2025

WASHINGTON—Revealing a steep decline in the populace’s knowledge of its own country, a distressing survey commissioned Monday by the Department of Education found that most U.S. citizens are unable to name all 340 million Americans. “The…

The hard lessons Texas learned at its border have led to the creation of the largest state effort in national security in our nation’s history. Now is not the time to forgo that effort. Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, Texas has…

As anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the last 18 months knows, the Supreme Court declared racial preferences in college admissions unconstitutional in SFFA v. Harvard and UNC in June 2023. Yet last month, a district court judge…

In 1981 at 40 years of age, I was diagnosed as suffering from “gender dysphoria” by a world-leading gender therapist, Dr. Paul Walker. Sitting across from Dr. Walker in his San Francisco Union St. office, I explained that when I was only 4…

California finds itself in an all-too-familiar inferno, with devastating fires in Los Angeles County crying out for reevaluation of fuel and forest management policies as well as other fire mitigation measures. While modern firefighting…

Do Republicans know what time it is? This week, with the kick-off of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, the new Senate majority will have an opportunity to answer that question. The GOP can demonstrate it…

The buzz in Israel’s aviation industry lately has been about a new, affordable airline—at least affordable by Israeli standards—run by the country’s hi-tech industry under the name TechAir. However, it was announced at the time that the…

A groundbreaking new export regulation aims to keep some AI models and related chips out of adversaries’ hands while easing their sale to friendly nations, Biden officials said Sunday, a day before its official release. But America’s top…

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face theNation” that President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, “just does not seem to have the qualifications” for the appointment. Partial transcript as…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed an executive order to suspend regulations that would impede the rebuilding process following the destructive wildfires. The three-page executive order signed by the governor this week would aim to…