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Last Friday evening I attended the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with my wife and two friends to listen to a wonderful performance of Handel’s “Messiah.”

The Kennedy Center has been among the few ...Read more

The Republican-controlled Congress has been very good to most of corporate America this year. Foremost among the boons is a $4 trillion tax cut package that extended and added generous breaks for businesses large and small...Read more

Just a week ago, we saw how fast a viral video could virally whip around the world.

It was taken during Australia’s Hanukkah-by-the-Sea family-fest that turned into a mass shooting tragedy. Yet it ended with that ...Read more

U.S. officials from across the political spectrum vow to ramp up efforts to wean the nation off rare-earth mineral imports from China. But the most promising path isn’t central planning or a federal industrial policy, ...Read more

For a president who is stingy with the Epstein files and refuses to release the video of the extrajudicial executions (probably) of a couple of shipwrecked Venezuelan mariners/criminals (maybe), Donald Trump has had a very...Read more

There’s not enough time or space to react to every Donald Trump rant that’s so offensive coming from a president of the United States.

What he said about the Reiner murders demands discussion — and not just because ...Read more

In my corner of the world, it feels like 2020 all over again, experiencing the push and pull between losing someone I love due to medical misinformation, all while holding respect for free speech.

The tension between ...Read more

For many decades, Iranian citizens have lived under one of the world’s most restrictive internet regimes. The Islamic Republic has crafted a sophisticated digital architecture that allows the state to surveil, monitor ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Since taking office, Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken two different approaches when a member of Congress or the Florida Legislature resigns or dies.

Sometimes he acts speedily to call a special ...Read more

As the United States confronts the limits of its own divisions, it can feel as though blame has replaced problem-solving in nearly every area of public life. That perception has led to public trust in just about every ...Read more

California joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being defunded and closed by the Trump administration.

The ...Read more

A U.S. House committee is expanding its investigation into fraud in Minnesota social services programs with new requests for testimony and briefings from state and federal officials.

Rep. James Comer, the Republican chair...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he’ll meet next week with executives from major U.S. defense contractors in a bid to force them to spend more money on weapons development, not stock buybacks, executive ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is naming a new class of ships after himself as part of his so-called Golden Fleet vision for revamping the Navy.

In a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, Trump said...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced the Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship as part of the White House push to modernize a fleet that’s been hobbled by years of cost overruns and delays.

A ...Read more

Mike Lindell is thanking President Donald Trump for shouting out his bid for governor of Minnesota, but the businessman said on Dec. 22 that he didn’t view it as an endorsement in the state’s competitive Republican ...Read more

The world’s first social media ban of users under age 16 is now in effect in Australia. Whatever parents’ genuine concerns and understandable frustrations around their kids’ safety online, the Aussie approach is not ...Read more

Should the United States follow Australia’s lead in banning children under 16 from social media platforms? Absolutely!

Australia has set a new global standard by requiring platforms to act in children’s best interests...Read more

Last year, a doctor of physical therapy program at an institution of higher education faced an all-too-familiar challenge: how to celebrate the holidays in a way that felt meaningful for everyone. Instead of defaulting to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Another high-profile candidate is joining the race to succeed retiring New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler.

George Conway, the conservative lawyer turned Donald Trump critic who was married to former White House ...Read more