The late Elie Wiesel, the famed essayist and survivor of Adolf Hitler’s camps, once described the Holocaust as “an indictment of our present world.” Eight decades later, that verdict was renewed when another group of totalitarian antisemites put on a grotesque display. Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist group that rules Gaza, perpetrated the largest slaughter of […]

I am a writer in Los Angeles, which is just a sidelong way of saying I still have roommates as I approach 30. I’m lucky in that it’s a largely frictionless affair, though the television is far too communal for someone who watches far too much of it. The other night I was catching up […]

Federal agencies submitted their plans on Thursday to the Office of Personnel Management for widespread federal worker layoffs, which will soon provide the clearest picture yet of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the U.S. federal government.   Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has pursued a sweeping effort to slash the size of […]

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s efforts to cancel $20 billion in climate grants meant to fund clean energy projects in low-income communities have led to litigation and controversy. The grants were issued through the Biden administration’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was established as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats […]