Recovering drug addicts trust Rudy Carey when he talks about change. He has experience that gives him credibility. But after four years as a substance abuse counselor in northern Virginia, his employer called him to the office and told him he could no longer work there. “I felt like my life was just sucked out […]
Of all the things the federal government does that it shouldn’t, education policy is near the top of the list. Education is, and always has been, a state and local responsibility. Yet for decades, Washington, D.C., has taken an outsize role in telling states how to educate their children — often with disappointing results. If […]
For over eight years, until just two weeks ago, I proudly opened my radio and TV broadcasts with the words: “This is Voice of America from Washington.” People often made sarcastic remarks, accusing me of producing “U.S. propaganda,” both in America and abroad. But I, an adamant believer that America is a force for good […]
President Trump doubled down on reciprocal tariffs, calling their planned April 2 implementation date a “liberating day.” “April 2 is a liberating day for our country,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday evening. “We’re getting back to some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had...
The National Republican Congressional Campaign rolled out a list of 26 vulnerable House Democrats it plans to target in the 2026 midterms. The list includes California Reps. Josh Harder (D), Adam Gray (D), George Whitesides (D), Derek Tran (D) and Dave Min (D) and Florida Reps. Darren Soto (D) and Jared Moskowitz (D). It also...
President Trump will visit the Kennedy Center on Monday for a tour and to attend a board meeting weeks after overhauling the cultural institution's leadership and installing himself as its chairman. Trump is slated to visit the Kennedy Center at 3 p.m. EDT, according to the White House. The president in early February announced he...
President Trump said he will be speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday amid the push to end the war with Ukraine. “We’re doing pretty well, I think, with Russia,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening. “See if we have something to announce maybe Tuesday.” Trump also said “a lot...
The Trump administration would be wise to reverse course and implement a logical, evidenced-based approach to improving the Department of Education that does not harm children now or in the future.
President Trump in a social media post said he believes former President Biden’s last-minute pardons are “void” because he signed them with an autopen. “The ‘pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of...