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In a 2023 report, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress that “[c]hild exploitation crimes and the threats facing children have been...
The White House currently displays an incomplete construction site where the East Wing stood. This visible symbol of governmental dysfunction...
There is a particular kind of political folly that manages to be simultaneously expensive, unnecessary and self-inflicted. The U.K. government’s...
Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still paying less than half what many Europeans...
In a delightful twist of political theater, Fox News’ John Roberts confronted Senator John Fetterman with the question that’s been on the lips of...
For years, I’ve watched the same story play out in American politics. A candidate is expected to win. The polls look good, the messaging sounds...
In a move that should surprise no one who’s been paying attention to the shifting realities of global energy, the United Arab Emirates announced...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced that “it is regulatory malpractice that we don’t have early...
You probably didn’t hear much about a trade meeting that wrapped up in Cameroon last month. That’s understandable. What happened there, or more...
It’s always fascinating when a tragic event opens the floodgates for a familiar agenda, and on “The View,” Ana Navarro turned Saturday’s...
In Federalist 51, James Madison recognized the “great difficulty” of self-governance: “[Y]ou must first enable the government to control the...
In March we saw AI become a mainstream political issue and without a superior strategy Republicans will lose power. Sens. Bernie Sanders and...
Earlier this year during President Donald Trump’s State of The Union address, he highlighted a little girl named Dalilah Coleman, for whom a new...
A new edition of a science education manual for judges departs “sharply” from a “longstanding tradition of neutrality,” say three of...
The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and...
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel have done something no Washington consensus would have predicted five years ago: they put American...
President Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran — the world’s leading exporter of terrorism — to the praise of world leaders. Time will tell...
As Americans grapple with painful prices at the pump amidst a global oil crisis, some Alaskan lawmakers seem intent on making that pain even worse....
Ever heard someone once accused of being homophobic reply by saying, “why, some of my best friends are gay?” Or a White person accused of being a...
National Library Week (April 19–25) arrives each year with cheerful slogans about literacy, community and the joy of reading. But behind the...
Americans know fraud is bleeding their budgets dry, and a new national poll proves they’re paying close attention. A recent survey of registered...
Earth Day, April 22, 2026, has arrived! Who is the 2026 recipient of the Environmental Hero Award for Earth Day?! The past year has seen one clear...
President Donald Trump has not been shy about wielding his executive power to boost domestic energy production and infrastructure throughout his...
Editor’s note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day. Below is a column from Paul Cella,...
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with President Xi, much of the conversation will center on tariffs, trade deficits, and global competition....
Editor’s note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day. Below is a column from Brandan Buck,...
When unelected judges attempt to substitute their judgment for that of a duly elected president on matters of national security, the Constitution...
As Congress debates antisemitism legislation and the Religious Liberty Commission holds hearings on rising hate, a case pending before the Supreme...
Watching the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II moonshot deploy its parachutes and glide down to land in the Pacific Ocean gave me the most wonderful...
By any honest measure, rural America is under siege – not from foreign adversaries, but from within. For decades, unelected bureaucrats, entrenched...
I saw it with my own eyes from inside the White House. Alongside prosecutors and investigative journalists, we spent months uncovering the welfare...
A small group of Catholic nuns is taking on one of the most powerful governors in the country. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne are in a striking...
The long-running saga of the Louisiana coastal erosion lawsuits targeting an array of big oil companies took a new turn recently when a New Orleans...
In a world buzzing with political maneuvering, Stephen A. Smith just threw some gasoline on the fire regarding Kamala Harris’s future in the...
The world of news has served up quite the platter this week, from Christina Applegate’s health concerns to courtroom tears over the harrowing case...
The Trump administration’s new Dietary Guidelines finally got alcohol right, treating grown adults like grown adults with a science-based,...
Spring in Washington usually brings cherry blossoms, warmer weather, and a familiar reminder that Congress has a habit of taking on more than it can...
Donald Trump’s critics have a new line of attack (do these people ever take a day off?). Their latest complaint is that he’s burning through his...
There’s a famous line in the movie “The Graduate” where a young Dustin Hoffman receives this bit of career advice from a businessman: “One...
The federal government spent $7 trillion last year. That works out to roughly $222,000 per second — a pace that would have made even the most...
Don’t look now, but Big Oil is making big moves to secure positions in the expanding Venezuelan oil industry as part of the Trump Administration’s...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case that could redefine one of the most consequential questions in American law: Who is entitled...
Energy security is national security. It’s a lesson our nation has learned before and one it can’t afford to forget now. As tensions and conflict...
I have long lamented the obscene massiveness of the federal government. 456 Federal Agencies? The Eternal Push For Ever-Expanding, Redundant...
In his recent address to the nation, President Donald Trump rightfully declared, “our enemies are losing and America is winning, and now winning...
This Tax Day, families shouldn’t just think about how much they will get back. They should also know about an opportunity that could change their...
Washington has a choice this tax season: build on policies that are already driving business investment and wage growth or return to the uncertainty...
Big Tech spends metric tons of lobby money. On just about everyone in D.C. To ensure that no one in D.C. does anything Big Tech doesn’t like....
Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) was intended to support working families by subsidizing childcare costs. Instead, it stands out as...
AI doomsayers proclaim the sky is falling, with each new data center taxing the electricity grid, sucking up scarce water, and immiserating local...