Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he believed lawmakers would continue debating the SAVE America Act until it "damn well passes," despite heavy Democratic opposition.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made several fantastical claims — one could use the word “dishonest” — during the latest stop on his book-tour-cum-exploratory presidential campaign. But none of the outlandish claims he made in Austin this weekend is more false than his claim that Texas is a “higher-tax state” than California. “We have the most […]
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus. The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables....
TikTok has seen a sharp uptick in users removing the app since the company revealed plans to place its U.S. operations under a new joint venture structure. The average number of daily deletions by American users jumped nearly 150% following the announcement, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, signaling a notable shift […]
The Trump administration this week is rolling out “Trump Accounts,” promising $1,000 in taxpayer money for every child born between 2025 and 2028. What looks like a gift for families is really another expensive government handout that adds billions of dollars to the national debt while pretending to teach financial responsibility. Among the sweeping provisions […]
I never imagined I would be a plaintiff in the landmark social-media-addiction trials that started last week in Los Angeles. But when your daughter is taken...
President Donald Trump is threatening to save the United Nations with an infusion of billions of American taxpayer dollars. The true “America First” solution would be to let the institution die. The U.N. is facing “imminent financial collapse,” according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterrez, over unpaid “mandatory” dues from member countries. The United States is one of the […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who won an early 2021 runoff election after President Donald Trump lost his state in the previous November’s election, is up for reelection this year. He’s considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up in the 2026 election cycle, though he’s likely feeling fortunate that popular Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) […]
The United States is assembling a “massive armada” near the Islamic Republic of Iran. Negotiations between the two countries are stalemated, and President Donald Trump has warned that “time is running out” for a deal to be reached over Tehran’s nuclear program. But Iran has long been unwilling to negotiate in good faith. And there’s […]
Hollywood convened on Sunday night for its latest gathering of decadence and self-indulgence at the 68th annual Grammy Awards. Recognized throughout the entertainment industry as music’s biggest night, the annual awards show honors the music industry’s top performers over the last year. It’s tradition for those in the industry to get together and tell one […]
Feb. 2, 1776 Two days after receiving a letter from Gen. George Washington, British Gen. William Howe writes back, refusing Washington’s request for the release of James Lovell. Lovell was a teacher at the Boston Latin School, where his father had been headmaster for nearly 40 years. Lovell parted ways with his father, a loyalist, when […]
You have to give it to Wall Street: It really knows how to work the media. Just look at the response to President Donald Trump’s proposal this month to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. He called for this reform on Jan. 8, followed by an executive order on Jan. 20. From the start, there has […]
They were lies. Not honest errors in the fog of war. Not spin. Lies. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lied when she said of the Alex Pretti incident, “This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” Noem also lied by […]
It’s Groundhog Day, and just like in the eponymous 1993 movie, presidents are singing the same tune on trade, over and over. “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” President Donald Trump said last year. Before Trump, President Joe Biden said, “Companies took their jobs […]
The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is...
The United States and its allies prevailed in World War II in large measure because of the strength of American industry and manufacturing. The nation’s economic power, which includes its capacity to innovate, was also indispensable in winning the Cold War. Today, as U.S. competition with China enters a more dangerous phase, American businesses are […]
