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James Traub Misreads the Classroom

The author of The Cradle of Citizenship is too busy trying to debunk conservatives to recognize the deep politicization all around him.

Americans Vote with Their Feet for Red States

Census figures for the first half of the 2020s show citizens and power flowing to red states, while blue states became dangerously dependent upon...

Utah Health Department Issues Flawed Report on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors as State Weighs Ban

The report uses low-quality research to downplay the well-documented downsides of the procedures.

Blanche: Epstein sex-trafficking case review is ‘over’ 

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said the Department of Justice (DOJ) review of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein is “over” after months of scrutiny regarding their release. “This review is over,” Blanche said during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.” “I mean we reviewed over six million pieces of paper,...

Live updates: House returns with funding front and center amid partial government shutdown

The House returns Monday to Washington, where lawmakers will seek to end the partial government shutdown that began over the weekend. The lower chamber's Republican leaders face an uphill battle as they work to get the funding package across the finish line. Democrats have said they will not support the measure. And GOP lawmakers are...

Rand Paul weighs in on Alex Pretti: ‘I saw a man that was retreating’

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he “saw no evidence” to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead “saw a man that was retreating” when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. “I saw no evidence....

Republicans are close to surrendering their biggest issue to Democrats

It is clear: Immigration is rapidly becoming a problem for the administration. 

Trump’s ICE strategy is not working, he must change course now

There is nothing harder for political leaders than to say they did something wrong. But that is what leaders do every day.

Trump rips Grammy Awards, threatens to sue host Trevor Noah over Epstein jab

President Trump in a Truth Social post early Monday ripped the Grammy Awards as "virtually unwatchable" and said he would “have some fun” while threatening to sue host Trevor Noah for a joke related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Congratulations, Billie Eilish. Wow, that’s a Grammy that every artist wants — almost as much...

The 6 separations of power, and why they all matter

As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ever wrote, and the most relevant to the current moment. “The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands,” he wrote, “whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self...

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