In July, Uncle Sam collected $30 billion in tariffs. That’s a record tariff monthly haul, and President Donald Trump is trumpeting the number as a sign of success for his trade policy. But when the federal government gets richer, it means the private sector gets poorer. Every dime of tax collected by the federal government […]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — In just the last two years, Baghdad has transformed. Traffic flows unimpeded through the former Green Zone. A new highway abuts the Tigris River in the heart of the city. Overpasses and elevated highways now cross Baghdad’s infamous traffic circles. The multibillion-dollar U.S. Embassy once dominated the shore of the Tigris River; […]

Planned Parenthood has made headlines again — not for expanding services or even improving the lives of those it claims to serve in any measurable way. No, the giant abortion business is throwing a legal temper tantrum to maintain its taxpayer funding. In addition to Planned Parenthood’s ongoing lawsuit in Boston, now more than 20 […]

Summer is winding down but there's still plenty of time to take advantage of the so-called "shoulder season," a vacation strategy that comes with major perks, travel experts say.

American institutions of higher education should act as well as react to this crisis.

Some higher education advocates have long sought transparency in college admissions data, but President Trump’s latest actions to bring that dream to reality comes with trepidation in how the administration will use the information. In a memorandum signed Thursday, the president moved to require universities to give the Department of Education more admissions data. Education Secretary...

MIAMI — When Miami-Dade County helped elect President Trump in November, effectively taking on a conservative bent after nearly three decades of being solid blue, political operatives here had their worst fears realized: Florida was in fact a red state.  The signs of a big political change in southern Florida had been seen for several...

Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) entrance into South Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial primary is setting the stage for a tumultuous intraparty battle as five Republicans vie for the state’s top executive post. Early polling shows Mace and the state’s Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) leading the primary pack, with Mace calling the primary a two-way race between...