Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (R) on Friday thanked President Trump for meeting with her and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) about wildfire recovery efforts, but noted that other states are "in line" requesting assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Barger told CNN's Elex Michaelson that she spoke with lawmakers on...
The Trump administration on Friday told several scientists on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) board that they were terminated from their roles, The Washington Post reported. The White House Presidential Personnel Office's message to members of the National Science Board thanked them for their service, according to screenshots shared with the outlet. "On behalf of...
President Trump said his administration received a new proposal from Iran after he canceled a U.S. delegation’s trip to Islamabad for a second round of peace deal talks. “They gave us a paper that should have been better. And interestingly, immediately, when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was...
President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner after a sudden disturbance sent attendees ducking for cover as Secret Service intervened. The cause of the incident remains unclear.
“What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” That was the mordant comment of Lord Melbourne, Queen Victoria’s first prime minister, on the failure of a liberal reform to achieve the results promised with great assurance by the articulate liberal eminences […]
Highlighting the growing strain caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries, Russia has increased fuel imports from Belarus. At the same time, the Kremlin is reducing both fuel exports and import duties to stabilize domestic supply. These developments follow repeated Ukrainian drone and other sabotage strikes against Russian energy refineries, storage depots, and extraction […]
A few years ago, I walked into the Church of Santa Maria del Carmelo in Traspontina, between the Tiber River and the Vatican, and witnessed something pretty rare: a baptism. Rome has a below-average birth rate for Italy, which has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, itself in the midst of a baby […]
“All news media run by the [Chinese Communist] Party must work to speak for the Party’s will and its propositions, and protect the Party’s authority and unity.“ — General-Secretary Xi Jinping of the Chinese Communist Party addressing journalists in February 2016. Blatantly undermining the First Amendment, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is breaking his oath of […]
It’s no secret that Democrats have gone to great lengths to enable illegal immigration. They have authorized legislation to pay for hotel rooms, approved funding for prepaid debit cards, and allocated billions of dollars to help illegal immigrants get to the U.S. border. But Tuesday’s decision by California Democrats might be the most absurd yet: […]
Arguments just began for the 2025 U.S. Supreme Court term, and there is a case that conservatives should be tracking because it could bring the first Supreme Court rebuke of the Left’s ongoing campaign of woke lawfare. Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish is a case that arises from a Louisiana parish’s effort to impose massive liability on […]
The honorable work conservative voice and free speech advocate Charlie Kirk cultivated throughout his adult life should not perish in history. Instead, it should be remembered for generations. Federal lawmakers are doing precisely that. Congress has ensured that today, October 15 — what would have been his 32nd birthday — Kirk’s pivotal impact on a polarized […]
Perhaps surprisingly, Spain‘s economy is outperforming most other economies of the European Union. This year, GDP growth in Spain is projected to be around 2.6%, after last year’s growth rate of 3.5%. The investment bank Goldman Sachs says the Spanish economy should continue to outperform the other countries of Europe in 2026 and 2027. The growth is […]
Most lives have “best years” and “worst years,” and even relatively easy-to-remember “best days and worst days.” These are private events, days known only to the individuals and their closest family members and friends, and include weddings, births, graduations and other such milestones. The occasions for widespread public joy are few and far between. The greatest such […]
Conservatives have long argued that the primary driver of higher education inflation is federal subsidies, most prominently subsidized federal loans. Now that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is taking effect, this hypothesis is being proved as schools lower net tuition costs to meet the new law’s subsidy limits. Unlike many other goods […]
