President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping and vowed they would work together to solve problems confronting both nations.

When you have to fabricate racism to fight to justify your worldview, you end up doing more harm than good. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shows that better than anyone. Johnson is the personification of “antiracist” criminal justice “reform,” and that comes with deadly consequences for Chicago residents. On Tuesday night, Chicago police found 43-year-old Eduardo […]

Let’s say it plainly: The United States needs its fleet of coal-fired power plants. Consider, for starters, the rising demands for electricity driven by the expansion of data centers, electrification, and industrial growth. A year ago, public utilities and grid operators nearly doubled their forecasts of the additional electricity needed to power the U.S. economy over the next […]

Joe Biden always wanted to be president. He just never knew why. A president who lacked strong priorities or firm beliefs took the White House in 2021 atop a party dominated by group politics. The groups knew what they wanted and knew what they believed, but of course, the various groups — racial, gender, gay, […]

As Arizona’s state legislature convened this month, our hearts were heavy with the events of the past couple of weeks in California, where thousands of individuals lost their homes or businesses and dozens were killed. We are saddened by the loss of life and property. With this genuine sympathy toward innocent victims, we must work […]

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” I found myself returning again and again to that cold-hearted quotation, widely attributed to Joseph Stalin, as I read Mark L. Clifford’s stunning new biography of Jimmy Lai, The Troublemaker, How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared […]

Between wildfires incurring an estimated quarter-trillion dollars of damage in California and Bidenomics delivering a final extinction burst of heightened inflation, financial markets have had an inauspicious start to 2025. So, investors soundly rejoiced as they welcomed the calm, coherence, and competence displayed during the Senate confirmation hearing of President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for treasury […]

Gone are the days when reading a book was the preferred means to knowledge, replaced by the rapid consumption of digital media and the allure of screen-based entertainment. This phenomenon is growing in America, and it is pronounced among our youth. The inference is that we appear to be reading less these days, and while […]

The second Trump presidency is being shaped by corporate interests, with tech magnates like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos leading the charge, while Trump appointees such as Scott Bessent are bringing their wealth to the nation's capital.

President-elect Trump has expressed support for a negotiated solution with Iran on all outstanding issues, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that Tehran is ready for constructive dialogue with the West about nuclear power and willingness to improve relations with the United States.