As the White House toys with the no-joke prospect of actually invading Venezuela out of (understandable) ire at the government of (reprehensible) strongman Nicolas Maduro, a damning new Human Rights Watch report says that 252…

Members of the Trump administration have floated a new proposal to address the nation’s housing crisis. It’s a dud. They should stick to the basics. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social last weekend to…

To be honest, we were doubtful Eric Meyer of The Marion County Record and others would ever be compensated for the emotional and physical toll of having law enforcement officers ransack his newspaper and home…

President Trump insists his border taxes aren’t raising prices, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent more or less conceded otherwise on Wednesday when he floated exemptions for coffee and bananas. Is this the beginning of political…

Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t merely want his main political rival locked up. He wants to bury the key in the sands of time — for more than two millennia. Witness the charges…

The U.S. Mint made the last penny on Wednesday, ending the years-long farce of the government producing coins that cost more to make than they are worth. Well, not exactly. The Mint will continue pressing…

As a rule, we oppose federal government shutdowns. When the federal government shuts down, Americans suffer. And there has been plenty of suffering in America during the past six weeks. The nation’s longest federal government…

For decades, the United Kingdom’s leaders have bear-hugged their American counterparts, and it’s been no different with President Donald Trump.  Lately, the courtship has been great for the special relationship, with Trump saying, “special does…

President Donald Trump’s reelection stirred concern among many that constitutional protections, including the right to marry, could be put back on the table. The Supreme Court put those fears to rest Monday when they decided…

Individual states risk “punishment” if they fully fund food stamps, sidestepping the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the benefits during the government shutdown.  The threat came Saturday night, handed down by the Department of Agriculture,…