Among the most remarkable achievements of President Donald Trump’s political rise has been the inroads he has made into traditional Democratic constituencies, particularly labor unions. Republicans, if they play their cards right, can ensure this lasts. For decades, organized labor has been a core constituency of the Democratic Party. It was understood that in every […]
On Labor Day, we celebrate America’s workers and remember those who fought for the eight-hour workday, higher wages, and benefits for all workers. None of this would be possible without the hard work of South Jersey’s own Peter J. McGuire, the father of Labor Day and a founding member of the American Federation of Labor...
Hundreds of people were left dead after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck east Afghanistan late Sunday. Approximately 800 people were killed and more than 2,500 people were injured, according to the latest tally provided Monday by the Taliban government. The initial earthquake hit at 11:47 p.m. local time and was centered roughly 17 miles east-northeast...
Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat last November — and grappling with the implications of President Trump’s second term. For the moment, they are essentially a leaderless party. But that will change in due course. The 2028 presidential field looks wide open from this distance. But some prominent Democrats...
International students looking to study in the U.S. are getting very mixed signals from the Trump administration. Days after President Trump said it is "very important" to have Chinese students at American schools, prompting backlash from his MAGA base, his administration proposed a rule change capping a foreign student’s stay to four years to complete...
A growing number of Republican and Democratic women are gearing up to run for governor in the 2025 and 2026 elections as more women take the helm of state capitals across the country. History will be made in Virginia this November as Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) vie to...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is leading a bipartisan effort to reignite the American Dream at the National Governors Association through economic and educational reform.
President Trump contends with court battles over Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook's firing and legal challenges to his trade and immigration policies.
In late May, the Trump administration declared void a swath of collective-bargaining agreements with federal unions. These agreements affected employees in more than a dozen agencies, ranging from the Department of Defense to the Transportation Security Administration. The agreements had covered more than four-fifths of the federal civilian workforce, effectively tying the administration’s hands over […]