A new watchdog report points to a peril Mayor Zohran Mamdani refuses to see: New York City can't actually afford to bleed its golden geese even more just to...
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19...
The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday. The blockade, which was instituted more than two weeks ago, is one of the actions President Trump has used to inflict pressure on Iran...
Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said on Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials asserted the 60-day war powers clock stopped running when the ceasefire took effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to assert the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare...
For Democrats and their legacy media allies, nothing on the planet is more evil than President Donald Trump. Not cancer. Not even climate change. Trump is not only the pinnacle of evil but also the root of all lesser evils, and they’ll oppose him relentlessly over any cause — even peace. Monday’s summit at the […]
Next year marks America’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial. There will be celebrations and a lot of new books to mark the occasion. For those who can’t wait, the late historian David McCullough’s posthumous new volume is a delightful primer. History Matters is a collection of essays that celebrate America, the figures who have inspired McCullough, […]
Hardly anyone is talking about it, but Congress has just passed one of the most consequential education reforms in history. Tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a provision that could transform how families access education, reshape the politics of schooling, and finally give parents the power to direct their children’s learning. The legislation establishes […]
White House talks between President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and major European leaders went well on Monday. The president must now translate positive rhetoric into verifiable progress toward peace in Ukraine. His diplomatic agenda is a noble one. Russian President Vladimir Putin began this war, the bloodiest and biggest in Europe since 1945, […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Washington, D.C., should be welcomed not just as an essential step to fight crime in our nation’s capital, but also as a salvo against the social malaise that afflicts urban America. Many of our cities now face an existential crisis. Declining tax bases, overwhelmed social […]
While driving with his wife, Sara, down Interstate 35 near Osceola, Iowa, on Saturday, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) had just passed a semi pulled over on the shoulder when, seconds later, the explosive crash of metal on metal jolted the Wisconsin congressman’s attention. There, in his review mirror, he saw what no one wants to see happen […]
President Donald Trump declared Monday a success, posting around 6 p.m. that he’d "had a very good meeting with distinguished guests,” then “a further...
Despite Broadway’s aging retreads comes the Nederlander Theatre’s newie “Take a Banana for the Ride.” Co-producer Marc Cornstein took me to see it. Just opened and every seat...
