Congressional Republicans have two goals: Cut taxes and trim the budget deficit. Because the two are at odds, that means something big has to give in order to satisfy the demands of President Donald Trump’s…

In its effort to increase deportations of migrants, the Trump administration announced Tuesday evening that it would send planeloads to the north African country of Libya.  That appeared to be news to Libya. Run by…

Whatever you think of the National Endowment for the Arts, or federal funding of the arts more generally, surely reasonable Americans all can agree that government agencies should not claw back previously approved grants when…

Republican Senators who hold up a troubling nominee might attract President Trump’s short-term anger, but they’re doing him a long-term favor. So it is with Sen. Thom Tillis’s opposition to Ed Martin, nominated for U.S.…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to undertake a search for alternative measles treatments as the disease…

President Trump last week conceded that his border taxes are economically damaging by softening the blow for auto makers. Or as he put it in a Michigan speech, believe it or not: “We gave them…

After a month of tumult, investors in American stocks are making peace with the trade war. The S&P 500 index is down by just 2.4% since Donald Trump issued his “Liberation Day” proclamation. Stocks are…

President Trump seems to be moving toward a new realism about Ukraine and Russia, and the mineral deal he signed Wednesday with Kyiv is a welcome step. The deal appears to serve the national interests…

No doubt the Beltway press would love to knock Pete Hegseth out as Defense secretary, but that doesn’t come close to explaining the mess at the Pentagon. The staff infighting, dismissals, and leaks over Signal…

The hyperactive first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have been the most consequential of any president this century, and perhaps since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before the inauguration Americans wondered what…