President Donald Trump is trying to break evermore rules and laws is his expanding misuse of the National Guard he wants deployed in Democratic cities.

Last week, Oregon Federal Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by Trump himself, was unequivocal: the president could not federalize the Oregon National Guard for duty in Portland to deal with ...Read more

Across the country, cities have taken to cracking down on people who lack housing — not by finding them places to live, but by kicking them out of the places they are seeking shelter. These mass encampment evictions owe in part to a 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, that allowed cities to enforce bans on public ...Read more

As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wednesday projecting that the federal budget deficit for fiscal 2025 will run $1.8 trillion.

The good news is that the amount of red ink shrunk by about $8 billion from fiscal 2024. The bad news is ...Read more

As educators, we’re always looking for ways to keep our students engaged and to provide them with learning experiences that will last a lifetime. Teachers help kids make tabletop volcanoes erupt, lead field trips to museums and award prizes for the most books read. Some also consider purchasing small animals such as hamsters, mice, guinea pigs...Read more

The rising unemployment rate among U.S. workers aged 16 to 24 — it hit 10.5% in August, its highest level in a decade not counting the pandemic years — has added to the worry about the crisis of “disconnected youth,” also known as the NEETs: individuals Not Employed, Enrolled or in Training.

In 2024, 12% of 16- to 24-year-olds were NEET...Read more

Mount Vernon is 21 miles from my home. Lately I can almost feel the tremors from the nation's general-turned-first-president spinning in his grave there.

George Washington, who set long-followed precedents by voluntarily giving up first military and then civilian power, and who built the foundation of the nation's wall between its military and ...Read more

When you climb aboard a roller coaster, you expect to be a little (or a lot) scared. That’s by design. Theme-park rides like coasters, drop towers and other danger-simulating attractions are meant to give the illusion of extreme peril — being flipped upside down, zooming through piles of twisted metal at freeway speeds, dropping from peaks ...Read more

Bari Weiss has done the unthinkable — she’s parlayed a media startup into a mainstream powerhouse, stepping into a new role as editor-in-chief of CBS News as part of a $150 million deal that also includes the network combining forces with her online publication, The Free Press. Parent company Paramount Skydance made the announcement Monday. ...Read more

As it turns out, Twitter is not the town square. Someone might want to alert American political leaders.

In the era of social media, Democratic and Republican politicians have grown hyper-sensitive, and responsive, to activists who seemingly live their lives online. Whether on X, formerly Twitter, where the right ruminates over every alleged ...Read more

Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with Democratic officials in Illinois with a Truth Social post stating: “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!”

There’s no evidence that either Mayor Brandon Johnson or Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has done anything but...Read more

California Sen. Alex Padilla is among the highest-ranking Latinos in U.S. politics today, but it took a pair of handcuffs to make him famous.

How's that for a comment on America 2025?

Padilla, you may remember, was tackled and cuffed by federal officers after attempting to ask a question of Homeland Security Czarina Kristi Noem at an L.A. news...Read more

On Saturday, a home belonging to a South Carolina Circuit judge burned to the ground. Three people, including the judge's husband and son, were hospitalized with serious injuries.

The cause of the fire was not immediately clear. An investigation is underway.

Obviously, the harm and destruction were terrible things. But what turned that ...Read more

Crank up the Benny Hill theme song and let the belly laughs commence.

As President Donald Trump's summer of immigration raids turns into a fall of occupation, I need some — and who knew his deportation machine could bring them? To watch videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in action failing bigly is like watching "Star Wars" ...Read more

The Red Mass, a long-standing tradition marking the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, brings judges, lawyers and public officials together at Washington’s St. Matthew’s Cathedral to pray for wisdom and moral clarity in the administration of justice.

Since the 1950s, this ecumenical service — welcoming for people of all faiths and ...Read more

The destruction of South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein’s home in a fiery inferno over the weekend immediately led to speculation that it was an act of political violence. South Carolina officials are still investigating, and they said on Monday that “there is no evidence to indicate” that the cause of the explosion “was ...Read more

“ICE, unmask – what are you afraid of?” California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked before signing the “No Secret Police Act,” a reckless state law ordering federal immigration agents to remove face coverings during operations. But it’s Newsom who should be afraid, considering the shaky legal ground he’s on.

SB 627 bans federal and local ...Read more

I once held what seemed to be a perfectly rational belief: that even the staunchest supporters of President Donald Trump would change their minds once his incompetence and hatred directly affected them. That logic tracked with the dominant narrative of the last decade, going back to when pundits first claimed that Trump supporters were motivated...Read more

Plastics are woven into every aspect of our lives, but what was once the poster child for convenience is fast becoming a pariah product. The era of single-use plastic must end; banning it is the only practical way forward.

Some 430 million metric tons of plastic are produced annually, with much of it being single-use, and 91 percent of it ...Read more