President Donald Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the July Employment Situation report revised May and June payroll estimates down by more than 250,000 jobs total. Trump is a businessman who is used to paying for good data, and so he understandably was flummoxed by the BLS’s consistently overestimating […]
Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the 73,000 job gain figure was rigged against Republicans.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday that Democrats cannot do “anything about” Republican redistricting plans amid tension between the two parties over the plans. “What is your response to Kathy Hochul, who says that ‘We are at war over Texas and the redistricting push that's going on in Texas,’” Fox News’s Sean Hannity asked...
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) was interrupted by boos and chants of "tax the rich" while defending the GOP's “big, beautiful bill” and its impact on Medicaid during his Monday town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska. As Flood discussed the bill's changes to Medicaid — which includes the largest cuts to the program since it began in the 1960s...
When Zohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic mayoral nominee, defends his idea of socialist grocery stores, he says he can pay for them by cutting city subsidies to “corporate grocery stores.” This claim is based on a basic misunderstanding of the city’s current grocery subsidies. The money he plans to use to pay for his […]
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old newcomer, managed in just a few months to run a campaign that toppled much of New York’s Democratic establishment. He captured the support of younger voters and the highly educated, drawing national attention to his bold and unconventional communication strategy. Mamdani’s charisma and remarkable gift for messaging are undeniable — but […]
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.
