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President Trump is thinking way outside the box, forming a national fund that could pay for government functions with market profits, rather than...
Gavin Newsom wants to be the new Donald Trump. No, California’s governor isn’t moving to the right or cracking down on illegal immigration—quite...
The governor has been quicker than most Democrats to realize it takes a Trump to compete with Trump — and he's going to extremes to mimic what he...
DANIEL MCCARTHY: Just Say No To More Marijuana
Will more marijuana use make America a better place? Not many who’ve seen and smelled what legalizing the drug has done to cities like New... Read...
Donald Trump should ignore the well-funded cannabis lobby: What matters is that more and cheaper marijuana will mean nothing good for ordinary...
DANIEL MCCARTHY: Will The GOP Make Liberals Generous Again?
Before politics overwhelmed the word, the primary meaning of “liberal” was “generous.” President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have...
President Donald Trump has given political liberals a chance to take a stand for NPR, PBS and all the causes they claim to care about.
DANIEL MCCARTHY: Trump's Trade Lesson For Economists (And The World)
If America is in a trade war, the question to ask is, are we tired of winning yet? “Donald Trump reaps $50bn tariff haul as... Read More The post...
Trump can do things economists say can’t be done because he approaches trade the way he conducts his real-estate business: It’s a negotiation, and...
Don Devine made bold, even shocking moves as Ronald Reagan’s Office of Personnel Management head more than 40 years ago. Now he's a mentor to a new...
Stephen Colbert is at the center of a conspiracy theory. It was born last week, when news broke of CBS canceling Colbert’s late-night talk show.......
DANIEL MCCARTHY: Whose Politics Canceled Stephen Colbert?
Donald Trump didn’t get Stephen Colbert taken off the air — everything Democrats like about Colbert did.
The new “Superman” movie isn’t an attack on President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, but it shows how alienated from America many...
The new “Superman” movie isn’t an attack on Donald Trump’s immigration policies, but it shows how alienated from America many liberals in...
In James Gunn’s new film, America is nothing special. Neither, for that matter, is Superman. It's a bland and demoralizing vision all too typical of...
The Big Beautiful Bill — a massive package of tax relief, more funding for immigration enforcement, and savings from entitlement reforms — is now...
The “Big, Beautiful Bill”—a massive package of tax relief, more funding for immigration enforcement, and savings from entitlement reforms—is...
Zohran Mamdani is the latest sign establishment Democrats don’t know how to handle a populist challenge. They haven’t learned anything from the...
Republicans passed two make-or-break tests last week: one of party discipline, the other of political principles.
Zohran Mamdani is the latest sign establishment Democrats don’t know how to handle a populist challenge. They haven’t learned anything from the...
In an era when populism keeps gaining momentum, Democratic insiders habitually turn to political has-beens to rescue the party — dooming them to...
The Iran crisis of the past two weeks isn’t just about nuclear weapons—it’s also an urgent reminder that border security is national security....
Globalization extends the battlefields of regional wars to our own land and airspace — and Joe Biden's lax border policies worsened the danger.
When gray-haired white liberals take to America’s streets for “No Kings” protests, the only danger they’re exposing themselves to is ridicule....
Outside the comfortable confines of the Western world that leftist protesters denounce as intolerably unjust, pastimes like theirs can and do get...
The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren’t just about illegal immigration—they’re part of a revolutionary movement....
"Anti-colonialist" leftists see Mexico as America's Palestine — and when illegal immigrants and their allies riot, it's justified resistance they...
Has President Donald Trump declared war on Albert Einstein? “America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain,” The Economist warns....
Foreign-policy mavens claim President Trump's effort to bar foreign students threatens national security — but their argument is intended to deceive.
When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died... Read...
'Self-immolation'
Punitive measures against the Chinese economy won’t bring back the victims of COVID — but they must not be forgotten: That's part of the moral...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is on the verge of forfeiting Virginia to the Democrats this year — and the looming defeat can't be blamed on President Donald...
President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he’s up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris:...
President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he’s up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala...
While Americans mourn the fall of Saigon, few wish we had stayed in the Vietnam War longer — or believe doing so would have produced a different...
Fifty years ago on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America’s, too. South Vietnam was our ally, whose forces......
When the College of Cardinals chose Argentina’s Jorge Maria Bergoglio as successor to the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, they made a guess about where...
On CNN, approving of murder is hardly any worse than voting for Donald Trump. Indeed, voting for Trump may be worse, given how CNN senior... Read More...
Democrats are increasingly channeling emotion away from candidates and policy disputes and toward street action and violent fantasies.
If there’s one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump’s tariffs should agree on, it’s the need to unchain prosperity at home...
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom—unless you’re French or, in this country, a liberal. What a judge......
A judge kicked Marine Le Pen out of France's next presidential election. It mirrors what Democrats dream of doing here.
President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he’s the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth—but there’s one power even Trump...
President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he’s the leader of the mightiest nation on earth — but there’s one power even Trump...