It is no accident that the Supreme Court made a rare and possibly unprecedented decision to post Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook online at the same time on Monday. The first decision held that the president has the power to fire agency heads. The second created an exception for the Federal Reserve. Usually, […]
Ford's free Union Station exhibit features 10 historic vehicles from the Ford Heritage Vault, including a Model T and a 1934 pickup on loan from Jay Leno.
President Trump capped off the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding with a late-night speech delayed by inclement weather that blended the championing of American achievements and resilience with deeply partisan rhetoric about the perceived ideological threats facing the country. “Tonight we come together for one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time,”...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s U.K. government is facing a test of its commitment to European security and the United Kingdom’s special relationship with the United States. The test is expensive, coming in at $38 billion. Both the Sun and the Times newspapers reported that Gen. Richard Knighton, the U.K.’s equivalent of the chairman of the […]
California is going broke, the state is losing even more tax revenue, and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) still wants to spend even more taxpayer dollars that the state just does not have. According to KCRA News’s Ashley Zavala, Newsom is proposing increasing California’s budget to $348.9 billion, up from the previous budget of $321 billion. […]
I’ve lived through enough President Donald Trump-related freakouts over the years to have learned an important lesson: It’s usually wise to wait for the facts before rushing out definitive declarations. For example, when an indictment came down against John Bolton — a former Trump official turned Trump critic — accusations of retaliatory government thuggery came […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 12, 1776 Cambridge, Massachusetts Two weeks after the […]
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have long been regarded as strategic partners in the Middle East. As founding and leading members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the two states share deep economic ties, cultural affinities, and overlapping security interests. This coordination has been evident during pivotal regional moments, from the 1973 oil embargo to […]
President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the United States from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This was the right thing to do. While climate change is real and presents challenges, it is milder than the fantastical nightmare scenarios of green activists, which have not come remotely close to being true, whereas […]
Minneapolis Public Schools last week announced they'll allow remote attendance for students at least through mid-February — and teachers unions are pushing for similar...
THE MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING: THAT SETTLES IT. Although the argument goes on, the video of the Minneapolis shooting taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Renee Good effectively answered the question of whether the agent, Jonathan Ross, acted lawfully. The video, and other evidence as well, suggests that he did. “Regardless of whether you […]
