PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II was standing on the pitch of the brand new U.S. Steel Community football field, located on the sprawling 178 acres where the men and women who lived in the slopes overlooking Hazelwood Works labored in the mill. It doesn’t seem that long ago when those massive steel structures were churning […]
Can a ballot referendum implicitly tell you the “correct” way to vote? That’s precisely what happened this week when Virginians voted to strip congressional representation from nearly half the state in the name of “restoring fairness.” President Donald Trump reacted to the April 21 Virginia redistricting referendum on Wednesday, calling it “rigged.” He claimed there […]
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and reverse an estimated $187 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two vulnerable Republican senators — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine)...
President Donald Trump took office pledging to tame inflation and ease the burden on American families. What a difference a year makes — “We’re bringing those prices down rapidly,” he said. And indeed, under his leadership, inflation has fallen sharply. One of the key reasons is wireless. America’s innovative wireless providers aren’t just stabilizing prices; […]
One of the first things they tell aides when they get to Capitol Hill is that when they’re invited to a function, it’s not actually them that’s being invited — it’s the person in their position. The organizers or those offering gifts are not suddenly in thrall with the person — they’re courting favor with […]
Last week, the top Republican leaders on Capitol Hill released a joint statement — quite possibly having been told in no uncertain terms by the White House that the internecine fighting and finger-pointing over an unresolved Department of Homeland Security funding fight needed to cease immediately. The new agreement was greeted with consternation among many […]
One hundred legal scholars signed a letter arguing that President Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to war crimes if carried out. Calling “The attack was a clear violation of the United Nations Charter,” the scholars declared. “The conduct of the war, and statements of U.S. officials, also raise serious concerns […]
A March profile in the Wall Street Journal spotlighted Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson as earning the respect of President Donald Trump for aggressively reshaping the agency. Ferguson served as a commissioner on the FTC since 2023, often clashing with Biden-era FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who, as a law professor, rose to fame as […]
Major banks across Russia on Friday reported major service breakdowns. Their apps crashed, ATMs stopped working, and other capabilities collapsed. The outages caused major complications in everyday life and the economy: Public transport had to stop collecting fares, while some businesses switched to cash-only operations. The culprit? Not Ukrainian drones or a major cyberattack — […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) have announced a “two-track” plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of President Donald Trump’s term. First, House Republicans will pass the bipartisan Senate bill that will fund all of DHS, but Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, […]
Known to many Americans as a popular spring break destination, Costa Rica is home to over 5 million people and serves as a key U.S. trading partner in Latin America. A stable democratic republic, Costa Rica has long been one of the most economically open nations in the region, trading billions of dollars with the […]
While much of the Western media is busy handwringing over whether President Donald J. Trump’s strikes on Iranian infrastructure could constitute a war crime,...
Photographs showing shattered aircraft debris in the Iranian desert after last week’s stunning rescue of two American airmen reminded me of similar photos from...
