For a state whose government officially doesn’t believe climate change is real, Florida remains our nation’s busiest climate-change laboratory.

The latest test for the Sunshine State is an outbreak of dengue fever, the largest in the U.S. since the 1940s. The numbers are relatively small: 485 cases as of the latest count from the Centers ...Read more

Almost as soon as next month’s elections are over, arguments will begin about the lessons and implications for 2028. But one conclusion is already undeniable: Latinos are America’s new swing voters.

If Democrats win control of Congress in November, it will be in large part because the Latino voters President Donald Trump captured in ...Read more

I went to bed at a decent hour Monday night and got a pretty good sleep.

I woke up refreshed Tuesday morning, only to see the news that President Donald Trump seemed to have told a crowd in Nebraska that it wouldn't be such a bad thing if Iran attacked Southern California.

"Let 'em take out Los Angeles. Let 'em take out San Diego," he said in ...Read more

Having undermined the law and the Constitution with some terrible opinions in deference to President Donald Trump, this week brings the new U.S. Supreme Court term, and with it the risk that our nation’s highest judicial body will continue to make us a less fair, less moral and less safe society.

As with other recent terms, the weightiness of...Read more

In a recently published op-ed extolling the lifesaving virtues of federally funded research at institutions such as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Sen. Dave McCormick called for doubling funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Good luck with that.

The Pennsylvania Republican is certainly right about the human and material value ...Read more

Since the St. Paul police chief’s sexual harassment claims against Mayor Kaohly Her surfaced last summer, I’ve had private and public discussions about the role of gender.

Initially, I warned against a rush to judgment. I wanted to see the findings from a St. Cloud law firm’s independent investigation into the claims by Chief Axel Henry. ...Read more

Commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed. Before the war with Iran, approximately 125 commercial vessels passed through each day. In late September, the 10-day average was down to about 18.

Americans who will never see the Strait of Hormuz are paying for this disruption every day. For decades, American naval power,...Read more

Here's what President Donald Trump has said about his deal for Venezuelan oil: that it's a deal with the current Venezuelan government, that it will more than double U.S. oil reserves and that it will "substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future."

Here's a simple rule of thumb for assessing all these claims: None of ...Read more

If there’s anything President Donald Trump likes more than campaigning for Republicans, it’s watching his preferred candidates win their elections. In Latin America, he’s having remarkable political success.

Over the last year and a half, right-wing candidates have won seven presidential elections in a part of the world Washington ...Read more

“My daughter wants to be a tradwife.” My friend sat across from me at dinner not too long ago and described how her daughter, a high school senior at the time, had zero college ambitions. Social media had taken care of that — her daughter had become an avid follower of the tradwife aesthetic, and my friend was not happy about it.

Lately, ...Read more

For half a century, Republicans have worn the “party of business” label like a permanent badge — tax cuts, deregulation, tough trade talk — while Democrats have too often ceded the ground, treating economic strength as someone else’s brand to react to rather than a story to tell.

A new survey commissioned by the nonpartisan U.S.-Asia ...Read more

Menopause has been having a moment lately, and Washington is taking notice. On Sept. 16, the Senate held its first hearing on the dismal state of federally funded menopause research and vast gaps in treatment and care. Within 24 hours, the Department of Health and Human Services also convened pharmaceutical manufacturers and physicians to ...Read more

Bowling has seen better days. Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp., the dominant player in the business, has lost nearly half of its market value in the past year and had the rating on its debt cut further into junk territory.

Higher borrowing costs and iffy consumer sentiment are factors, but Americans also just don’t seem to want to bowl that ...Read more

Iranian leaders arguably overplayed their hand over the summer, attacking oil tankers even after signing a memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. If the U.S. hopes to end the conflict in the Persian Gulf, it should be wary of its own bout of hubris.

Iran acted because it feared losing leverage after the U.S. pressed ships ...Read more

The tragic deaths of four beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, three of which were transferred as rescues from Canada’s Marineland and one that was a longtime resident, call attention to the injustice and suffering these intelligent, social animals face when taken from their natural homes and confined to small aquarium spaces.

Beluga ...Read more

For decades, communities across America have fought to address the problem of homelessness. Yet the crisis keeps growing, in large part because rents have soared while affordable housing has become even more scarce.

A common tool for addressing the housing crisis is rental assistance vouchers, issued monthly by local, state and federal ...Read more

The Common Application for this college admissions cycle is now open, and roughly 1.5 million students will likely use it to apply. Many will aim for the “best” college, usually defined by some mix of U.S. News & World Report ranking, prestige and admit rate. They are not alone. Our culture focuses more on admissions than any other part of ...Read more

President Donald Trump has never met a dictator he didn’t envy — and he is not shy about behaving like one, either.

American journalists were still fighting his White House ban as he gushed over the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who rules the world’s largest police state.

No other president in our history has ever banished ...Read more

For 250 years and counting, Americans have celebrated Independence Day on July 4 through fireworks, concerts, parades, barbecues, and more. By contrast, Constitution Day arrives soon after, on September 17, with far less fanfare.

It is not a time to hear patriotic medleys on the radio, enjoy 20% off a new air-conditioner, watch a hot-dog-...Read more