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Republicans’ Midterm Choice: Embrace AI and Trump — or Bow to the Polling

Lawmakers are going home to face AI-skeptical constituents as the GOP puts the industry’s biggest booster front and center in midterm messaging.

One Way or Another, Change Is Coming to Cuba

Cuban officials declare they want a ‘constructive and respectful relationship’ with the United States.

The Insufferable Wokeness of Bates College

The administration decreed that the college had to embark on a crusade to eliminate every possible vestige of colonialism.

The Canada–EU Folly

President Trump should take the time to reflect on how the U.S. has arrived at this moment.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—September 18

2017—Evidently unhappy that a criminal defendant wasn’t making sweeping attacks on the statute under which she was convicted, a Ninth Circuit panel presided over...

Retail politics: Trump tariffs rattle Republicans’ usually reliable business vote

The Retail Association of Nevada has yanked its endorsement of Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican it backed in the 2022 election, saying someone needs to pay a political price for President Trump's tariffs that are walloping the business sector.

Campaigns are burning $11.6 billion on ads. Speed is what actually wins

AdImpact projects that political advertising will reach $11.6 billion in the 2026 election cycle, surpassing both the $8.9 billion midterm election record set in 2022 and the $11.2 billion spent during the 2024 presidential cycle. For the first time, a midterm election is on track to outspend the preceding presidential election. That record will dominate […]

The cannon is loaded. It’s time to light the fuse on America’s building boom

Permitting reform has been one of Washington’s most discussed and least accomplished priorities for years. That trend is now shifting. Stakeholders who rarely agree on energy policy are finding common ground around a simple and urgent idea: America needs to build. Across industries, regions, and political perspectives, permitting reform has emerged as a shared priority […]

Haven’t we seen this before? The AI apocalypse has a century of reruns

Mid-September brought the convergence of three big issues for investors: oil prices over $100/barrel (keeping headline inflation sticky), surging bond yields (with the 10-year Treasury over 5%), and sudden apocalyptic warnings that unbridled AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” The threat of a resulting AI slowdown sent semiconductor stocks into […]

Trump just tried to beat the Democrats at their own game. It’s going to backfire

As campaigning for the 2026 midterm elections kicks up, President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate this November. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promises the checks will be delivered without adding to the national deficit, an economic policy Kabuki Theater, possibly paid for […]

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