Opinion

Florida will hold a pair of special elections on April 1 to replace the vacancies left by former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz. Both elections are in traditionally Republican districts, as Waltz won his seat by 33 points and Gaetz won his by 32 points. In spite of Gaetz’s large margin of victory, he […]

In the aftermath of the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, the city is requesting more money from the state and promising to punish residents for not cleaning up fast enough. Los Angeles had already been wrestling with budget problems before the fires, though Democratic Mayor Karen Bass found enough money to throw $316 million toward […]

Four days. That’s how long it took Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to exit a group chat on Signal, an encrypted messaging service, with Trump administration officials, which he was inexplicably invited to join. During the four days, Goldberg was privy to highly classified discussions and information, which included plans for military airstrikes against the Yemen-based […]

The Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency reformers have exposed many spectacular cases of excess and abuse in the federal bureaucracies. Most are vestiges of the Biden administration’s DEI, green energy, and sex-and-gender enthusiasms, but jaded Washington insiders such as ourselves see them as the latest installment of a long-running series with a […]

HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — On Saturday at 7 a.m., Shawn Steffee stood on a hill overlooking the Homer City Generation Power Plant with his family and the community he grew up with. They were all looking at Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant for the last time — the plant he and his father, uncles, brother, […]

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, or the day that supposedly marks when women have earned enough to make up for the last year’s wage gap. According to the American Association of University Women, “This symbolic day is used to raise awareness around and combat the impact of pay inequities.” It is important to address the data […]

Few people appreciate President Donald Trump’s effort to reform the federal government like I do. As director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I witnessed firsthand the perils of untamed bureaucracy. Launched in 1946 to combat malaria, the CDC has experienced severe mission creep over the past several decades. Almost contrary to its […]

Too many students graduate college without understanding the fundamental ideas that shape our republic: liberty, justice, and self-governance. Utah is boldly leading the charge in restoring a meaningful civic education that equips students with the knowledge and ideas that have made America a beacon of freedom. With strong bipartisan support, the Utah legislature passed Senate Bill 334 to […]

The Trump administration is taking significant steps to streamline government operations and eliminate waste. It recently bolstered these efforts in an executive order aimed at rescinding regulations that aren’t explicitly authorized, seeking to stop regulatory overreach. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin quickly followed suit, announcing 31 deregulatory actions aimed at driving down consumer costs, […]

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is right in saying there is a family crisis in America, but the legislation she proposed is the wrong one to fix it. The United States has record-low and falling birth rates because young adults are getting married later and less. This deserves attention from Congress, but the wrong solution could […]