Former President Joe Biden’s foreign policy team entered office promising the adults were back in charge. What transpired was cringe-worthy incompetence symbolized by the deadly chaos at Kabul International Airport. Biden’s administration was relatively short, but it coincided with Iranian enrichment to near bomb-grade levels, normalization of Hamas as a legitimate entity with which to […]
MAKING SENSE OF THE WAR OVER DOGE. Twice this week, President Donald Trump has publicly noted that he will impose constraints on Elon Musk, a special government employee and the world’s richest man, as Musk works to cut federal spending. Arriving Sunday evening in Washington, Trump told reporters on the tarmac that, “I think Elon’s doing […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday he wouldn’t be commenting on the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies and expressed confidence in the central bank Chair Jerome Powell, breaking from earlier criticisms. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Bessent said he expects Fed Chair Powell “will do the right thing” despite his and President Trump's past...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Thursday knocked President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk over what he called a new McCarthy Era for government employees. “It really is sort of like the McCarthy Era 2.0 [for a lot of] federal employees and for all of us as well, so, but they're standing up and they're...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said he is scheduled to speak with President Trump on Friday amid his efforts to reclaim the nation’s sought-after canal. “I was told a few minutes ago by a senior official that I will be speaking with President Trump tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.,” Mulino wrote in a Thursday afternoon post...
Despite an unprecedented amount of money spent through ESSER funds, student achievement continues to plummet, leading to a growing momentum behind school choice initiatives that allow parents to choose the best educational option for their children.
Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the agency's National Center for Health Statistics, published Wednesday, found that in 2023, 669 women died of maternal causes compared to 817 women who...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Thursday he thinks President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) commission, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, will find “awful examples” of wasteful government spending. But he said it’s important the findings be brought to Congress, which is responsible for appropriating government funds, according to the U.S. Constitution. “I think they are likely...
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would create a new Wildfire Intelligence Agency, seeking to streamline the federal response to fires. The bill, led by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), came in the wake of recent blazes that decimated parts of Southern California,...