President Trump is taking Friday's Cabinet meeting on the road -- to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, a rustic backdrop for sessions that have come to be known for being overly long and consumed by administration officials' endless praise for their boss.
Imagine reaching for a package that looks nearly identical to a familiar candy brand, only to discover it contains enough intoxicating THC to seriously impair an unsuspecting adult or child. This is the business model behind America’s deceptively dangerous gas station drugs: highly intoxicating THC products deceptively marketed as “hemp” and sold alongside everyday consumer […]
In May 2022, a 4-year-old named Tanner Clements got into a jar of gummies at a home outside Fredericksburg, Virginia. His mother had bought them over the counter at a shop, believing they were CBD. Tanner overdosed, and Virginia’s chief medical examiner ruled the cause of death delta-8 THC toxicity. Last year, after tireless leadership […]
Senegal’s former President, Macky Sall, a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, recently declared that he is MAGA and wants to make the U.N. great again. If only that were possible. I recently testified on Capitol Hill about the need for reforms at the international body and where Congress could have an impact. What the U.N. […]
When former President Joe Biden unraveled on the debate stage before 51 million television viewers, some Republicans were no doubt giddy. I was not. Like many people, I have watched cognitive decline afflict loved ones, often parents. What unfolded that night was sad. Whatever the precise nature of Biden’s condition, he plainly should not have […]
New York estimated 10,000 luxury second homes in May. By July, the roll had passed 30,000 — and the file it published was wider still. Kulak was not an insult. It was a definition. It had criteria — acreage, livestock, whether you hired hands — and clerks with forms to administer them. When the definition […]
In 2019, the most hopeful story on Earth was being written in Sudan. Millions of Sudanese — led, unforgettably, by their women — filled the streets and transformed Khartoum’s vast sit-in outside the military headquarters into a living symbol of freedom, where poetry, music, debate, and solidarity replaced fear. It was a peaceful revolution that […]
On the one hand, President Donald Trump has presided over a 1.3% increase in real average weekly earnings since the start of his second, nonconsecutive term. Median household incomes are up an average of nearly $3,000 in real terms. While inflation did indeed briefly spike in the aftermath of the Iran offensive, all signs indicate […]