Republicans appear unlikely to coalesce around a major legislative agenda ahead of the midterm elections, a dynamic underscored by a State of the Union speech this week that was light on congressional action items. Congress always struggles to pass major bills in election years, and several factors make legislating more difficult for the GOP, which controls the House and […]

President Donald Trump fired his first American diplomatic salvos against Canada early in his second, nonconsecutive term. Hosting then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, Trump mused about making the northern neighbor of the United States a “51st state.” That February 2025 tête-à-tête between the North American leaders turned out to […]

American small businesspeople likely let out a collective gasp at the Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Justices on Feb. 20, in a 6-3 decision, struck down the president’s sweeping tariffs. The ruling marked an extraordinary rejection of both his signature economic policy and the lever of power he’s used to bend the […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Heading into the 2026 election cycle, predicting a Republican candidate winning the California governorship would have seemed like a sucker’s bet in the heavily Democratic state. Now it’s more of a long shot — still unlikely but increasingly plausible. It’s not that the deep blue bastion has embraced conservative politics and policy […]