President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he's escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a 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. June 22, 1776 In Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress is […]
There is an annoying kind of dishonesty that passes, in elitist circles, for diplomacy. For at least three decades, European governments practiced it to perfection. They attended summits, issued public statements, committed themselves to targets they never intended to meet, and relied on the assumption that Washington would cover the gap between their stated goals […]
America is racing to lead the world in artificial intelligence, chips, and other key technologies. Winning requires investment, fast growth, and rules that encourage risk-taking. New proposals from the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department move in the opposite direction. They would make it harder, slower, and more expensive to create, build, and grow innovative […]
Vice President JD Vance was the point person in negotiating the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and has since become the face of that agreement. At his press conference on June 18, Vance tried to mask the realities of the U.S.-Iran MOU in ambiguities and contradictions. The vice president repeatedly said all the benefits given to […]
Most Americans associate innovation with new technologies. But modernization is equally important in the industries that move goods, power factories, and connect markets. An economy cannot remain dynamic if its infrastructure is trapped in the past. That reality is at the center of a consequential decision now facing federal regulators: whether to approve the nation’s […]
For years, Washington met Georgia’s democratic decline with familiar language: concern, warnings, diplomatic statements. The result was always the same. Nothing changed. The ruling Georgian Dream party kept consolidating power, independent institutions weakened, and ties with the United States frayed. Now Congress has decided concern is no longer enough. On June 8, the House passed […]
A familiar charge runs through most of the commentary on this conflict in the Middle East: that Israel’s presence in the “West Bank,” settlers and all, is a central obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. Even those who stop short of calling it the only obstacle treat it as one of the larger ones. The […]
I never imagined that I would spend my life speaking out about social media. I am a father. Like most parents, I believe that if something is built for children, it has to meet a basic standard of safety. And I believed that if a company’s decisions cause harm, families have the right to seek […]
The rules of the stock market changed drastically in the last couple of months. Digital currency and stocks are starting to look identical. Shares are moving on to blockchain rails, trading around the clock and across borders instantly. Whoever writes the rules for this new marketplace will shape it for the rest of the world. […]
One may not know this, judging by this weekend’s Juneteenth displays, messages, logos, and celebrations, but over 600,000 white American men died in the Civil War to end the institution of slavery in the United States — an institution that was started in Africa, by African tribal chieftains and African empire kings. Just as heroically, […]
When President Donald Trump brought the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the White House, he put his name on more than a handshake. The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP, is a transit corridor through southern Armenia that will finally link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave and onward to Turkey, connecting […]
Obamacare enrollment will decline this year. A large share of that decline will result from people who never should have been counted as exchange enrollees finally being removed from the rolls. Much of the remainder will come from people who decide the coverage is not worth even the small share of the premium they must […]
The term “October Surprise” originated against the backdrop of President Jimmy Carter’s 1980 reelection campaign. The Iranian hostage crisis overshadowed the last year of Carter’s presidency. William Casey, Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager, coined the term to describe the possibility that a last-minute hostage release might give his campaign a shot of adrenaline to enable him […]
