Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...
The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...
Zohran Mamdani’s “city-run groceries” gambit was always mostly symbolic — even he doesn’t pretend one-store-per-borough will be more than proof of concept — but...
Wednesday saw the comeuppance of obsessive anti-Trump Judge James Boasberg, the DC Circuit Court judge who’d repeatedly arrogated to himself the authority to overrule...
Washington has been here before and it rarely ends well. Every few years, the same idea comes back around: ease the pressure on Iran, offer economic relief, and hope that this time the regime will choose stability over confrontation. Now it’s being framed again as a $20 billion incentive. But we don’t have to guess […]
For years, Americans have struggled with high health insurance premiums, high prescription drug prices, and a lack of competition in the healthcare market. To solve these longstanding problems and bring relief to consumers, the Trump administration has focused on promoting price transparency, stopping fraud, negotiating lower drug prices, and ending Obamacare subsidies. One of the […]
After decades of Congress delegating its responsibility to pass laws to unelected bureaucrats, legislators in the current session are flexing their oversight powers. To date, 22 rules coming from the executive branch have been directly struck down by the legislative branch. An impressive number, to be sure, but that should just be the opening salvo […]
In Iran, President Donald Trump must not forget that the U.S. Navy was created with one thing in mind: securing the freedom of navigation for Americans. And that is exactly what it needs to do in the Strait of Hormuz to once again carry out its historic mission. Free navigation is in our blood. In […]
While headlines scream about U.S. diplomatic collapse, the Pentagon regularly sponsors multinational military exercises across the globe in which collectively dozens of countries participate. Jordan, for example, hosts the annual Eager Lion exercises. After the 1978 Camp David Accords, the United States and Egypt began annual Bright Star exercises in Egypt. Morocco will soon begin […]
They’re at it again. It’s like clockwork, with the big schooling loyalists. Any time there is movement for education freedom and school choice, they spring into action. We’ve seen this play out in state legislatures and through lawfare, and now, it’s happening on the national stage. Recently, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and 31 other Senate […]
President Donald Trump has warned China not to supply Iran with new air defense systems. His admonition is recognition of the undeniable fact that an Axis of Autocracies seeks to overthrow the U.S.-led world order. China planned to supply air defense systems to Iran during the recent two-week ceasefire, according to U.S. intelligence reports. On […]
Noted forensic psychologist Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book, His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage and Life in America, is a provocative look at the male experience. Smith uses interviews to examine how straight men are forced to navigate shattered norms in a turbulent society. Smith, who has long studied the human experience, takes […]
