American women have never been healthier, wealthier, or better educated than they are today. Young women outnumber men at universities by a 60% to 40% margin, they get 66% of all higher education degrees, and young women are far more likely to own homes than their male counterparts. But to hear former Secretary of State […]
A stable family life benefits any child. Pope Leo XIV, who calls his siblings at least weekly, is one good example. Then-Bishop Robert Prevost would call his older brother, John, daily from his post at the Vatican as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. So too with his oldest brother, Louis, in weekly phone calls. […]
News broke last month that the federal Head Start program might be eliminated in next year’s congressional budget. Officials later changed course, but as the federal government searches for new ways to cut spending, it’s likely that Head Start could be on the chopping block again in the near future. That would be disastrous for hundreds of thousands […]
ESPN has built a culture of racism at the network, leading its personalities to become some of the most toxic in all of media. The latest example of this comes from the latest Caitlin Clark nontroversy. In her first game of the season, Clark fouled Angel Reese, who flopped and then tried to start a […]
The national conversation around artificial intelligence is dominated by voices on the coasts, whether it’s machine-learning engineers in San Francisco or venture capitalists in New York. On the news every day, there are arguments about whether AI will save humanity or destroy it. But just a few hundred miles inland in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a […]
The late Sen. Everett Dirksen of my own state of Illinois is reputed to have complained about ballooning federal spending, saying, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” It was funny 75 years ago. Today, it’s not even entirely true anymore. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee unveiled […]
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are mourning the passing of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), showing an outpouring of support for the 75-year-old lawmaker who died Wednesday morning after a short stint with cancer. Colleagues from both parties praised Connolly for his years of service and shared personal stories following his family's announcement. Republican Rep....
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been working to bring facial recognition technology to security checkpoints at hundreds of airports over the last several years. Here's what to know about it.
Just days ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, President Trump's administration has announced it will drop investigations into the Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., police departments. The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has begun the process of dismissing Biden-era lawsuits that accused Louisville and...
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus say they are working with the White House on a deal that would secure their support for the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” claiming they had reached an agreement on Tuesday night — a characterization that the White House is pushing back on — while casting doubt on the...