The landslide victory of the Kansas City Public Schools’ bond issue has prompted lots of local head-scratching.  How did the campaign pull off such a lopsided victory?  There are a few explanations: a smart campaign,…

Oompa Loompa doompadee-do, we’ve got a tariff puzzle for you: President Trump seems to think border taxes are a Willy Wonka golden ticket for the U.S. economy. But what does it do to America’s artisan…

In the Oval Office Monday, Salvadoran strongman Nayib Bukele and wannabe American strongman Donald Trump sat together and, among other things, explained why Maryland father Kilmar Abrego García, sent illegally to Bukele’s CECOT mega-prison at…

Some 10,000 federal health workers lost their jobs earlier this month — among them, a group of regulators who help new medicines get approved. If Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t…

President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. After a flight from U.S. assets and a rout in the bond market,…

The seven Colorado River states have only a few weeks left to submit a comprehensive plan for water management going forward. A new study by UCLA researchers should further inform the negotiations as they enter…

Stocks took another header Monday as trade uncertainty continues to unnerve investors, and President Trump threatened China with an additional 50% tariff on top of the 54% already promised. One certainty is that his tariffs…

If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper,” then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality…

Democrats solidified their 4-3 progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the ramifications are nationwide. The comfortable win by Democratic Judge Susan Crawford is the second sign in two weeks of a…

Emmanuel Macron’s troubled second presidential term was already set to go down as one of the most turbulent in the history of France’s Fifth Republic.  A succession of prime ministers have come and gone at…