“If the government wants poor children to thrive, it should give their parents money.” That simple idea, the New York Times reported, has fueled a national push to provide low‑income families with regular, no‑strings‑attached payments. Alas, new economic research suggests alleviating poverty might not be so simple. A “rigorous new experiment” recently published by the […]
It has been more than 22 months since my son, Itay, a U.S.-Israeli citizen, was taken hostage by Hamas. He remains in the dungeons of Gaza to this day, along with 49 other hostages. Itay was stationed at the Gaza border to protect local agricultural communities when he was abducted and kidnapped. There has been […]
When Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine’s presidency on an anti-corruption platform in 2019, he embodied the country’s youthful desire for reform. The eruption of a political turf war last week, ironically, over control of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, has revealed a different side to the comedian-turned-war leader. But it has also reaffirmed how fiercely the […]
President Donald Trump’s assertion that the war in Ukraine “should never have happened” is an accurate one. It was August 1991, just weeks before Ukraine declared independence from a crumbling Soviet Union. President George H.W. Bush stood before the Ukrainian Parliament and delivered what would become known as the “Chicken Kiev” speech. Rather than encouraging […]
The U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate stayed flat at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The July jobs report showed the labor market stalling out as consumers and businesses navigated President Trump's ever-evolving trade policies and steep new tariffs. The report came in well...
The Army continues to operate Abrams tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Apache helicopters that are fundamentally products of the mid-1970s.
On the menu: Broad consensus on who to deport and not to deport; A Texas tornado for midterms; Dems bounce back on party affiliation; Mamdani reckons with anti-police past; Monkeying around We are a long way from the midterms — so far, that when we think about control of the House of Representatives, there’s not...
Could RFK Jr. prove to be the Trump administration’s secret weapon? Recent polling shows Americans trust Republicans over Democrats on nearly every major issue confronting our country: the economy, immigration, foreign policy and inflation. The two areas where Democrats hold the upper hand is health care and vaccines. RFK Jr. has a shot of undermining...
Former Vice President Harris signaled Thursday that she is taking a break from political office for the time being, calling the system “broken.” After months mostly out of the national spotlight, Harris appeared onstage with "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert in her first interview since President Trump’s inauguration to promote her forthcoming book, “107...