The Democratic Party may be planning to campaign against President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act “from now until November 2026,” but new polling shows it will need more than anti-Trump rhetoric to break up Republican control of the House and Senate next year. Trump’s polling numbers may be underwater right now — the […]
In the immediate hours after at least four people were fatally shot, including an off-duty police officer, after a man carrying a long gun opened fire in Manhattan, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle began taking familiar sides in the gun control debate. On Fox News, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) suggested that gun control laws...
The Trump administration earlier this month finalized a rule that aims to stop waste, fraud, and abuse in the federally subsidized Obamacare exchanges. It’s about time. Millions of people who don’t qualify for free health coverage are receiving it on the public’s dime. The new rule will restore some measure of integrity to the exchanges […]
Seven months ago, President Donald Trump’s resounding victory sent a clear message: America’s best days are ahead. Now, 150 days into his second term, the nation is on a strong path forward. He’s secured our borders, negotiated smarter trade deals, lowered living costs, eased tensions abroad, and restored respect for law and order. From soldiers […]
“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.” So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 […]
On May 28, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the State Department would begin restricting visas for those who abuse the law to censor Americans for their online speech. He lamented that “foreign officials have taken flagrant censorship actions against U.S. tech companies and U.S. citizens and residents.” I have felt this tangentially. […]
Artificial intelligence’s industrial revolution has the potential to transform society in remarkable ways. For example, we mere mortals can now absorb a comprehensive understanding of any subject within a split second of typing a question on a screen. The rate at which AI is progressing is impressively fast. Any hiccups today will be but a […]
Chris Coghlan is a Catholic and liberal member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He recently voted in favor of state-approved and -administered euthanasia, which is when doctors kill their sick patients for any variety of reasons. Now his parish priest, after plenty of private and public warnings, has informed Coghlan that he is out […]
Why did Maryland’s Montgomery County insist on pushing its sexual morality on all students, including Muslims and Coptic Christians? Some liberals lamenting Montgomery County’s Supreme Court loss in Mahmoud v. Taylor expressed befuddlement: Why did the county deny parents the right to opt out of its pro-gay, pro-transgender sex ed stories? Why did the county […]
The Supreme Court rolled back the power of federal judges again this week. This time, the court held that, contrary to a lower court ruling, people do not have a federal right to taxpayer-funded services from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The decision, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, is a win for federalism […]
Former First Lady Jill Biden’s factotum Anthony Bernal refused to testify before Congress last week for a scheduled interview about the Joe Biden autopen...
“Today’s Democratic activists must keep extremist, unpopular positions out of our party’s platform and serious conversations,” warns William M. Daley at The Wall Street Journal.