It was a typical school day in December 1995. I was teaching fifth grade. The topic was the Constitutional Convention. Fifteen minutes into the lesson, it was clear that...
An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
President Trump on Sunday posted a map of New Mexico labeled "New America" following the spread of a since-debunked online hoax claiming he had signed an executive order renaming the state. The map Trump shared on Truth Social showed a large "X" over "Mexico" in the state's name, with the word "America" labeled below it....
At least five people are dead following an Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami-Dade County officials confirmed Sunday afternoon. The airplane overran the airport's runway at around 2 p.m., according to airport officials. The fatal crash initially caused a complete ground stop at MIA, though two of its four runways are...
President Trump on Sunday announced that the White House helipad — which was redone at his request last month — has been completed. Trump posted a photo on Truth Social of former President Eisenhower on the White House lawn before departing in an Air Force H-13J helicopter in July 1957, becoming the first U.S. president...
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spent much of his debate with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defending the Biden administration rather than his own state. Given that each new story out of California highlights just how incompetent Newsom’s leadership has been, it is hard to blame him.
As the United States prepares to bury Henry Kissinger, an outsize figure in 20th century American diplomacy, many parts of the world continue to struggle with his legacy. Kissinger became famous for the breakthrough with communist China and won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam. More people should be aware of his involvement in the 1971 Bangladeshi genocide.
The Kingsbridge D-train underpass in the Bronx is now an open-air drug market so dangerous residents won't walk through it. When are lefty Democrats...
THE ANTI-TRUMP ALARM GOES OFF. Around this time in 2015, some in the political commentary class had a collective realization: Donald Trump could win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. A freakout of sorts ensued, although many remained confident that Hillary Clinton would defeat Trump in the 2016 general election. An even larger freakout occurred on the night of Nov. 8, 2016.
President Joe Biden boldly tried to sell people on his economic plan as the core of his reelection campaign even though people hate the state of the economy under Biden. As you might have expected, that has backfired to the point that Democrats, including Biden, are sprinting away from the term.
Senate Democrats have reportedly ended negotiations with Senate Republicans over border security because the Republicans, according to Democrats, are asking for policies that are too extreme.
Bureaucrats in Washington state are banning gas furnaces in new homes and businesses. They won’t cart off the one you already have, but they are making it illegal to install them in new homes.
We often talk as though the anger and authoritarianism in our politics were intrinsic, part of some global cycle, or perhaps a response to news fragmentation and the attention-deficit-inducing clickbait of social media. But some countries have managed to hold out against the trend, and it is worth looking at why.
