New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani emerged as something of a kingmaker this past week, as the Democratic primary candidates he endorsed swept their races in the Empire State.

The problem for Democrats is that what sounds electrifying in Brooklyn coffee shops sounds wildly out of touch to the rest of the country. Republicans have now been gifted...Read more

To no one’s surprise, the newly released 2026 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports paint a dire picture. Social Security’s combined trust funds are still headed towards insolvency, as is the only Medicare trust fund that can even become insolvent. That may be why so many headlines focus on projections of exactly when the doomsdays ...Read more

“Trending” policy ideas tend to garner attention for all the wrong reasons: they seem like silver bullet solutions that will save us from taking on much harder reforms. Proposals to share profits from leading AI companies with the public are the latest example.

It’s the rare policy scheme that seems to have united President Donald Trump,...Read more

The United States is fast approaching an inflection point in energy policy. Artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, cloud computing and advanced defense systems are driving electricity demand at a level that the existing grid cannot reliably meet. The next generation of data centers will require ever more constant large-scale power ...Read more

An undergraduate enrollment shortfall at Syracuse University is the latest sign that long-forecast demographic pressures are taking their toll on large and well-known institutions, too. Syracuse laid blame on the declining numbers of high-school graduates and international students — problems universities across the country are grappling with....Read more

That the 10-year anniversary of Brexit coincided with the fall of another British government is a fitting marker of a failed experiment. Now, the question for the UK and the European Union is less about what to do next than whether they can summon the will to do it. As the owner of a business that is growing in both places, and as an American ...Read more

Pity the poor gun owner. According to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Wolford v. Lopez, it’s tough to navigate daily life when one has to constantly stop to figure out where one’s legally permitted weapon can be carried. So tough, in fact, that the judiciary must step in.

In Wolford, the court voted 6-3 to strike down a ...Read more

In the race to build — or stop the construction of — data centers across the country, it's important to remember no government is spending more on artificial intelligence than America. In fact, according to the Brookings Institute, the number of AI contracts within the federal government has risen from 472 in 2022 to more than 1,700 in 2026....Read more

Last year, President Donald Trump’s administration began negotiating agreements with African countries to dump America’s deportees at their doors, regardless of their country of origin. Trump officials were frustrated with obstacles to mass deportation and saw these deals as one way to speed up.

Given this administration’s affinity for ...Read more

A week after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that price hikes for the company’s devices were “unavoidable” due to soaring costs in key components, consumers woke up Thursday to just how steep and immediate those increases would be.

Try up to 20% for many of Apple’s popular laptop computers.

And up to 25% for iPads.

On Apple’s website, the...Read more

A home that gains value is part of the American dream — except for the taxes. In the past two years, 17 states have lowered or limited property taxes as politicians respond to escalating prices.

The idea is seductive, particularly for longtime residents who benefit most. But just as the perfect home can contain serious hidden flaws, ...Read more

On July 4, we will celebrate American independence from kings who ruled over both church and state. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the founders of this country put forward a bold and radical idea: that religious freedom is safest when the government neither controls religion nor is controlled by it.

The founders were not perfect; at the ...Read more

Long ago, when most Americans left the house for mass entertainment, they flocked to carnivals that crisscrossed the country to delight small towns and big cities. Shows typically included a barker whose steady stream of superfluous oratory enticed folks to spend their hard-earned cash on sometimes dubious performances.

Too often today, our ...Read more

As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, we reflect on the founding ideals of the United States—liberty, responsibility and the moral character required to sustain a nation. These principles were never meant to remain static. From the beginning, they invited reflection, growth and a broader understanding of what—and who—deserves ...Read more

The current round of House remapping around the nation was fueled by the president asking Texas for “five more seats” so that Republicans could retain control of the House in this year’s midterm elections.

Historically, the party that holds the White House loses House seats in the midterms. Since 1938, the only exceptions to this outcome ...Read more

Abdul El-Sayed has a curious interpretation of both free speech and how justice should be applied.

The Democratic candidate for Michigan's open Senate seat is selling the idea that the First Amendment covers violence and vandalism, if done in the name of a political cause.

I'm a free speech absolutist. I don't think hate speech should be ...Read more

Noah Cross, the archvillain of the movie "Chinatown," had the definitive line on how old age brings respectability. "'Course I'm respectable," he tells Jake Gittes. "I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

I wouldn't necessarily slot former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan into any ...Read more

When I wake in the morning, there are no signs of the new day. There are no windows in my cell, and a light has been on all night. Like one long nightmare, it can be difficult to keep track of when one day ends and the next begins. And so life goes inside the California City Detention Facility. It feels like the land of the living dead.

Outside...Read more

This past Juneteenth weekend saw a spate of shooting incidents that underscored a disturbing trend. In 2026, Chicago is backsliding on what had been strikingly positive declines in shootings and murders while peer cities like New York and Los Angeles continue to see improvement this year.

The most shocking of the weekend’s carnage was the ...Read more