Few political clichés are more frequently invoked than “personnel is policy.” Like most aphorisms, it’s rooted in truth. Ideas aren’t self-executing, and the government is no better than the people who staff it. Washington received the latest reminder of this reality on Wednesday when news broke that the House Foreign Affairs Committee had hired a new staff […]
Returning to fundamental truths is already a theme of President Donald Trump’s second term. Last week, the president signed an executive order titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” On Tuesday, he signed an executive order titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.” In 2025, this almost seems bold. In […]
Democrats and their friends in corporate media have no idea how to handle Trump 2.0. The president’s first term saw a handful of major accomplishments, namely tax cuts and the Abraham Accords, but, by and large, Democrats and journalists were able to thwart large swaths of President Donald Trump’s agenda using an extremely effective combination of censorship and […]
This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress, dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to secure enough votes to pass the amendment. The reconstruction of slaveholding states conquered before the end of the Civil War — Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee […]
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said late Thursday he would not support Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence after she refused to condemn NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Speaking with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, Warner expressed concern that Gabbard during her Thursday hearing repeatedly refused to label Snowden a...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) signaled Thursday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for director of national intelligence could be in jeopardy after her past defense of alleged traitors, adding to the list of skeptics. “I’m worried by what I hear from some of my Republican colleagues. I’m worried that her nomination may be in...
House Democrats want to know what the Trump administration plans to do after it rescinded a Biden-era executive order to study potential payment models for lowering prescription drug costs, looking to the acting heads of health agencies for answers. A group of 51 House Democrats led by Rep. Shontel Brown (Ohio) wrote to Dorothy Fink,...
The price of renting an apartment is on the rise, particularly in some major U.S. cities. This is according to the latest rent report from Zumper, which has found that across the nation, the price for a one-bedroom apartment is up 2.5% since this time last year.