For decades, organized labor has been in decline. Despite periodic headlines suggesting a resurgence, unionization in the United States continues to fall. In 2025, just 10% of American workers belonged to a union — down from prior decades and only a marginal uptick from a record low the year before. Strip out the public sector, […]
On April 12, Hungarians will vote in the most important European election of 2026. For the first time since Viktor Orban consolidated power in 2010, the prime minister faces a challenger capable of unseating him. Peter Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who broke with the ruling party in 2024, has built the Tisza Party from […]
Over the weekend, France became the latest member of NATO to snub the United States. Its decision to restrict airspace access for U.S. military overflights transporting supplies to Israel may prove to be the moment President Donald Trump chose to walk away from the trans-Atlantic alliance. Although French President Emmanuel Macron’s office told Reuters the […]
Imagine running a restaurant where you need 51 different menus. Not because your customers want them, but because trial lawyers in each state and Washington, D.C., demand them. That’s what could happen for some businesses if the Supreme Court decides, in an upcoming case, to let states impose laws that cover the same products as […]
These days, unions have more luck organizing press conferences than actual workers. A year ago, the presidents of the AFL-CIO and SEIU — two of the country’s largest labor organizations — announced a joining of forces, with the express purpose of growing their rank-and-file. They put out a press release claiming the partnership would “unleash a new […]
During my first trip to Iran in 1996, I visited Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb, a palatial complex abutting a Behesht-e Zahra Iran-Iraq War cemetery about 14 miles south of Tehran. Like many Shiite shrines, it was airy and beautiful. Khomeini’s sarcophagus lay in the center of the complex behind an elaborate silver gate. Iranian pilgrims would push rial — […]
America’s strike against the Islamic Republic of Iran underscores the enduring reality of U.S. military might. Our nation is still an indispensable force for freedom and good, with unrivaled capabilities. But some governments in Europe seem to have forgotten this. The result of their amnesia is that Operation Epic Fury has exposed important changes in […]
A crowded field of eight California Democrats is splitting the race for governor, as the coalition behind outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom begins to fracture.
