The week before Christmas, President Donald Trump delivered a televised address from the White House. The president can stretch things out when he speechifies, but this time he got right to the point and landed the message in under 20 minutes. “Eleven months ago,” he said, “I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it.” Details […]

When a party loses a presidential election, the aftermath is marked by a slew of analysis and deep dives, often referred to as a “post-mortem” or “autopsy,” aimed at determining what exactly went wrong and how to improve the outcome four years later. Many of these reviews are unofficial and handled by political organizations, media […]

Kamala Harris may or may not run for president in 2028. To hear her tell it, Harris has already won an important victory, and her place in history is secure. “I understand the focus on ‘28 and all that,” the former vice president who came short in her 2024 bid for the White House said […]

President Donald Trump’s focus on securing the domestic rare earth minerals market puts the White House in a bind: Does it ignore its promise to deregulate? Trump, shortly after returning to office in January 2025 for his second, nonconsecutive term, invoked the Defense Production Act through several executive orders, citing the Cold War-era law in […]