Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had endorsed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary, expressed support for Abdul El-Sayed after the candidate won the contest.
The artificial intelligence arms race is here, and it runs on electricity. If even a fraction of Silicon Valley’s AI hype proves true, America should be moving mountains for the power necessary to fuel that race — especially with China now hot on our heels after DeepSeek’s recent breakthroughs. Unfortunately, too much red tape, uncertainty, and […]
When Iran’s supreme leader speaks, the world expects a predictable mix of praise for his Palestinian allies, blustery predictions of Israel’s demise, and bitter denunciations of the Great Satan (the United States). Any departure from Ali Khamenei’s usual script is worth noting. In his recent Eid al-Fitr prayer sermon, Khamenei added something as surprising as it […]
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the weaponization of the federal government. The move aimed to undo the damage caused by the Biden administration‘s politically driven prosecutions, most notably of Trump. While this is a promising first step, officials must extend their focus beyond former President Joe Biden’s abuse […]
President Donald Trump has announced high tariffs on every country in the world and plenty of not-quite countries. The administration calls these “reciprocal tariffs,” implying that we will tax other countries’ exports to us the same way they tax our exports to them. As Trump said, “Reciprocal: That means they do it to us, and […]
Public battling between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) over proxy voting in Congress has come to an end, but its implications are only beginning to emerge. The question that animates them: What does it mean to “represent” another? For Luna and others, especially bill co-sponsors Reps. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), […]
The entire staff of the Institute for Museum and Library Services was recently put on administrative leave. The Institute is an independent federal agency with an annual budget of $266 million it doles out to museums and libraries. Sounds wholesome, doesn’t it? Think again. You may never have heard of the IMLS, but you probably […]
It has long been clear that when Democrats and their media allies fret about “the state of democracy,” they are really only concerned about not getting what they want. Speaking at Hamilton College on Thursday, former President Barack Obama accused the nation of being inadequately protective of democracy — by which he meant, of course, […]
