Politics & Policy

Rep. Seth Moulton (D., Mass.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2020 (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reprimanded two veteran congressmen, both of whom served in the Middle East, for traveling to…

In the late spring, as coronavirus cases in the U.S. were trending way down and vaccination rates were trending up, Dr. Lucy McBride and three of her colleagues authored an optimistic Washington Post op-ed with a clear and straightforward…

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., August 22, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) After a politically tumultuous summer, marked by a COVID rebound, partisan gridlock over domestic…

One pundit’s unique constitutional theory just does not work. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE N ewsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer has been on a campaign to market what he calls “common-good originalism” as a substitute method of constitutional…

What was sold as a win for common ground is really a win for politically connected companies. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he bipartisan infrastructure bill that just passed the Senate contains something that truly cuts across party lines:…

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort enters New York Harbor during the coronavirus outbreak, March 30, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Coronavirus fearmongers and global-warming activists have a lot in common. There has been something rather…

Demonstrators surround the grave of former Portuguese dictator Antonio Oliveira Salazar during a protest at his hometown in Santa Comba Dao, Portugal, in 2007. (Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters) Conservatives should abandon their fantasies…

Attendees cheer at the Tea Party Patriots ‘Exempt America from Obamacare’ rally at the U.S. Capitol in 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) A Tea Party II opposed to socialism would have much more appeal than a Tea Party opposed to big…

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, October 3, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) We previously warned Republicans against supporting a smaller infrastructure deal with Democrats, because…

New townhomes under construction in Tampa, Fla., May 5, 2021. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) How deregulation can help solve our housing shortage A recent Wall Street Journal article painted a grim picture of the housing market. “Construction…