Forget about a six-year timetable to reform and save Social Security before its 2032 insolvency. The clock to direct the reform is closer to one year for Republicans or three years for Democrats. Sustainable reform is of greatest consequence for both the program and America’s future prosperity. Politics makes the timetable real: True reform is […]
The United States is waging a successful high-tech war against Iran. But at home, there are worrying signs that the nation is ill-prepared for wars of the future. The American homeland is unprecedentedly vulnerable to threats of sabotage, and aerial and biological warfare. To deter and combat these growing dangers, the U.S. must first recognize […]
An Uber Eats driver said the 'no tax on tips' deduction gave him a 20% larger refund, as Speaker Mike Johnson spotlighted the tax break ahead of Tax Day.
Rushing to settle the war in Ukraine on Russia’s terms would fatally undermine the incredible progress Trump has made in restoring American deterrence.
Harvard happiness professor Arthur C. Brooks writes about the "ultimate complex experience" — successful romance — in his new book, "The Meaning of Your Life."
WHAT THE CPAC STRAW POLL SAYS. The Conservative Political Action Conference finished up its convention this weekend in Dallas with the traditional straw poll of attendees. Vice President JD Vance emerged as the leading 2028 prospect, with 53% of the vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed second with 35%. No one else had above 2%. […]
Agencies cannot be cowed by parent advocates into keeping a disabled child in a home with parents who are completely overwhelmed by the responsibilities...
Today’s Democrats hate President Donald Trump so much that they’re willing to abandon long-held positions and twist themselves into pretzels in their determination to defeat him. Take, for example, the case of Virginia’s current redistricting referendum. Democrats in the Old Dominion, empowered by their victories in last fall’s off-year election, are raising and spending tens […]
Congressional budget reconciliation proved an effective vehicle to achieve a first-of-its-kind victory for taxpayers in restricting the eligibility of large abortion providers to receive Medicaid reimbursements. Even so, these defunding provisions are set to expire July 4 if House Republicans do not commit to a second reconciliation. Leadership on Capitol Hill is limited to reconciliation as the sole path to further defunding, at least […]
If President Donald Trump backs down at this point in the war, it will leave the Gulf States to face a more radicalized and dangerous Iran seeking to impose its will on the Muslim world. After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Osama bin Laden offered to defend Saudi Arabia using his network of jihadist […]
Medicare and Medicaid will devour more than a third of federal government spending within a decade. Republicans take a beating every time they try to slow that growth, with Democrats remaining eager to paint the GOP as the party of throwing granny off a cliff. But there is a way out of this broken cycle. […]
