For decades, the Washington-area economy has been considered “recession-proof” due to the size and scope of the federal workforce in and around the District of Columbia. But multiple economic indicators suggest the label could be slipping. Unemployment is rising, and payrolls are shrinking in the public and private sectors. This follows federal layoffs and the […]
The assassination of Charlie Kirk, 31, while hosting an event in Orem, Utah, struck down the most influential voice in young conservatism and left his movement suddenly grappling with what comes next. Kirk’s rise from a suburban Chicago teenager to the face of the Republican Party’s youth wing reshaped the political landscape and energized a […]
Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the internet has shown its dark side. However, retribution in the form of public firing seems to be coming swiftly. Libs of TikTok has become a steady stream of calling out those who are celebrating the death of the conservative activist, from a district attorney in Montana to college […]
For Tennessee Republican Van Hilleary, winning a House seat after years as a Capitol Hill chief of staff would be a promotion in all ways but one: salary. Hilleary spent more than six years as top aide to Rep. John Rose (R-TN), who represents Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, covering eastern Nashville, the city’s eastern suburbs, […]
Three things happened in rapid succession in one 24-hour period that illustrate the promise and the peril that lie ahead for Democrats: a 50-point special election victory, the reemergence of former Vice President Kamala Harris and 2024 recriminations, and the senseless murder of the influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Taken together, they show a party […]
When Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security facility in early August, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) wanted to know why. Roughly one week after meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Maxwell was “suddenly transferred from a low-security facility in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas,” Whitehouse wrote in a […]
A growing number of House Democrats are refusing money from AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, as the war in Gaza becomes politically toxic with the party’s base. Over the last month, three House Democrats have sworn off contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after accepting them in prior election cycles. AIPAC was a […]
President Donald Trump can consider himself fully vindicated. He was right to assert that the Bureau of Labor Statistics requires new leadership to resolve its persistently imprecise employment data. Trump was right again in concluding that the Federal Reserve has been too late in responding to the deterioration of the job market. By all available […]
In approximately 14 months, voters will once again head to the polls to vote. The 2026 midterm elections are sure to be contentious with so much at stake. Up for grabs: every seat in the House, 35 seats in the Senate, and 39 gubernatorial elections. Historically, the midterm elections are a referendum on the current […]
Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction. But some of its foremost victims aren’t Israeli Jews. Rather, they’re Arab. And a newly formed group, the Arrow Unit, exemplifies how Hamas maintains its grip on power, even now, nearly two years into one of the worst wars the Middle East has seen in […]
