Another week, another low-key but significant win for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). This time, Johnson steered the annual National Defense Authorization Act to passage on a 312–112 vote, even though the procedural rule squeaked through by a far narrower 215–211 margin. The ability of Johnson once again to produce responsible governance out of a

Soon after the 2024 election and months before he took office, the foreign policy priorities of President Donald Trump‘s second term began to take shape. Noting Trump’s irredentist designs on reclaiming the Panama Canal, his revanchist lust for wresting Greenland away from Denmark, and his fantasies about making Canada the 51st state, a wag at

President Donald Trump‘s administration has been marked by a renewed relationship with key Silicon Valley players this time around. Elon Musk was a skeptic of Trump during his first White House term. But in 2024, with Trump seeking a comeback after losing in 2020, Musk spent considerable time, effort, and money campaigning for the former

ARLINGTON, Virginia — My wife was surprised to learn that I was headed to the airport on Monday. The next day was our daughter’s birthday, and I had been gone most of the past three weeks. I had not mentioned any travel plans to her, and she was counting on me to cook dinner. Alarmed

I marvel at the determination of MAGA-leaning intellectuals and apologists to define Trumpism as some sort of philosophy. Trumpism is whatever happens to suit President Donald Trump. When he turns 180 degrees, he expects his followers to — well, to follow. Those who insist on trying to find consistency in his ideas, or who claim

Many have left behind the obsession with diversity, equity, and inclusion that infected entertainment (and society) back in 2020. But CBS‘s Survivor has not, and its DEI casting is killing what used to be one of the best shows on TV. In 2020, CBS imposed racial quotas on the casting process for its reality shows

Can you guess which of these quotes came from a politician and which came from a show for three-year-olds? “There are at least three [genders].” “I say to all trans and nonbinary people: We see you. We love you. We will never stop fighting for you.” “I’m nonbinary … And I also use ‘they’ and

The students who were sixth graders when schools first closed for COVID-19 are high school seniors today. In the Democrat-run school districts of our cities and large suburban counties, these students did most or all of seventh grade by “remote learning.” Then they spent eighth grade being forced to wear masks. Now, they’re skipping school.

President Donald Trump‘s administration is asking Americans and international allies of the United States to make sacrifices. Trump, trying to fulfill his longtime promise of fighting the Chinese Communist Party‘s existential threat, has imposed the highest tariff rates in a century on U.S. consumers and pressured allies to wrap up wars against Russia and Iranian

President Donald Trump said on Dec. 11 that he is pardoning Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of election machine tampering in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 election. The presidential pardon of the Republican former officeholder appears to be symbolic. The Pardons Clause of the U.S. Constitution says the president has the