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Make-believe policy gets run over by train of reason

As a child, and an adult, it is fun to think about impossible things such as flying elephants, magical schools, or wooden puppets that turn into real boys. For entrepreneurs, it is important to dream big, set big goals, and daydream about the impossible. However, when politicians use these ideas to create public policy, we […]

Envisioning a post-Trump GOP

Former President Donald Trump devoured and remade the Republican Party in his image on Feb. 13, 2016. Standing onstage at a Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, days before the primary, Trump turned to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and calmly slaughtered the remaining sacred cows of the pre-Trump GOP.  “Obviously, the war in […]

RNC urges police to extend protestor restrictions around Milwaukee convention venue

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has reportedly sent a letter to the Secret Service asking them to keep protesters further away from the Milwaukee convention venue in July. The three-page letter, reported first by The New York Times, objected to a plan that had a specific area where protesters would be able to demonstrate. Todd...

Barr suggests people may take Trump rhetoric ‘too literally’

Former Attorney General Bill Barr suggested Friday that people may take former President Trump “too literally,” and Trump wouldn't carry out serious actions he threatens against other people. When CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins asked Barr if he remembered when the former president said the person who leaked information about him going to a bunker during...

US doubles down on Israel support as campus protests rage over Gaza

President Biden is sending billions of dollars to back Israel’s war against Hamas, even as the destruction of Gaza and deaths of Palestinians fuels growing protest on college campuses. The $26 billion in new aid to Israel, passed overwhelmingly in Congress and signed into law by Biden this week, also comes amid a deepening humanitarian...

Abortion threatens GOP’s chances in Florida statehouse races

Abortion politics is threatening to roil Florida Republicans’ chances in competitive state Legislature races amid widespread voter backlash. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a 15-week limit on abortion earlier this month, paving the way for a six-week ban passed by the state Legislature last year to soon go into effect. Now, a handful of vulnerable...

5 takeaways from Trump’s first full week on trial in New York

The first criminal trial of a former president has reached the end of week one, with plenty of drama along the way. The jurors who will decide former President Trump’s fate heard from former magazine executive David Pecker, Trump’s longtime assistant Rhona Graff and a previously little-known figure from the banking world, Gary Farro. Trump...

White House condemns Columbia student remarks about ‘murdering Zionists’: ‘A wakeup call’

The White House condemned statements made by Columbia University Khymani James on the "murdering of Zionists," calling them "dangerous, appalling statements."

Trump accuses RFK Jr. of being a ‘Democrat plant’ and ‘wasted protest vote’

Former President Donald Trump called presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy a "Democrat Plant" on social media Friday, saying a vote for the independent campaigner is a "wasted protest vote."

Seaside city resisting state Dems’ attempt to force it into ‘submission’ over voter ID law

California officials are suing Huntington Beach for its voter ID law in what the city's conservative mayor says is "government overreach" by Sacramento.

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