President Trump rushed to Kansas on Monday in a bid to head off a Democratic Party surge in the Sunflower State, which hasn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 94 years.
IN GOP MIDTERM CALCULATION, AVOIDING THE UNTHINKABLE. Republican politicos, and everyday voters, too, are inundated with predictions of disaster in the upcoming midterm elections. And indeed, the outlook for the party keeping the House is not good. The outlook for holding the Senate is better — iffy but possible. The big factors in determining midterm […]
After falling by 4% in the first full fiscal year of Donald Trump’s second term, the federal budget deficit surged 12% to an eyewatering $1.99 trillion in FY 2026. As Art Laffer, the creator of the eponymous Laffer Curve, insisted, the sweeping tax cuts of 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill did not decrease federal revenue. […]
High diesel gas prices continue to hamper the nation on Thursday despite President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to suspend “diesel fuel tax payment obligations” to help mitigate the expensive current costs for diesel fuel. The national average price for a gallon of diesel has soared in recent months, hurting many truckers, farmers, and other […]
The battle over California’s voter identification proposition promises to be the most competitive race in the state, with Democrats fighting a rare uphill battle in the Golden State. An NBCUniversal Local/Telemundo Station Group poll found that Proposition 39, which would require voter ID for in-person voters and a voter identification number for mail-in ballots, is […]
Tropical Storm Isaias is headed for the northern Gulf Coast, and forecasters expect it to come ashore as a hurricane late this week. Gulf Coast families know the drill. Board the windows. Gas up the truck. Stock the pantry. Then wait to find out how long the power will be out. Sometimes it’s hours. After […]
A constitutional republic is only as stable as the public trust inside its structural guardrails. When that trust erodes, the entire architecture of the nation begins to wobble. Today, we are facing a dangerous moment where substantial majorities across the political spectrum question the basic fairness of our elections and the impartiality of our highest […]
At the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping recently told President Donald Trump that China and America, as “leading nations in artificial intelligence,” have “both the capability and responsibility” to develop it. On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, a bill would impose “an immediate federal moratorium on AI data centers.” Whether AI turns out to be the […]
Last week’s performance at Quantico was quite a show. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood before service members and announced reforms to cut senior bureaucracy, reduce the number of generals and admirals by 20%, and create a new Autonomous Warfare Command to accelerate the military’s use of drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence. For people watching the […]
