President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wasted a lot of the military’s money and the valuable time of nearly 1,000 top offices of the armed forces who were ordered to leave their posts around the world and convene at a base in Virginia to hear two stupid and un-American speeches by Hegseth and Trump.

The defense secretary, ...Read more

It is easy to take for granted that the current Supreme Court has a majority of committed originalists. But only four decades ago, such a court would have been unimaginable. Who deserves credit for this remarkable change?

“If we can envision a Mt. Rushmore of originalism," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a new book that we co-edited, "the three...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Matt Mahan didn't set out to be a scold and pain in Gavin Newsom's backside.

He doesn't mean to sound like a wrathful Republican when he criticizes one-party rule in Sacramento. Or a disgruntled independent when he assails a Democratic establishment that's become, as he sees it, "a club of insiders who take care of each ...Read more

It’s easy to understand why Democrats want to use the government shutdown that began Wednesday to focus on the choices by President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress that will deny health insurance to millions of Americans. It’s hard, however, to plausibly argue that those health care cuts are the most urgent threat facing the nation ...Read more

A beautiful early fall weekend in downtown Chicago. Sun-splashed lakefront. Families enjoying the museums and city sights. Packs of men in military fatigues carrying high-powered long guns and seemingly stopping people on the street based on the color of their skin.

Which of those images doesn’t belong?

On Sunday, Immigration and Customs ...Read more

The most important religious revolution of our time isn’t happening in mosques or churches. It’s happening on screens.

For millions of young Muslims around the world, the spiritual life that once flowed through the mosque is now being livestreamed from a bedroom, uploaded to YouTube and shared on TikTok. Twitch preachers, Instagram sheikhs,...Read more

Here’s a big, pressing problem: America’s children are not healthy. Not by any metric of chronic disease, obesity or mental health. It’s more than overdiagnosing and food dyes. It feels deep and systemic and beyond parental control. We’re not really sure what to do about it, for the kids or for ourselves. But the trend lines are moving ...Read more

Last year on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “slash energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months.” But actions speak louder than words. Since returning to office in January, the Trump administration has instead done everything it possibly can to drive up the cost of electricity. What is going on?

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Ten years ago, the United States and Iran, two bitter adversaries that viewed each other in the worst possible light, shocked the world by announcing a major nuclear agreement after nearly three years of intense negotiations. Dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal was essentially an old-fashioned trade: In exchange for ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s popularity may be on the wane, but he still has a ways to go to match the Democratic Party. Not only that, but voters see Republicans as having a better plan to manage crime, immigration, the economy and — amazingly — corruption.

The left-wing faction of the party is taking advantage of the discrediting of the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but for the nation’s poorest families. Among the numerous cruel elements to the new spending plan are food-program cuts that are expected to increase “food insecurity” — also known as hunger — for millions of Americans, including children.

What terrible optics going into ...Read more

Picture this: A congressional hearing on “AI policy” makes the evening news. A senator gravely asks whether artificial intelligence might one day “wake up” and take over the world. Cameras flash. Headlines declare: “Lawmakers Confront the Coming Robot Threat.”

Meanwhile, outside the Beltway on main streets across the country, ...Read more

"That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer, we know from the gospel, is love and always love."

"He did not hate his opponents; he wanted the best for them. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I ...Read more

In September, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on suspicionless seizures by the police. When the court stayed the district court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, it green-lighted an era of policing in which people can be stopped and seized for little more than how they look, the job they work or ...Read more

No one should celebrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk; it’s a tragedy for his family and supporters and a violent blow to the health of our republic.

On the other hand, would you want to live in Kirk’s version of America?

Kirk often distanced himself from Christian nationalism, but he was sympathetic to its goals, which include ...Read more

Angry Democrats need to tone down the rhetoric.

Using “Nazi,” “fascism,” and “Gestapo” to describe ICE agents has resulted in the murders of innocent people. The left-wing ideology has now become as lethal as white supremacy.

Vulnerable people — sick would be a better word — can’t distinguish between rage and reality. So they...Read more

Seven years ago, when I was a nonpartisan advocate for girls and women, I faced a startling question from a supportive Senate staffer: “Have you considered helping boys? They really need our help now.”

I resisted the urge to cringe. Instead of dismissing her point, I dived into the research and discovered a real, mostly ignored crisis ...Read more

During the rise of the GOP “tea party” on Capitol Hill, conservative members of Congress proudly displayed pocket Constitutions in their suit jackets.

The all-important power to raise and spend public money was granted to Congress in Article One of the U.S. Constitution as the ultimate check on executive power. Congress makes the laws — ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former state legislative leader says fellow Democrats in Sacramento have long ignored the housing needs of middle-class Californians. And he has a plan to help them buy a new home.

To their credit, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers have been chipping away at regulatory obstacles to home building in recent years...Read more