Will the nation’s biannual ritual of moving the clock backward and forward an hour soon be a thing of the past? Perhaps, but it’s no sure thing.

The House last week passed the Sunshine Protection Act by a 308-117 margin. Support cut across party lines. Under the legislation, states that don’t exempt themselves would observe daylight ...Read more

My late father-in-law smoked unfiltered Camel cigarettes. Regrettably, I now feel like I do too when summer makes its annual debut.

The culprit is the wildfire smoke blanketing Minnesota again and again, turning blue skies to apocalyptic yellow, with ash coating cars and windowsills in some of the hardest-hit areas of our state. The gloomy haze...Read more

The war in Iran is nearing the five-month mark, and during that time at least 17 U.S. service members have been killed and more than 400 injured. Still, for the war President Donald Trump said would take “a few days,” there is not only no end in sight, but the stated objectives have yet to be accomplished.

That’s because Trump bypassed ...Read more

The summer travel period is here, with high passenger volume keeping airplanes filled, even as jet fuel prices remain high and ticket prices have spiked.

To add more angst to air travel, the first half of 2026 gave air travelers a rollercoaster ride of delays and disruptions. Whether it was Transportation Security officers not being paid due ...Read more

The United States — like all democracies — is centered around the basic premise that a representative system of governance reflects public preferences. This is not and has never been true, however.

As the left and right argue, the disproportionate influence of a select few suppresses the will of the majority. Interest groups play an outsize...Read more

Having died earlier this month after two decades in the Senate, Lindsey Graham is likely to be remembered for his roles in foreign policy and his imprimatur on Trumpism. For LGBTQ+ people especially, he may be remembered as the last closet case.

There is no verified public evidence of Graham’s sexual orientation. He consistently denied the ...Read more

Earlier this year, my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Scott Lincicome made a convincing case for why the tariffs placed on aluminum imports to the U.S. may be the dumbest of all the Trump administration’s duties. Things got a lot dumber this week.

The White House on Monday said companies that build, expand or refurbish aluminum plants in the U.S....Read more

It would be political folly for the Democratic Party to fully embrace calls to “abolish ICE,” at least without adopting a substitute blueprint for strong immigration enforcement.

That’s not to say Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t abused its power during President Donald Trump’s second term. American citizens have been ...Read more

One year ago, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans forced their Big Beautiful Bill through Congress. Today, it is one of the most unpopular major laws in recent history and continues to lose support with the American public.

The design of the bill was simple and gave millionaires, billionaires and corporations massive tax cuts ...Read more

Dogs and cats don’t know when their family is struggling financially. They don’t understand layoffs, rising rent, unexpected medical bills or expensive auto repairs. But they do know when the people they love are stressed.

They feel the tension in the home, and they’re affected when worry leaves us with less time, energy and patience. ...Read more

If you listen to the debate over affordability, you’d think the Working Families Tax Cuts had failed. Critics point to today’s cost-of-living challenges as proof that they aren't working.

No one bill was ever going to solve every affordability challenge facing this country. If we’re going to judge this law, we ought to judge it...Read more

There’s been a lot of online discourse about how unfaithful Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of “The Odyssey” is, how part of the movie was shot in northern locations such as Iceland and Scotland and how, God forbid, a Kenyan woman was cast as Helen of Troy. But as a classics major, I think all of that is OK, maybe even good: The new ...Read more

Meta recently introduced a new AI feature on Instagram—then removed it after sharp public uproar. The tool, part of its latest Muse Image model, allowed users to generate AI images using content from public Instagram accounts.

The element that incensed users most was that all public users were automatically opted into allowing their images to...Read more

In 2022, I was part of a research team that mailed 2,500 surveys to older St. Louis homeowners to determine their need for home repairs. The cover letter listed my phone number as the one to call with questions or concerns. I asked our survey research expert how many calls I should expect. “Don’t worry,” she said. “Maybe five.”

I ...Read more

Democratic socialism has been winning in Democratic primaries lately, but it will ultimately lose — because it fails politically and economically.

Several Democratic socialist candidates this year have knocked off sitting Democratic incumbents and won primaries by wide margins in cities across the country, running under the label rather than ...Read more

Katie Porter says she’s “closing the door” on politics to become a book influencer. If that’s true, then it’s a shame, and a loss for California.

It wouldn’t be a loss for BookTok, the name for the community of online book lovers who rely on influencers to show them their next great read. I have no doubt that Porter has excellent ...Read more

The Democratic Socialists of America are having a moment, with candidates winning Democratic congressional primaries in New York and Colorado. Given the demographics of these districts, some will certainly be elected to the House in November.

Sympathetic Democrats often argue that these folks simply want to import a Nordic-style welfare state ...Read more

Outgoing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could give Michigan a parting gift by helping ensure this state doesn't join the ranks of those sending Democratic Socialists to Washington.

The governor hasn't weighed in on the primary race between Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, a socialist who is fast becoming the national poster boy for the ...Read more

When the White House sent thousands of armed immigration agents into Minneapolis earlier this year, it followed a playbook pioneered in Chicago. Now both cities are adding up the cost from those Department of Homeland Security surges and struggling to put the damage behind them.

Last week, a “Minnesota Nice” marketing team staged a well-...Read more

BOSTON – U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley needs to come clean on her sudden wealth and husband’s business dealings and potential conflicts – answering tough questions directly instead of her usual dodging, softball interviews and canned social media posts.

Take a page out of your nemesis, President Donald Trump’s playbook, and stand there and ...Read more