You’ve got to hand it to them: A one-day work week is certainly an innovation. Especially for elected officials earning a quarter of a million dollars per year.
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican's health.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he won’t return to the Capitol for votes “quite yet” as lawmakers prepare to return from recess. “As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet....
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his solution to Gotham’s housing crisis, invoking the free-market housing renaissance in Austin, Texas. Weeks later, his Rent Guidelines Board installed historic price controls. The Rent Guidelines Board, six of whose nine members were appointed by Mamdani, voted 7-1 Thursday to pause rent increases for up to two years. […]
Statewide ballot propositions are still the best check against the excesses of California Democrats. While Democrats are prepared to drive the state into further ruin with a “billionaire” tax, several other ballot propositions could help voters save the state from further decay. The “one-time” billionaire tax/retroactive wealth confiscation won’t face voters until November, but it […]
Simply put, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship ban was both legally and historically wrong, as well as a misguided interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Since Trump’s inauguration, he has issued a slew of executive orders but none more controversial than banning the birthright citizenship of illegal immigrants. In […]
President Vladimir Putin has signaled Russia’s disinterest in new peace negotiations with Ukraine. Instead, he is recharacterizing his war on Ukraine as an imperial restoration project. While he has always viewed Ukraine as a Russian limb, Putin’s rhetoric reflects his need to consolidate Russians amid a failing war effort. Putin’s latest comments came in an […]
As our republic marks its semiquincentennial, 2 in 5 people doubt it will endure as a single nation for another quarter millennium. The real threat is internal: can shared civic purpose, restraint on faction, and strategic clarity be recovered before the trajectory hardens? Recent polls also show that two-thirds of Democrats view socialism more favorably […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which arrives groggy after a day in the sun and a night staying up too late watching World Cup soccer. So just what is the Great American State Fair like? Well, in some ways, it is a perfect encapsulation of the nation in 2026: a raw display of […]
DOUGLAS HEIGHTS, Pa. — We planned the perfect neighborhood block party to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, complete with flags, food, and clear skies. Then, the sky opened up. But instead of running inside to our screens, Douglas Heights stayed out — and the kids turned a flooded street into something magical. What happened in our […]
The old adage is true: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Businesses, the military, families — none can survive on good intentions alone. Families cannot budget with good intentions. Schools, charities, public agencies, and civic organizations should not be exempt from the same standard. Yet across public life, we too often measure […]
