For Republicans in Congress who’ve been clinging to hope that President Donald Trump might finally focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, their time might be better spent searching for proof that the tooth fairy is real.

The same day Trump reaffirmed support for an agreement with Iran to end the war, he turned his attention to ...Read more

As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary on this July 4th, 2026, an uneasy feeling hangs over many of the celebrations: that this moment feels smaller than it should. Less unified. Less transcendent. Less shared.

There is a growing sense that America’s 250th anniversary is arriving without the kind of shared civic feeling such a ...Read more

When President Lyndon B. Johnson launched Head Start 61 years ago, he called it one of the most constructive and sensible programs ever undertaken by the U.S. government.

Today, it provides free learning and development programs to nearly 800,000 low-income kids from birth to age 5. Head Start is a vital resource that serves two generations at...Read more

In recent years, antiabortion groups and lawmakers have seeded a number of challenges to medication abortion. This year, several are coming to fruition.

In 2026, decisions from either the courts, Food and Drug Administration or Department of Justice could end telehealth for medication abortion.

Roughly two-thirds of Americans who end their ...Read more

A diplomatic agreement isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if implementation is shoddy or nonexistent. So it should come as no surprise that U.S. and Iranian officials were back at it again days after the sides signed a memorandum of understanding that virtually everybody in Washington hates in one way or another.

This past weekend, Vice ...Read more

The takeover of the Democratic Party by extremist socialists is gaining new momentum as candidates in several big cities are celebrating victories – mirroring how MAGA has seized control of the Republican Party.

The old parties are slowly fading away as more and more anti-establishment outsiders are winning races and replacing more moderate ...Read more

Why doesn’t Iran have a right to a nuclear weapon? The question seems preposterous, unless one looks at it from Iran’s point of view, which President Donald Trump and his negotiators are unable or disinclined to do.

In fact, Trump has characterized Iran’s regime as “fanatical,” “nuts,” “evil” and “crazy,” which suggests ...Read more

Concerns about “affordability” dominate the news cycle these days. Progressives typically see this as a reason for more public-sector meddling in the economy. But that ignores the oft-overlooked nexus between government and higher prices.

Economist and professor Mark J. Perry of the American Enterprise Institute has for years tracked price ...Read more

For my 50th birthday, I bought a Toyota Corolla. Wait. Is my midlife crisis car really a Corolla, the best selling and most boring model of all time?

Well, yes. And no.

I have “modded” it, or in layman’s terms, modified the stock components and tuned the engine. This is not your aunt’s Corolla. When I hit the gas, the car pulls hard ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The man who brought California the top-two open primary now thinks it needs a drastic overhaul. In fact, he says the “top-two” part should be trashed.

Former state Sen. Abel Maldonado advocates returning to a “top-one” system where the winning vote-getter in each recognized political party — major or minor — ...Read more

“I felt like a rock.”

Those were the words of nine-year-old Odai Shanah in a news interview that gained viral attention on social media. Odai was a witness to the horrific shooting that took place at the largest mosque in San Diego last month.

In the video, we can all see a young boy recounting his experience with stunning composure, ...Read more

Terrorism is evolving, sometimes almost beyond recognition. The pace of radicalization is accelerating. Attacks have become increasingly basic, unsophisticated and cheap. For some, terrorism seems to be like a craving, a source of dopamine to satisfy carnal impulses.

Quick preparation, convenience and mass production: Welcome to the age of fast...Read more

In May 1818, James Madison rode the 25 miles from his Virginia plantation Montpelier to Charlottesville to address the recently founded Albemarle Agricultural Society. As he rose to speak, some 30 men — politicians, wealthy landowners, physicians, lawyers and farmers — listened closely to what the former president had to say.

It was a ...Read more

There’s a war monument in Savannah, Georgia, that Americans should take notice of. It pays tribute to over 500 men of African descent from Saint-Domingue, the future country of Haiti, who in 1779 fought alongside American colonists, storming British fortifications in Georgia. The Siege of Savannah is not the best-known battle of our ...Read more

In May, the JAMA Network released a study showing that doctor visits for children’s anxiety rose by more than 250% over 10 years. If we only respond with more clinical visits and prescriptions, we miss the chance to invest in the everyday conditions that help prevent anxiety in the first place—unstructured social time, accessible ...Read more

The Supreme Court will soon rule on Trump v. Barbara, the case that could upend birthright citizenship as we have known it for over a century.

But the current debate over birthright citizenship overlooks the fact that legal citizenship— by birthright or naturalization — has never fully protected marginalized Americans. People of color, ...Read more

As the nation’s 250th celebration approaches, many Americans don’t feel much like celebrating.

We empathize. Unlike at previous landmark anniversaries of the country’s founding, we have a narcissistic president who wants to make the day more about him and his endless grievances than the enduring principles and ideals on which most ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice — make that the U.S. Department of "Justice" — is sniffing around Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

This is widely seen as a throw-me-in-the-briar-patch gift from President Trump, coming as California's governor edges ever closer toward a 2028 run for the White House. The presumed effort to ...Read more

Trust me. Trust the process.

That was the essential message U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen delivered Tuesday, June 16, at a Minneapolis press conference announcing a sweeping conspiracy indictment against 15 Minnesotans connected to anti-ICE protest activity. Ninety-four pages. Eight counts. Five months of Signal chats and social media posts ...Read more

As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, the political party that brags of its patriotism is actively undercutting national security.

Although many GOP House members and senators are versed in foreign affairs and grasp the irresponsibility of their actions, they are too cowardly to confront the biggest security threat America has faced in ...Read more