President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little...
Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a briefing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on Tuesday morning. President Trump on Monday gave conflicting messages on the progress of Operation Epic Fury, calling it a "short excursion" yet threatening more "fury" to achieve the operation's goals, as the economic ramifications of the...
From Jeffrey Epstein to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and beyond, Republicans are reckoning with classic questions: Should powerful figures accused of sexual misconduct be immediately exposed, or should they be given the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise? Call it a part two to the “Me Too” movement from nearly a decade ago, which saw sweeping structural and cultural...
Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom formally recognized a Palestinian state. Their collective action both rewarded Hamas terrorism — notably, Hamas still holds its Jewish hostages — and shredded the basis of previously negotiated agreements that tied recognition to Palestinian acceptance of Israel and foreswearing of terrorism. Frankly, Israel would now be legally within its […]
The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is one of those rare events that make a society pause to wonder if it has crossed a terrible threshold. The killing seemed a cardinal moment of horror that makes you remember where you were when you heard the news. On the fatal day, Sept. 10, people found […]
Daniel Darling has written a wise and important book. In Defense of Christian Patriotism argues that Christianity has been a profound influence on the United States and that it is OK for Christians to feel patriotic. To do so is not worshipping a false god or calling for that liberal boogeyman, Christian nationalism. Darling, a pastor and the […]
On Monday, President Donald Trump spoke at a press conference about how his administration will address rising rates of autism in children. Trump’s team, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator […]
The day before Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill to help left-wing activists identify and harass law enforcement officers, a former leader of the California Federation of Teachers shot up a Sacramento ABC station where Democrats had protested over the suspension of the washed-up late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel. Instead of locking up this domestic […]
IN HARRIS BOOK, WHY THE PETTY SLURS AND SLIGHTS? There’s no law that says a politician has to write a book after a big election. Kamala Harris, the former vice president, was not required to write a book about her losing the 2024 presidential campaign. But she wrote one anyway, and now a lot of people, […]
Sixty-four years after President John F. Kennedy called young Americans to public service, his grandson, internet loon Jack Schlossberg, may run for Congress in...
Americans are rightly suspicious of big-government jargon terms like "food insecurity" instead of "hunger" — spurring President Trump to make big policy changes.