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 As it stands now, It’s Only Drowning comes across as elitist, its ideas outdated amid the […]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...
Radio host Charlamagne tha God on Friday slammed Democrats leadership in Congress, calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to step aside. “The party of inaction, the Democrats, have failed to protect the interest of the American people,” he said on his radio show “The Breakfast Club.”...
The abrupt halt to U.S. involvement in the World Health Organization has caused considerable and immediate uncertainty for global health. But it can also signal a new opportunity to fix at last what is broken.
President Trump on Friday announced that ISIS’s second in command was killed in Iraq this week, touting it as an example of his administration’s “peace through strength” military philosophy. “He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters,” the president wrote on Truth Social Friday evening. “His miserable life was terminated, along with another member...