Turkey no longer confines its neo-Ottoman ambitions to the Middle East or North Africa. Yıldırım Holding’s Yilport recently secured a $1.62 billion deal to modernize and jointly operate El Salvador’s Acajutla and La Union ports under a 50-year concession. The agreement ranks as the largest private investment in Salvadoran history, and it aims to triple […]
So-called “Democratic socialism” is no longer just an argument over taxes, healthcare, or the size of government. In the form now advanced by the Democratic Socialists of America, it reaches into nearly every institution that underpins American national power: the Constitution, private property, law enforcement, border control, energy production, technological leadership, military deterrence, and the […]
Climate alarmists treat fossil fuels as the producers of soot and environmental damage, yet the record is more complicated and quite positive. New research shows nitrogen deposition from the burning of hydrocarbons has helped to expand plant growth and the greening of large parts of the planet. A nutrient hidden in emissions A 2026 global […]
The University of Michigan wants to help address the mental health struggles of college students by making first-semester grades matter less. The policy raises a question that extends well beyond Ann Arbor: When did feeling anxious about something become a reason to make that thing less consequential? Treating anxiety over grades as a mental health […]
President Trump on Sunday accused vandals of damaging the ground near the World War II Memorial where thousands gathered for a July 4 celebration hosted in conjunction with the White House. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, the president shared pictures of a grassy field with patches of brown across the lawn. “Look what...
In today’s issue: Attorney General Todd Blanche is taking on national attention as he signals the direction that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will take under his leadership. Blanche, whose nomination was narrowly confirmed by the Senate just over a week ago in a 50-49 vote, defended his vision for the DOJ in two Sunday morning...