Alas, the coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee is complete. Democrats are surprisingly ecstatic with the decision, and Republicans, or at least the Trump campaign is very cross about it, complaining that democracy has been subverted. This is something of a reversal, given ...

After a fierce rainstorm, the light shone on the Capitol dome like a city on a hill. The House of Representatives was returning at that moment Monday to an utterly changed reality. The day before, President Joe Biden withdrew from his race for reelection. Within 24 hours of Biden bowing out ...

Bonjour, world! Bienvenue to the Paris Olympic Games! Come for the propaganda, stay for the rampant authoritarianism! The tone couldn’t have been better set. Paris blew EUR1.5 billion to “clean up” the Seine river – effectively an open-air sewer – promising Parisians a long-term ...

The drive between Butler, Pennsylvania, and the Ohio village of East Palestine is less than 42 miles long. In between are the villages and boroughs of Lyndora, Connoquenessing and Evans City on the Pennsylvania side before you cross the state line directly into the village of East ...

What follows here assumes that Kamala Harris carries out her stated intention to “earn the nomination” and not pretend that the crown is only in the shop. This gives her an opportunity to craft her image as a centrist with a spine, the sort of Democrat who can win national elections. The ...

President Joe Biden’s time in the White House is coming to an end. He’s now officially a lame duck with six months to go. So where will Biden stand in the history books? From his first days in the Oval Office, he governed from the far left on everything from climate change to radical ...