The National Rifle Association is getting back to business, eager to put leadership woes and legal battles behind it and focus on what made it one of the most influential groups in the country: its members and donors. “We’ve got a brand that will be rebuilt, and we’re going to come back stronger than ever,” […]
Former President Donald Trump returned to Capitol Hill for the first time since Jan. 6, 2021, and addressed several issues related to his 2025 agenda, should he win reelection in November. As the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the former president’s hold over the GOP has only increased as he squashed primary rivals, battles against four […]
With the 2024 presidential race deadlocked or slightly favoring former President Donald Trump less than five months away from Election Day, Republican pollster Jim McLaughlin offered President Joe Biden some advice: Keep running. McLaughlin, who has done polling for Trump, made his “Stay in the race” quip in response to a question from NBC News’s […]
Guy Rose got national attention because he made faces in the House chamber. The 6-year-old accompanied his father, Rep. John Rose (R-TN), to work and sat in the background when the three-term Tennessee Republican spoke on the House floor. While his father was defending former President Donald Trump, Guy mugged for the cameras enough that […]
This month, pro-Palestinian protesters affiliated with the anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime shouted hateful slogans and waved flags of terrorist groups in a “Day of Rage” they organized in New York City. “Long live the intifada,” the demonstrators shouted, according to one video account. “Resistance is justified where people are occupied.” It wasn’t the first […]
To deal with a reported record number of border crossings, House Republicans recently held a subcommittee hearing — in North Dakota. That may seem odd, with the federal government and many southern border states locked in a struggle over what to do about migrants illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico. President Joe Biden […]
European elections this month turbocharged media misuse of the term “far right.” Parties opposed to European socialism made big gains, triggering alarmed reports about a “far right” threat. These came from news outlets always ready to deprecate movements that appeal to voters who wish to protect their national cultures against attack by unlimited “progressivism.” Google-search […]
Economic growth, while still robust, is slowing. At the same time, inflation continues to outpace the Federal Reserve‘s 2% target, hurting consumer sentiment in the process. The unemployment rate continues to hover around half-century lows, though the persistently tight labor market further fueling inflation means that these job vacancies aren’t exactly something to brag about. […]
More people in more countries are casting more ballots in 2024 than in any previous year. Yet the biggest issue is going undebated. The biggest issue is, of course, the lockdown, which led to a sharper recession than anything we experienced during the two world wars or the Great Depression. That economic contraction led to […]
Former President Donald Trump is celebrating his birthday Friday, shining a spotlight on both his and President Joe Biden‘s age as the two men vie to settle the record on the oldest person inaugurated in U.S. history. Trump is four years younger than Biden, 78 to his predecessor’s 81. But despite the relatively small age […]
