On a cold day in Kansas earlier this year, Chloe Cole testified in front of the state Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare on Senate Bill 63, the “Help Not Harm Act.” It would prohibit healthcare providers from performing “gender-affirming” surgeries or prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for minors. She explained how she was […]
The MAGA supremacy lasted almost exactly a year. On Nov. 5, 2024, Donald Trump won back the White House as the first president to secure nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland’s second win in 1892. The Republican Party retained its majorities in the House of Representatives and regained the Senate, marking the first time the Republicans […]
MANASSAS, Virginia — Sometimes in politics, the other side is doing something so bad it makes you crazy to even talk about it. Let’s call it “immunity by insanity.” Democrats’ sweep in Virginia‘s 2025 elections is a prime example. Democrats were stuck with a radical and unpopular adherence to gender ideology, and Republicans pointed out […]
Bootleggers and Baptists. The public choice economist Bruce Yandle coined the phrase to describe how apparently opposed groups might have a shared interest in government regulation — in that case, Prohibition. I wonder, though, whether his concept has a wider application. Which political groups benefit most from the Donald Trump presidency? His own supporters, naturally; […]
Democratic officials, strategists and activists are gathering in Washington on Friday for the first “Crooked Con,” hosted by the podcast juggernaut “Pod Save America,”...
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...
The Heritage Foundation's antisemitism task force has split off from the institution "for a season," exiting the conservative think-tank as its members withdraw over President Kevin Roberts' ongoing support for anti-Israel host Tucker Carlson.
Several people at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland fell ill and received medical treatment after a "suspicious package" was delivered to the military base just outside Washington, D.C., CNN reported late Thursday. A building on the base — where President Trump frequently travels through on official business — was evacuated after an individual opened the...
Justice Amy Coney Barrett had a simple message for conservative women in law school attending the Federalist Society’s gala Thursday night: don’t be afraid to defy stereotypes. “Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some...