A controversial Republican president imposes stiff tariffs on America's trading partners, seeks to expand America's footprint abroad, keeps out immigrants he's deemed "criminals" and makes it easier to fire government employees.
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Jacob Savage’s recent essay in Compact about the “lost generation” […]
News Items is a daily newsletter founded by longtime newsman John Ellis years ago. It is the “first read” for many because its 15-20 items cover the news waterfront and include links to the stories from dozens of news platforms as well as specialized journals. It’s a bracing bucket of cold water most mornings. Including […]
Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi cautioned against drawing premature conclusions about the strength of the economy, warning the recently announced 4.3 percent GDP growth is “fragile” because of a lack of job growth. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Zandi celebrated last week’s lower-than-expected jobless claims numbers, which were released Wednesday,...
The Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland coerced 11 & and 12-year-olds to acknowledge and differentiate between their “gender identity” and “sex assigned at birth” last week. As shown in images Defending Education shared with the Washington Examiner, the school district provided students with a worksheet that asked them to match vocabulary words such as […]
“Millions of people are going to starve to death!” That’s how one Democratic TikTok star, Chris Mowrey, described the disruptions to the food stamps program due to the federal government shutdown that his party caused. In reality, while there is no denying the severity of the situation and the fact that millions of people do […]
Politicians tend to be somewhat triumphalist in moments of triumph. So Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani could have been forgiven for a little exaltation as he spoke to his electrified supporters after winning the New York City mayoral election. But his oration was more than that. He was downright sinister, glorying not just in his achievement but in having laid low his vanquished enemies and […]
With the election of Jay Jones as Virginia‘s next attorney general, the Democratic Party has proven that it is the unquestioned party of political violence. Jones will immediately become one of the worst elected officials in the country upon taking office in January. In text messages, Jones said he would rather shoot former GOP Virginia House […]
Not only is Jay “two bullets” Jones unfit for office, but he’s probably an unstable neighbor, the type parents don’t want around their children. His victory against Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares casts a foreboding shadow over the future of politics, where partisan tribalism has overtaken rationality. It’s truly a sad day when assassination culture […]
Virginia and New Jersey, the two states that voted for governor, both voted for Vice President Kamala Harris over President Donald Trump by 52 to 46 percent margins. Democrats ran significantly better in both states Tuesday. One reason is that Trump Republicans, as an increasingly downscale party, see its turnout sag in off-years than when […]
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania — Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), who is up for reelection next fall, celebrated the sweeping victories for Pennsylvania Democratic candidates after voters approved to retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s highest court. “Tonight, folks across our Commonwealth sent a resounding message by voting to retain all […]
Last weekend, Sen. Carlo Calenda of the Italian Republic cut off American academic Jeffrey Sachs mid-sentence. “You’re lying,” Calenda said flatly. Sachs looked extremely offended. The clip went viral because Calenda refused to treat Sachs’s sophisticated falsehoods as credible arguments. Sachs is a professor at Columbia University. In the early 1990s, he advised Russia during its transition […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to classify a compound known as 7-OH, or 7-hydroxymytragynine, as a Schedule I substance, placing it in the same legal category as heroin. This move would criminalize its use and block scientific research. The […]
