When the Supreme Court struck down the core pillar of President Donald Trump’s tariff program, it immediately reshaped the political landscape in Michigan, a battleground state whose economy is tightly intertwined with neighboring Canada. In February, the justices ruled 6-3 that the president lacked broad authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval, concluding that such […]
Not quite a fortnight into Operation Epic Fury against Iran, and markets still haven’t decided whether President Donald Trump has launched us into World War III. But that hasn’t stopped liberals and their media stenographers from praying that oil markets collapse amid the U.S.-Israel strikes against the Shia Islamic theocracy and its fledgling nuclear program. […]
Conservative activists don’t believe Republicans have done enough with their congressional majorities, just months away from those majorities appearing on the ballot in the midterm elections. It has become arguably the top issue in a contentious primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the subtext of broader debates about the […]
The second round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on March 18. The first round went out on March 11 to those born on or before […]
President Donald Trump has a potential housing victory gift-wrapped for him in Congress — but the White House is focused elsewhere. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Thursday. The legislation aims to ease the nation’s housing shortage and lower costs — issues that top the list of voter […]
The April 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 19 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. For months when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, like March, these payments are issued on the last […]
During a CNN town hall with actor Matthew McConaughey, Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet stated the obvious: The once-great American pastime of going to the movies is in real danger of losing its cultural centrality. “I admire people, and I’ve done it myself, who go on a talk show and go, ‘Hey, we gotta keep movie […]
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall could easily be mistaken by the unfamiliar tourist for a religious shrine of preeminent sanctity. Massive and tastefully ornate, it sits within a sprawling square of stone and is flanked by two temple-like assembly halls. Within its main chamber sits a 10-meter statue of the titular Chiang, Taiwan‘s first president. I […]
Beginning on the evening of March 2, Jewish communities around the world observed the holiday of Purim. The occasion marks the demise of the wicked Persian vizier Haman, who sought, some 2,500 years ago, to exterminate Jews throughout the vast Persian Empire. Only the impassioned importuning of the Jewish Queen Esther persuaded her husband, the […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s invigoratingly loopy new horror comedy The Bride! overcomes preachiness with sheer stylishness. Although she works overtime to wring #MeToo-ready self-righteousness from the classic she is remaking (James Whale’s 1935 monster movie Bride of Frankenstein), Gyllenhaal turns out to be far less adept at feminist propaganda than she is at overseeing eye-catching photography and […]
