Ten California mayors push back against Gov. Newsom's high-speed rail funding plans, opposing the use of local taxpayer money after 16 years of no track.
Millions of Americans still tune in to local television news for weather alerts, traffic updates, sports, school closings, and community affairs. While the share of the public getting news from local television has declined somewhat, roughly 65% of U.S. adults share this common civic experience. This is why it is concerning that a coalition of […]
Nearly 70% of adults who reach age 65 will need some form of long-term care during their lifetime. Yet most families remain unprepared — financially, emotionally, and logistically — for what that reality can mean. Annual median care costs routinely exceed $60,000 and can quickly climb into six figures. At the same time, many underestimate […]
New AG Pam Bondi will require compliance with the 2023 Supreme Court decision that banned affirmative action in college admissions — which schools have...
Fourteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit this month alleging that President Donald Trump gave Elon Musk unchecked authority without the approval of Congress in hopes of stopping the Department of Government Efficiency. But after seeing the sensible cuts coming from DOGE, people are calling for accountability at the state level, and the pushback from Democrats is […]
The reelection of Donald Trump was, in many ways, a correction. A correction for how the media and government have conducted themselves over the course of the last decades. President Trump understands that mandate and has appointed members of his Cabinet and administration who are agents of change. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Every few years, there’s a clip from the HBO show The Newsroom that goes viral as a supposedly damning indictment of America’s decline on the world stage. “America is not the greatest country in the world anymore,” declares Jeff Daniels’ character, a pompous news anchor who breaks the mold by being ever-so-slightly anti-American. “Canada has […]
When ordinary individuals and families invest their hard-earned money in corporate America, they expect that companies will act to maximize their returns. They might be dismayed to learn that policy, priorities, and governance decisions are often instead steered by proxy advisers — opaque consultants that have no fiduciary responsibility to investors and a long record […]
President Donald Trump promised to lower costs and make it easier for young Americans to start families. However, the in vitro fertilization executive order he signed this week will not accomplish either of those things, and it will also inflame complex ethical matters and divide public opinion. Trump’s order, “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization,” […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan for $500 “inflation rebate” checks is a ridiculous way to spend this year's estimated $3 billion state surplus, exceeded only...
The vice presidency of the United States is often thought to be one of the most thankless jobs in politics. The only real duty for its occupant is to break ties in the United States Senate, which rarely occurs. The first vice president, John Adams, infamously remarked that the vice presidency is “the most insignificant […]
The New York Times is afraid that the 1980s are coming back. In a recent column, “The 1980s are back, and not in a good way,” writer Elizabeth Spires lamented that President Donald Trump has brought back the era of greed, when “being rich and preppy looked cool.” As in the Reagan era, young people are “rejecting […]
