This week, controversy emerged when President Donald Trump announced that the Emirate of Qatar had offered him a gift: a $400 million jet, a modernized "flying palace" complete with all the fixings. The gift will be presented to the Department of Defense to be retrofit for Air Force One; aft…
The first excerpts of the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on denying former President Joe Biden's obvious mental decline have been posted, and you can already sense Democrats don't want to deal with what they have done.
President Donald Trump gave an important speech in Riyadh that may come as close to outlining a "Trump doctrine" as we'll probably see.
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Trump v. CASA, Inc. Though the case arises out of President Donald Trump’s January executive order on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment, Thursday’s oral argument had very little to do with the hotly contested …
I hope Trump pushes forward on tariffs. Hear me out.
CNN’s Kasie Hunt interviewed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the other day. She confronted him about allegations of a meeting with former President Joe Biden that should have raised alarms about Biden’s fitness for office. “We’re moving forward,” Schumer replied. He would not answer the…
If you voted for Donald Trump last November because you believed he’d increase economic freedom, it’s safe to say you were fooled. Following a reckless tariff barrage, the White House and its allies are preparing a new wave of tax-code gimmickry that has more in common with progressive socia…
What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to the British since 1215 and to Americans since 1789? What if this encompasses the right of every person who is confined by the government against his or her will to compel the jailer to justify the confinement before a neutral judge?
The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Conclaves begin with secular and Catholic experts making a list of possible front-runners, and no one had Robert Prevost on their bingo card.
Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, “Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!”
As the late senator from Washington state, Warren Magnuson, who served for more than 30 years in Congress, once said, “All that each industry seeks is a fair advantage over its rivals.” Wilt Chamberlain had a fair advantage on the basketball court because he stood 7-foot-1. It allowed him to…
At least six congressional Republicans are demanding a radical fix in the 2017 tax law targeting residents of high-income states. If they don’t get it, they may sink Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending package, his “one big beautiful bill.”
It’s graduation season, and the overflowing joy of my friends and family with children earning high school diplomas and undergraduate and graduate degrees is being displayed on social media feeds and reels. Since I’ve been out of college for a while now, seeing my peers celebrating their kid…
In case anyone was wondering, Joe Biden is every bit as unimpressive out of office as he was in it.
If you are a graduate of Yale University, you can vote every spring for a member of the Yale Corporation, which selects the school's president. However, you can only participate if you vote for one of the two candidates nominated by the Alumni Fellow Nominating Committee, a group of universi…
Last weekend I visited my aunt and uncle. Their 30-plus acres tucked into the foothills of Appalachia has been my place of refuge for more than 20 years. It’s where my husband proposed to me, and it’s where we return to again and again with our son. Last weekend, we enjoyed the birds and pla…
Earlier this week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided at least nine restaurants in the nation’s capital, requesting proof that the establishments are not flouting the law by employing illegal aliens. Washington, D.C., presents itself as a so-called sanctuary city for ille…
President Richard Nixon, a native Californian, promoted an idea in 1972 to turn an iconic stretch of California’s coastline into a national park.
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which statutorily limited all federal domestic spyin…
Scene: walking in Washington at dusk, looking around an old market neighborhood made new again. I'm coming from a book talk, searching the lively sidewalks for the Metro station.
You and I have to pay more taxes so elite universities that willfully break the law discriminating against Jews, whites and Asians can get tax exemptions. It’s a slap in the face.
I have a conflict.
May is usually the best month for florists, Mother’s Day being a big reason. But Donald Trump’s tariff war is raining pain on their bestselling season.
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania — Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be landing, at the lush green fields of the Army War College. Hill is the commandant of the prestigious military institution and had been…
President Trump downplayed potentially empty store shelves at his recent cabinet meeting.
May 1 was the National Day of Prayer, and President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that included thanking “God for His endless blessings” and asking Him to “grant us fortitude, wisdom, and a renewed spirit of justice.” The Scripture focus selected for this year was Romans 15:13, which re…
“It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals.”
The White House lawn was festooned for the past week with mug shots of supposed illegal immigrant criminals the administration has arrested or deported. It formed a backdrop for “Border Czar” Tom Homan’s threats from the briefing room warning that every illegal immigrant within our borders n…
This story — that sadly has a tragic ending — began 15 years ago when an immigration court looked at the case of a Guatemalan national named Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj.
President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, which he celebrated this week with a characteristically electric campaign-style rally in Michigan, were the fastest and most frenzied 100 days in modern presidential history. And if Thursday’s presidential personnel drama is any indication, the next 1…
Most remarkable about the recent Canadian election is that patriotism rather than raw economic interest propelled voters to resist Donald Trump. Canadians rejected the MAGA-fied Conservative Party, despite an economy suffering from anemic growth and high housing costs, all pinned on Justin T…
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The feds had alerted the media — but not the judge — to this event, and they arrived and recorded the arrest.
I’m not Catholic, but the pope’s death hit hard, compared to a living president.
Government makes most things worse.
“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”
I have been deep in conversation with ChatGPT, asking all kinds of questions. Are there direct flights between the U.S. and Queretaro, Mexico? Will Apple give me credit for a 2014 iMac? What color goes with teal? What was France’s GDP in 1998?
Kilmar Abrego Garcia shouldn’t be in a prison in El Salvador, but also never should have been in the United States or given relief from deportation.
The New York Times recently published a hissy fit about the White House allowing reporters into the Briefing Room who didn’t vote for Kamala Harris. Here was the amazing protest sentence: “Longtime White House reporters say the result has been an erosion of their independence.”
Since the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, social media has been filled with expressions of loss and mourning, as well as opinions — both positive and negative — about Francis’ time on the Throne of Peter. The deceased pontiff is being heralded for his warmth and generosity of spirit,…
Reality has a vote. That is one lesson administered to the body of politics in the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second administration.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the recent presidential transition period, when Trump opponents resuscitated the discredited 2018 Brett Kavanaugh/Christ…
The animating beliefs of this administration range from dangerously wrong to head-spinningly crazy. Tariffs are in the first tranche, along with the myth that NATO has been ripping off the United States for decades, that immigrants commit more crimes than native-born Americans and that “He w…
President Donald Trump supporters think the President always strategizes ahead of others — like multidimensional chess. Trump critics think the man who beat Democrats twice is too stupid to think, much less strategize. Those closest to Mr. Trump say he is doing what he does best — going with…
This week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning. And the reason for the turbulence is obvious: the Trump administration’s continuing mixed signals over its trade war.
History may not perfectly repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Two protectionist episodes — the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trump-era tariffs of today — offer a striking example. Both emerged from economic nostalgia and fear of change. Both were politically attractive. An…
