S. still largely sources from abroad. It’s a stark reminder of how quickly geopolitical instability can expose strategic vulnerabilities at home. Against that backdrop, January’s announcement of […]
Every day brings fresh proof that the Biden Justice Department’s “Arctic Frost” operation was one of the most brazen surveillance operations carried out on political opponents in modern American history. And what’s most alarming is the secret method that allowed phone records to be seized without anyone even knowing. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently released […]
“Reclaiming Affordability” is an op-ed series in partnership between the Independent Women and the Washington Examiner. Each day this week, a policy expert at Independent Women will tackle the top concern on the minds of voters this election cycle from a different angle, putting forth realistic solutions to the affordability crisis. This past year, a […]
It’s tempting to try to forget the COVID-19 pandemic. Nobody likes to dwell on bad memories. But we do ourselves no favors if we forget how the federal, state, and local governments responded to the crisis — especially the public health bureaucracies. From the possible source of the virus in China to the effectiveness of […]
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are rightly focused on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in taxpayer-funded programs. But in their search for bad actors who are bilking the public for billions of dollars, the White House and Congress shouldn’t only focus on famously porous welfare programs such as Medicaid and food stamps. They […]
A new YouGov poll contains an interesting discovery, which made sense but was, at the same time, infuriating. The two ends of the political spectrum respond in opposite ways when asked whether allies should support the United States. Conservatives say yes. Liberals? Not so much. That is a no-brainer. The answer should be an unequivocal […]
When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forbade U.S. forces from using Spanish bases to support the war in Iran and then banned U.S. military overflights, President Donald Trump was furious, but Sanchez stood firm. “We are not going to be complicit in something that is bad for the world,” Sánchez declared in a Mar. 4 […]
A year ago today, President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs, taxes on Americans that constantly changed, seemingly at the presidential whim. Since then, they have raised prices for everyone, increased costs for domestic manufacturers, and unleashed a wave of uncertainty across an economy that had been recovering from the Biden years. During the first few […]
