President Donald Trump is known to be fond of shiny objects. On Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Oval Office, Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to sway Trump against tariffing his company’s imports with a gold and glass plaque inscribed just for him. Impressed by the gift as Trump clearly was, a more consequential shiny object […]
The White House last week informed Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, that it’s putting the museums under review — in other words, adult supervision. The news came in a letter that amounted to a major front in the Trump administration’s war to retake the culture. As I wrote in an X post […]
When Democratic legislators in Texas returned to work on Monday after going AWOL for a couple of weeks, a small group of supporters at the chamber shouted, “This is what democracy looks like.” One must agree, if not for the reason that the partisans intended. Elected representatives going to work to do what they were […]
President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and various European leaders are focused on “security guarantees” to uphold any possible peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine. Ideas on the table range from the deployment of European troops in Ukraine to collective defense guarantees along the lines of NATO’s Article 5, which commits all NATO members […]
The United States is facing a stark challenge as we speak: It does not have enough detention capacity to uphold its immigration laws, safeguard its communities, or ensure due process. Despite the increasing complexity of border security and interior enforcement, Congress has still not authorized the necessary funding to meet the scale of demand, let […]
The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is successfully undoing the damage caused by former President Joe Biden’s open border policies. But a fatal car crash in Florida suggests more must still be done. According to the best analysis of Census data by the Center for Immigration […]
President Donald Trump’s 72-hour stretch from last Friday’s meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska to Monday’s gathering of the most powerful leaders in Europe and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is unrivaled in American history. No president has ever traveled as far and as fast to meet for meaningful negotiations with such a disparate group of world […]
FAIRFAX, Virginia — County prosecutors dropped the lone prostitution-related charge against an apparent brothel on a residential street in Falls Church, instead slapping the proprietor with a $500 fine for a missing massage permit. Rose Spa, also known as L Health Inc., is purportedly a massage spa in a family neighborhood of Falls Church. The […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) lead over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the state’s Senate primary is narrowing, according to a new survey from Texas Southern University's Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center survey. The poll showed Paxton holding a five-point lead among likely primary voters, 44 percent to 39 percent, in a...
If that happens, it will neutralize the federal government’s ability to combat climate change and enforce laws intended to protect America’s wellbeing.