WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – A 6-year-old girl is being credited with saving the lives of her parents and younger brother after she awoke early Sunday and alerted her father to a fire in their New Jersey home. As a result,…
Thomas Franck@TOMWFRANCK President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, told CNBC on Tuesday that GDP growth in the U.S. should hit at least 3% in 2020. “This is a long cycle, and what you’ve got here…
Abortion activists outside the Supreme Court in 2002. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Laws permitting abortion up to the point of birth follow naturally from the country’s expansive abortion regime. Democrats are increasingly explicit in their support for…
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces the “Medicare for All Act of 2017” on Capitol Hill, September 13, 2017. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) Conservatives must fight for the philosophical future of America. Progressives want to accelerate the country’s century-long…
It depends on which one you mean. Helena Rosenblatt in her new book reminds us of the diversity in a long tradition in Western political philosophy. Helena Rosenblatt’s The Lost History of Liberalism is an…
The shutdown battle has led Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to modify his favorite saying that “there’s no education in the second kick of a mule.” On Tuesday, he revised that to a “third” kick.…
At least eight people have died as a result of the coldest weather in decades across the Northern Plains and Midwest over the past few days. In addition, college classes have been cancelled, airports were…
Approximately 2,000 additional active duty U.S. service members are expected to deploy to the southern border, many of whom will be used to build and reinforce about 160 miles of concertina wire, a U.S. official…
One week after recognizing him as the interim president of Venezuela, President Donald Trump called the country's opposition leader Juan Guaidó to "reinforce President Trump's strong support for Venezuela's fight to regain its democracy." It's…
As lawmakers scramble to negotiate a border security compromise after the longest government shutdown in American history, some Republicans and Democrats, from freshmen to the most veteran legislators, agree on one thing: They don’t want…
With just 16 days before temporary government funding runs out once again for a quarter of the U.S. government, talks between House and Senate negotiators showed little sign of progress on the stickiest of issues:…
We now know punching Sen. Rand Paul will cost you a half million dollars. A jury ruled on Wednesday that Paul's neighbor, who got into a scuffle with the senator in November 2017, will be…
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I keep talking about how in the West, we are swiftly moving into a culture that resembles communist totalitarianism — this, based on what people who grew up under communism tell me. It’s not about…
It takes quite a lot to draw attention away from Washington these days. Only the most sensational events—hurricanes, wildfires, a genocide in Myanmar—seem to do the trick. One such event occurred at a high school…
Credit: CBS/YouTube Screenshot Liberals are hoping former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wakes up and smells the coffee before he winds up re-electing Donald Trump. Schultz is an unlikely target of the latest progressive two minutes…
Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Tony Gentile/Reuters) Chico Harlan Rome bureau chief covering southern Europe and sometimes parts beyond January 30 at 4:59 PM ROME — WikiLeaks, the tell-anything anti-secrecy organization, on Wednesday…
ATLANTA -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady turns 42 in August, and the 2019 season will mark the final year of his contract. But owner Robert Kraft indicated Wednesday that he wouldn't have reservations…
1 of 24 Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images X Games Aspen 2019 From the athletes — including Mark McMorris, Jamie Anderson, and Chloe Kim — and their high-flying tricks, to the musical entertainment — The…
A University of Iowa student has died after being found unresponsive on campus grounds early Wednesday as a polar vortex gripped the Midwest in arctic temperatures that have been linked to at least seven other deaths. Gerald…
Reuters/Pinar Istek Here is what you need to know. The Fed says it'll be patient on future rate hikes. The Federal Open Market Committee held its key interest rate in a range between 2.25% and…
Trade with China helps make it possible. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) It’s a less attractive course on trade than one might think American manufacturing doesn’t offer nearly as many jobs as it once did, and there…
(Pixabay) Their policies will need dramatic reform to pass muster with the CBO and JCT, and they’ve not shown the willingness to compromise such reform will require. Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared on the…
Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (Graham Bartholomew / Aviron Pictures) And gets ridiculed for his values They don’t make movies like To Have and Have Not anymore. That 1944 Humphrey Bogart thriller (best…