The order lists "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity" as common threads among "domestic terrorists," though all are protected by the First Amendment.
Plus: Eric Adams drop out, Assata Shakur gets fawned over, James Comey gets roasted, and more...
The administration is pursuing a vendetta, but Comey and the FBI deserve scrutiny and reduced stature.
By demanding that the Justice Department punish the former FBI director for wronging him, the president provided evidence to support a claim of selective or vindictive prosecution.
Trump’s trade war is hitting wineries, distillers, and distributors with product shortages and soaring costs—leaving customers to pick up the tab.
Five plaintiffs are arguing that several mass immigration arrests in the nation’s capital were made without probable cause.
The FBI director's portrayal of the case exemplifies the emptiness of his promise that there would be "no retributive actions" against the president's enemies.
Trump railed against migrant crime abroad but skipped U.S. stats—because immigrants here are locked up far less often than native-born Americans.
There is ample evidence to suspect prosecutors are just doing President Trump's dirty work rather than following the facts of the case.
The bailout would simply redistribute wealth from American businesses and consumers to farmers. Here's a better idea: end the tariffs.
The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Amazon in its yearslong lawsuit against the company for "dark patterns" in Prime sign up and cancellation.
By expanding federal agents' authority to collect the DNA of immigrant detainees, the government has risked violating Americans’ rights.
Plus: James Comey indicted, some New York schools stripped of funding, NATO being tested, and more...
There’s an opportunity to abandon bad policies that raise consumer costs and move toward free trade.
From the Fairness Doctrine to Nixon’s “raised eyebrow,” government licensing power has long chilled broadcast speech—proving the First Amendment should apply fully to the airwaves.
Plus: Robert Munsch chooses Canadian healthcare, Argentina in trouble, ignoring Greta, and more...
The Supreme Court will soon review the president’s authority to fire “independent” agency heads.
The OECD just published its projections for American growth, and they're grim.
Plus: ICE helps arrest sex workers, the SIM farm "security threat," Waymo car crashes caused by human error, and more...
Forcing the sale of a social media company for political reasons was always going to be a power grab for the White House—whether its occupant was Democratic or Republican.
History suggests that Republicans will regret letting the FCC police TV programming.
Plus: Charlie Kirk's funeral's aesthetics, Kamala Harris' election postmortem, and more...
The president’s attempt to evade the major questions doctrine deserves to be rejected.
Mike Waltz is no longer national security adviser, but his plans for Bagram Air Base seem to have stuck in the president's head.
The pronatalist movement is selling bad policies and rigid ideas about gender. There is a better way.
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Rand Paul concurs that the threats preceding the comedian's suspension were "absolutely inappropriate" because the agency has "no business weighing in on this."
A quiet push to declare “no safe level” of drinking has officially fizzled.
And Trump's much more extreme one. [EV writes: I bumped this post from yesterday, because it struck me as especially timely and substantively valuable.]
Vice President J.D. Vance and Sen. Cynthia Lummis are among the latest conservatives to turn their backs on free speech when it comes to their ideological opponents.
Most U.S. drug traffickers are Americans, but the president is ordering extrajudicial maritime killings while ignoring the domestic demand that drives the market.
Plus: Eric Adams pursues trans bathroom policy change, SCOTUS to rule on Lisa Cook firing, and more...
Trump struggles to articulate any foreign policy view with much coherence, and has a fragile ego that makes world conflicts all about him.
Individuals housed at state-run immigration detention centers frequently don’t show up in the online detainee locator system, making it hard for their family and their lawyer to find them.
Markets thrive on predictable rules, but when the president takes equity stakes or pressures firms at will, investment and risk-taking give way to hesitation.
What the Trump administration is doing to late-night comedy is clearly jawboning.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," the FCC chairman said, threatening to punish broadcasters for airing the comedian's show.
America doesn’t have an official list of domestic terrorist organizations, but the declaration could mean heavier political surveillance and RICO prosecutions.
When the Federal Reserve is concerned about inflation, it increases the federal funds rate. Despite expressing such concerns, the Fed lowered it.
Plus: America's cocaine habit, how Charlie Kirk handled South Park, and more...
Plus: Pam Bondi flunks free speech 101.
Plus: New Yorkers favor decriminalizing prostitution. An academic inquiry into "body counts." AI chatbots everywhere. And more...
It’s mainly praise for Trump: “President Trump secured the greatest personal and political achievement in American history.”
Whether he is waging the drug war, imposing tariffs, deporting alleged gang members, or fighting crime, the president thinks he can do "anything I want to do."
Trump’s emergency order in the nation’s capital expired last week, but he has already rolled out a plan to crack down on crime in Memphis.
The attorney general is now getting called out by fellow conservatives.
Majorities on the left and on the right denounce political violence and its celebration.
The president's new approach to drug law enforcement represents a stark departure from military norms and criminal justice principles.
