Ever since the age of the pharaohs, great leaders have always understood the importance of architecture in the civic life of their nations. Augustus found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. Louis XIV turned a modest hunting lodge into Versailles, a stage on which the Sun King could display […]
In a lengthy piece published this past spring, we highlighted anecdotal and data-based evidence of a growing political violence problem, which currently exists disproportionately on the Left. One piece of evidence was a YouGov survey published in September 2025, shortly after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which found that “fully one-quarter (25 percent) of self-identified ‘very liberal’ […]
In March 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at what his administration described as an increasingly anti-American presentation of the nation’s history. The order directed federal museums and historical sites to emphasize America’s extraordinary heritage, its progress toward a more perfect union, and its contributions to liberty and prosperity. There is nothing […]
The Republican Party has a 2028 problem it has not yet solved publicly, and every political operative in Washington knows it. Neither Vice President JD Vance nor Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the two most prominently positioned figures for the GOP presidential nomination, has demonstrated the coalition breadth to win a general election. Vance carries […]
A growing number of Republicans in the heartland are breaking with President Trump on policies that are unpopular as the GOP worries about paying the price for them in the upcoming elections. Lawmakers and candidates in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio have called for a quick end to the Iran war amid high gas and diesel...
President Trump’s approval ratings have sunk to new lows in several recent polls, driven by declining GOP support and souring views on the economy in a possible warning sign for Republicans just weeks out from the midterms. In the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, Trump’s overall approval fell three points from the previous week to an all-time...
The debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence is being pushed past the November midterms, frustrating some lawmakers who warn that Congress is running out of time to address the rapidly evolving technology. With the House out of session and the Senate facing a crowded agenda before it departs for a monthlong recess, lawmakers are...
The governors of New York, Kathy Hochul (D), and New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill (D), both announced Friday they would declare states of emergency ahead of this weekend's nor'easter. “I’m declaring a State of Emergency for Nassau, Suffolk, New York City and Westchester as this powerful coastal storm bears down on the region,” Hochul wrote on...
CNN reported its journalists have been barred from joining the press pool traveling with President Trump this weekend. They were set to board Air Force One Saturday to cover his visit to Knoxville for a college football game. The outlet had been scheduled to serve as this weekend's TV press pooler — a rotating group...
President Trump cancelled almost $1 billion in federal funding Friday using the controversial “pocket rescission" process, which allows him to sidestep congressional approval. Most of the cancellations targeted Health and Human Services (HHS) programs serving undocumented immigrants and unaccompanied children in court, as well as similar initiatives under the agency's Minority Health office and the...