President Trump's stunning success in stopping migrants from crossing into the U.S. has drained some of the energy from the border issue, leaving the GOP scrambling to fire up the base in what promises to be a bruising midterm election.
Twenty-four state attorneys general and two governors filed suit against FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security last month, and the complaint reads less like a dispute over hurricane preparedness than a constitutional stress test. Congress appropriated billions in Homeland Security Grant Program funding for disaster response and counterterrorism readiness. FEMA and DHS now say […]
As the CEO of a public policy group in the Free State of Florida, one that has worked on health policy for nearly 30 years, I have never met Dr. Anthony Fauci. Yet as someone who has spent much of my career engaged in this arena, I read over, with interest, the inner thoughts he […]
The Senate Agriculture Committee just failed to advance its long-overdue farm bill. A narrow 10–11 party-line vote derailed legislation that has languished since 2018. The immediate cause was a bitter gridlock over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. As a physician and public health advocate, I believe this standoff exposes a deeper problem. Washington is caught […]
The Democratic Socialists of America are riding a new wave of momentum. Their candidates have scored notable victories in Democratic primaries in cities such as Denver, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Prominent DSA members are also advancing an extreme Marxist agenda on national television. What stands out is that several of these rising figures are […]