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A colleague recently emailed me a picture of a seemingly political gesture that was roiling her office and asked me what I thought. The picture was of a 10-by-3-inch sticker, openly affixed to an employee’s desk, stating...Read more

The kid behind the counter, a kid with strong black dreads fountaining out of the top of his visor, says "That'll be $6.42."

I give him my debit card.

I went to bed last night with $0.65 in my checking account, but ...Read more

Most Americans think of the Bill of Rights as a bespoke 1789 creation for a nation that was, in the signature “Hamilton” lyric of Lin-Manuel Miranda, “young, scrappy and hungry.”

Not so fast, said the great-great-...Read more

Almost 250 years after the American Revolution, it took a visiting British monarch to remind Congress what the rebellion stood for.

On his first state visit as king, Charles III didn’t pull any punches, although his ...Read more

Here’s one of those remarkable coincidences: Immediately after the president and first lady called for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be kicked off ABC’s air after he made a cruel joke at their expense, the entirely ...Read more

Indiana has shown the nation how to protect citizens from foreign adversaries at the state level.

This leadership follows a congressional report showing foreign adversaries are actively influencing American academia — ...Read more

According to Department of Justice officials including FBI Director Kash Patel, the indictment of David M. Morens for using his personal email account on official business is all about protecting the sanctity of government...Read more

As a law professor and sometime libertarian, I’m of three minds about news that the prediction-market platform Kalshi has banned three candidates for public office for placing bets on their own races.

My first thought ...Read more

CHICAGO — Independent would-be candidates for a Southwest Side congressional seat are uniting against two targets as they look ahead to November, one a familiar enemy, the other much less so.

President Donald Trump must...Read more

Carbon dioxide is plant food, so you might think pumping the atmosphere full of it would be better for plants. The trouble is that CO2 is also the world’s most prolific greenhouse gas, trapping heat in a way that creates...Read more

I've always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth -- not talent, nor ...Read more

You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid. In a Manhattan Institute survey of Democratic voters, 46% said they believed it was definitely or probably true that "the assassination attempt against Donald ...Read more

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday vetoed a sweeping election reform bill passed by the Legislature in March, the result of years of negotiations between factions in the House and Senate.

The bill seeks to make ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security within hours of it clearing the House on Thursday, effectively ending an 11-week partial shutdown.

The bill, which ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I did not have on my bingo card that a four-day visit to the United States by the King of England would pack such an emotional punch.

It's positively bonkers! The royals must have magical powers. They can ...Read more

Shares in spirits companies rose on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced he is lifting the 10% tariffs on alcohol sales between the United Kingdom and the U.S.

The move came at the behest of King Charles III ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a short-term extension of a key surveillance power, sending it to the White House just hours before it is set to expire at midnight.

The bill, which would extend Section 702 of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — At long last, a farm bill has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives, but without a provision pushed by crop growers and ethanol producers.

The Republican-crafted legislation passed on Thursday, April 30...Read more

The U.S. Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from a company backed by President Donald Trump’s sons, according to the firm, deepening the military’s ties to defense contractors linked to...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators will now be barred from trading on prediction markets, after adopting a resolution by unanimous consent Thursday afternoon.

It’s the latest in a flurry of efforts to squash insider trading by ...Read more