Opinion

Maybe you keep a checkbook or update a spreadsheet to track your spending — well, so does the government. From agency spending to grants, this is laid out on a website called USAspending.gov. This September marks the 20-year anniversary of the bipartisan legislation, spearheaded by the late Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and then-Sen. Barack Obama […]

“People of the same trade seldom meet together,” warned Adam Smith 250 years ago, “even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” Today, the masters of the AI universe have combined forces, and the leaders of the Democratic Party have joined […]

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood at City Hall on Monday and announced that his city is suing the federal government to preserve immigrants’ access to Medicaid and food stamps. New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a companion suit the same afternoon, joined by 21 other states and the District of Columbia. Both cases […]

President Donald Trump has declared war on the International Criminal Court. On Aug. 18, the United States imposed sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye for attempting to prosecute government officials outside the court’s jurisdiction. Building on his vow last month to dismantle the ICC “brick-by-brick,” Secretary of State Marco […]

The Trump administration is attempting to reconcile two irreconcilable forces: a dynamic private market and an aggressive, interventionist state. The Trump administration has had no qualms about creating a “venture capitalist state,” taking ownership stakes in over 30 companies during President Donald Trump’s second term. Over time, this creeping state capitalism will produce the exact […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before, but the woke feminists are mad at Sydney Sweeney again. To borrow their own vernacular, they are body-shaming the statuesque actress over her latest ad campaign. “I can’t describe how infuriated I feel when I watch this,” said Australian Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus of the scantily-clad Sweeney. […]

Americans disagree about almost everything. We argue about very little. The distinction matters. Disagreement is easy. I state my position. You state yours. We discover that they are incompatible. If we are sufficiently invested in the dispute, we repeat ourselves, usually with greater confidence. Eventually, we may stop talking about the issue and start talking […]

The United Kingdom this week announced a sweeping set of boycott measures and sanctions aimed at Israel, the most aggressive measures ever taken by any non-Muslim country. Canada, France, and several other countries also vaguely pledged to pursue similar policies. This targeting comes after these countries’ attempt to “save” the “two-state solution” — the recognition […]

The United Nations General Assembly is back in session, and presidents, prime ministers, and their security details are on their way to Manhattan. Among them, due at the U.N. podium on Sept. 24, is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called a war criminal and once vowed to have […]

Asked about the U.S. relationship with Israel during the All-In Podcast Summit, Vice President JD Vance made some remarks that are raising eyebrows. He said, “I think that, more than frankly any president in the last 40 years, [Trump] has shown a willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu when he feels like the […]

Europe has developed an expensive habit of financing both sides of Russia’s war. It supplies Ukraine with the means to resist invasion while buying gas from the country doing the invading. In the Arctic, this contradiction has acquired an almost admirable efficiency: European customers buy the gas, international shipping companies carry it, and European infrastructure […]