PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump said Friday that Nippon Steel will drop its $14.1 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel and instead invest heavily in the iconic American company without taking a majority stake. Nippon Steel “is going to be doing something very exciting about US Steel,” Trump said with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba […]
To some, even the simplest proposals for family formation are contemptible. A hyperfocus on gender and race takes from the fact that genuine family-first approaches have these things in mind. But that slips past critics who read only prejudice into pro-family guidelines. Such is the case with a new memorandum from the Transportation Department, titled […]
The federal government is very good at creating acronyms. However, what the federal government is terrible at doing is accounting for the money it spends. Despite spending nearly $2 billion on government-spending watchdog alphabet agencies, such as the OIG, or Office of the Inspector General, and GAO, or the Government Accountability Office, it took President […]
After such an astounding defeat in November, one might expect the Democratic Party to reflect and regroup. Based on what Democrats have offered up in terms of messaging and personnel since the election and inauguration, they haven’t learned a thing. And a victorious Republican Party is just fine with that. Last week, gun control activist and […]
The first three weeks of the Trump administration have brought a flurry of executive policymaking, but also three controversies about Christian teaching and its place in government. The first incident took place at the Washington National Cathedral the day after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term. There the Right Rev. Mariann […]
Despite a career plagued by scandals and public meltdowns, Mel Gibson remains one of Hollywood’s most compelling filmmakers. Whether directing sweeping historical epics such as Braveheart and Hacksaw Ridge or dabbling in offbeat action comedies such as Fatman, Gibson rarely fails to entertain. Flight Risk, his latest project, is no exception. This stripped-down, 90-minute thriller unfolds almost entirely […]
President Donald Trump does so many big things fast that each one crowds out what was shocking only a day or hour before. It has been less than a month, for example, since he pardoned everyone who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but it seems like ancient history. To his critics, this […]
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month to pause a ban on TikTok for 75 days. An outbreak of posts featuring reactions from tears over the app’s ban to joyful celebrations of its return filled social media. Arguments over the ban’s constitutionality will continue, but the 12-hour freeze of TikTok highlighted a significant problem: addiction. TikTok, which merged […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s efforts to remake the world in the image of a woke America are coming to a screeching halt. Elections have consequences, and the 2024 cycle may have been one of the most consequential in our history. This is why Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is […]
Without question, the formation of the Abraham Accords was the greatest foreign policy achievement of Donald Trump’s first term as president. The major step toward Arab-Israeli normalization was a blow to the Iranian regime’s ambitions for regional hegemony, took pressure off American resources, and provides a glimpse of what a future of peace might look […]
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a slew of “hand-wringing” about the future of the global order. While commentators theorized that Trump, along with other quasi-populists such as Argentina’s Javier Milei and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, was a rejection of the so-called elite, they also proclaimed it another nail in the coffin […]
In the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione walked along the sidewalk in front of the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan, raised his pistol, and shot 50-year-old Brian Thompson dead. The brazen killing, caught on CCTV, sent shock waves around the country. A father of two was killed by what […]
