President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that aims to eliminate seven federal agencies, including ones that focus on media, libraries, museums and ending homelessness. The president directed the government entities “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law,” insisting they “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel.” It...
Moves by the Trump administration to address rampant antisemitism across American college campuses have finally provided Jews with something the Biden-Harris White House so...
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is perhaps best remembered for repeatedly insisting that the persistent inflation plaguing the Biden administration was merely “transitory” — right up until the day she declared she was “ready to retire the word transitory.” Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO summit in December 2024, Yellen expressed regret over the […]
There’s still time for David Litt to revise his new book. It’s Only Drowning: Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground is scheduled for publication this June; Litt, a former speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, should make some necessary changes. As it stands now, It’s Only Drowning comes across as elitist, its ideas outdated amid the […]
While overshadowed by the debate about Russia and Ukraine, what to do about Turkey is as consequential a foreign policy fault line among Republicans today. At its root is how to assess the Middle Eastern country: Is it a partner for peace in the region or a terrorist sponsor that will set it alight? President […]
Is Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) actually a defender of worker freedom? On March 4, the senator, joined by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and three Democrats, introduced a bill giving the government more power over the relationship between labor unions, workers, and job creators. In doing so, Hawley, who opposes right-to-work laws, may be inadvertently laying […]
President Trump has continued his attack against prominent law firms, pulling the security clearances of attorneys at New York-based Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss), and restricting their employees from entering government buildings and receiving funds from federal contracts. Trump signed the order on Friday, directing that the security clearances of Paul...