President Trump headlined the second and final night of the Republican's midterm convention, but Vice President J.D. Vance debuted as the party's political future. Mr. Vance, 42, delivered the penultimate speech at a convention dedicated to getting Republicans elected in the 2026 midterms.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday pushed back against Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan, who suggested that Mr. Vance's grandfather was a racist who would not have approved of Usha Vance because she is of Indian descent.
Vice President J.D. Vance's speech Thursday night at the Republican midterm convention was interrupted by chants of "48!" from the enthusiastic crowd, which made it clear that he was their choice to succeed President Trump.
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Last Friday, Teamsters in practice picket lines in major cities across the country, including this one, sent a message to the United Parcel Service that they will strike if their demands are not met.
Last Monday, Russia exited a deal that allowed Ukraine to export its grain products through the Black Sea to the global market. Russia is now targeting Ukrainian grain storage facilities with heavy air and drone strikes.
Enforcing the law regarding smaller crimes is not just a quality-of-life issue. Often, it helps apprehend dangerous or violent criminals who have a similar disregard for minor legal infractions as they do major crimes.
A perturbed employee is tired of being instructed to use his or her social media account to broadcast what the company wants to broadcast. The employee wrote into the New York Times workplace-advice column to ask: “Can the employer require employees to share on their personal social channels a post about a new person being hired to lead the organization, or about open jobs for which the organization is recruiting?”
Ukrainian drones struck buildings in Moscow on Monday. The buildings targeted apparently included one just across the street from a Russian GRU intelligence service facility. Alongside last week's Ukrainian strike on the Crimean Bridge, these strikes paint a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin's vulnerability.
Naval and air forces from China's People's Liberation Army and Russia's Pacific Fleet have just completed four days of exercises in the Sea of Japan. New exercises will now occur out in the Pacific Ocean.
Anti-school choice activists are on the defensive. How do I know? Aside from the many, many polls indicating it, they have also resorted to using the rhetoric of those who are in favor of school choice as a way of distracting the public from their actual positions.
It has long been clear that some of the biggest teachers unions in the country care far more about liberal politics than education or representing teachers.
The Knesset parliament of Israel enacted a controversial judicial reform law with a 64-0 vote on Monday. The opposition left the chamber in protest, allowing members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to provide unitary assent. The law means that Israel's Supreme Court will no longer be able to rule against parliamentary or executive action on the basis of that action being "unreasonable."
The Democratic Party’s radical abortion stance requires its politicians to ignore the scientific reality of human life or proudly broadcast their scientific illiteracy to all. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) has chosen the latter option.
Hollywood has ground to a halt amid a united front between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Writers Guild of America, striking together now for a combined three months. Scripted productions are frozen, red carpet premiers are without stars, and there is no real timeline for when struck studios might be able to return to business as usual.
There is a big, ugly fight playing out behind the scenes between Democratic Party leaders and No Labels, a centrist group that proclaims itself to be “an organization of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to bring American leaders together to solve problems.” While No Labels is not a political party, it was founded to counter the influence of “extremes on both sides.”
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — “Why do U.S. officials plot how to climb through a window when the door is opened to them?” a Congolese politician asked me over dinner in Congo’s chaotic capital, Africa’s third largest city. During my week’s visit, talking to a cross-section of political leaders, civil society leaders, and businessmen, his was a common sentiment.
