The economy is far too tight for many Americans—more about how to fix that in a minute—but first some good news: Household wealth is on the rise.

And not by a small amount. New data from the Federal Reserve says household wealth grew by $14 trillion from the first quarter of last year through the third quarter. Even after adjusting for ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s detractors have portrayed him as a fascist, dictatorial, freedom-hating fiend. The aggressive ICE arrests and protests in Minneapolis, including two shooting deaths of civilians, only added fuel to the narrative that America was devolving into a police state and Armageddon was on its way.

Then Trump pivoted.

Whether ...Read more

We have a question for officials at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, though we’re not sure they will answer it:

What are they really trying to accomplish with the new English-only rule that goes into effect Friday at driver’s license offices across the state?

Because nothing about this new rule will change the ...Read more

Tulsi Gabbard's political journey has been anything but straightforward.

As a teenager, she worked for her father, a prominent anti-gay activist, and his political organization, which opposed same-sex marriage. In 2002, she was elected to Hawaii's House of Representatives, becoming — at age 21 — the youngest person to serve in the ...Read more

The next election is not an existential event for the United States. Neither is the one after that — or the one after that. But that won’t stop American politicians from claiming otherwise, nor anxiety-ridden voters from believing them.

For at least the last decade, our politics has been gripped by a malady I call “The-End-Is-Near-ism.”...Read more

It has been 10 months since President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” import tariff announcement in April. Ultimately, that announcement led to U.S. import tariffs rising to an average of 17 percent, their highest level in 100 years.

It is still too early to draw conclusions as to the overall damage those tariffs might inflict on the ...Read more

The report the Florida DOGE has recently released detailing spending in the state’s largest cities and counties reads, at times, like a reasonable exercise in fiscal oversight. But too much of it sounds like a list of ideological grievances.

The report, released last week, raises some valid questions: Why did general fund spending in many ...Read more

A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone last week: It is now the biggest outbreak in the U.S. in a quarter century.

It’s the latest public health record to be broken as vaccine hesitancy and increasingly permissive state laws — both now intensified by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr...Read more

Cracks are opening in the foundation of President Donald Trump’s coalition: working-class White voters. That could be crucial in November’s midterm elections. For Democrats, improving their performance among those voters is the key to expanding their map of opportunities in both the House and Senate.

Since emerging as the GOP’s leader in ...Read more

The economy is far too tight for many Americans—more about how to fix that in a minute—but first some good news: Household wealth is on the rise.

And not by a small amount. New data from the Federal Reserve says household wealth grew by $14 trillion from the first quarter of last year through the third quarter. Even after adjusting for ...Read more

Recently, a dog arrived at PETA’s clinic clinging to life. She had pyometra—an infection that fills the uterus with pus, causes crushing pain and is often fatal without emergency surgery.

Her guardian couldn’t afford the thousands of dollars quoted elsewhere. So she scraped together a nominal donation, and we covered the rest. The ...Read more

On Jan. 23, Vice President JD Vance launched the Trump administration’s new plan to “promote families and human flourishing.” But rather than being, as he claimed, “pro-life,” these rules will threaten the lives of people around the world, especially women and people who don’t fit into the administration’s narrow, unscientific ...Read more

When I first sat down to write this piece last month, this was the opening paragraph:

Renee Good was not the first person to be shot and killed by a federal immigration agent, and she likely will not be the last. My quiet block in the Old Irving Park neighborhood in Chicago was not the first to be tear-gassed, and it will not be the last. As ...Read more

The debate over President Donald Trump’s tariffs was never really about economics; it was about framing.

Instead of asking whether tariffs generated leverage, revenue or strategic correction, many observers chose a different path: emotional labeling. Tariffs were routinely described as “tantrums,” “outbursts” or “chaos.” Policy ...Read more

As millions of Americans gather around their televisions for the Feb. 8 Super Bowl, celebrating athletic excellence, competition and community, another, far darker pattern will unfold: a spike in domestic violence.

This is not speculation. One peer-reviewed study found that male-on-female violence increases by more than 10% following unexpected...Read more

“I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”

That was President Donald Trump’s demand in a phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the state in the 2020 election. Raffensperger, citing the results of numerous lawsuits and three ...Read more

The scenes playing out in Minneapolis in recent weeks offer an object lesson in the dangers of federal overreach. After the killings of two American citizens — to say nothing of the brutal treatment of immigrants, both legal and otherwise — the outrage is palpable and growing.

This is yet another moment when a little history might have ...Read more

The capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro in the heart of Caracas last month served multiple purposes for Donald Trump. First, the operation nabbed a man who was a long-time irritant to U.S. interests in Latin America. Second, it demonstrated to other regional leaders what could happen if they refused to meet President Trump’s policy...Read more

Nevada and other states now have increased incentive to root out food stamp fraud. That’s good news for taxpayers.

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, passed last summer, includes provisions reforming the arrangement between the feds and the states as it pertains to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The move seeks ...Read more