President Donald Trump's special envoy to Belarus recently revealed that he helped ingratiate himself with the country's autocratic leader by echoing Alexander Lukashenko's disdain for Europe with vulgar language and by negotiating his way through a boozy lunch during their first meeting.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) is banning his staff from trading on prediction markets, which have recently come under congressional scrutiny. “Effective today, Congressman Moulton is instituting an office-wide policy prohibiting his congressional staff from participating in prediction market platforms, such as Polymarket and Kalshi,” Moulton’s press office said in a post on the social platform...
President Trump said Wednesday at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner that he avoids using the word “war” to describe the conflict in Iran. “I won’t use the word 'war' because they say if you use the word 'war,' that’s maybe not a good thing to do,” Trump told the crowd of...
My own Thanksgiving: I was the guest of Luigi Romaniello, the Waldorf’s managing director, in the hotel’s new Lex Yard restaurant. Just months old, Lex...
In the past, austerity proved good management can revive a failing city. If Mamdani embraces innovation, productivity-enhancing AI will save money and improve quality...
For more than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the public that studies show no link between vaccines and autism. On Nov. 19, it revised its messaging, acknowledging that current evidence does not rule out a possible association. This was not an announcement of a newly discovered risk; it was a […]
Novo Nordisk just announced price cuts for Ozempic and Wegovy, whose list prices as recently as last year were around $1,000 a month. Patients buying directly from the manufacturer will be able to pay as little as $349 for a monthly dose of these medicines. The company has also dropped prices for new direct-pay customers to just $199 for […]
California‘s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office released its fiscal outlook for the 2026-2027 budget cycle, forecasting an $18 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and the legislature’s Democratic super-majority will have to balance by June 15. This is the fourth year in a row California has posted a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, and the LAO predicted […]
“Women with advanced degrees should leave the United States immediately.” That’s how one left-wing TikTok influencer responded to a recent minor change in education policy from the Trump administration in a video that has since received more than 370,000 views. It’s not just her; all across social media, progressive voices with millions of followers are […]
