Will Cheap Housing Lead to More Babies?The connection between housing and fertility rates has a missing piece.
How States Are Undoing Criminal Justice ReformsLouisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole are smaller in scope.
Q&A: Phoenix Mayor Says Local Government Must Lead on Clean EnergyAs Trump cuts climate funds, local leaders like Kate Gallego must look for ways to save financing for their communities’ transition
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to ComeThe now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
Why Right-Wing Influencers Keep Saying the Jews Killed JFKSocial media supercharges conspiracy theories. Anti-Semitism is one of the oldest. When the National Archives and Records Administration released previously unseen documents relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy last week, the world learned something interesting.
Can Americans Still Be Convinced That Principle Is Worth Fighting For?In gaming, a metric called “ping” measures the time it takes for information to travel from your console to the network and back again. If you’re playing online soccer and you press the button that makes your striker shoot, the ping is how long it takes for the shot to register onscreen.
Key Takeaways From America’s Secret Military Partnership With UkraineThe war in Ukraine is at an inflection point, with President Trump seeking rapprochement with the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, and pressing for an end to the fighting. But for nearly three years before Mr.
A Plan for Peace Through Strength in UkraineThere have been recurring strains in the U.S.-Ukrainian relationship under both Trump administrations. The recent Oval Office blow-up between the two presidents is only the most recent example.
Canada, the Northern Outpost of SanityWhen I was a boy, the company that my father worked for transferred him from Los Angeles to Toronto, so I lived in Canada for most of my elementary-school years, attending the Northlea public school, where I remember boys and girls entering through separate doors after taking off our hats in deferen
Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law FirmsFederal judges dealt twin blows to President Trump’s retaliation campaign on Friday by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking much of his executive orders targeting two major law firms that participated in investigations of him, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale.
The Bidens want back inWASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders he’ll raise funds, campaign and do anything else necessary for Democrats to recover lost ground as the Trump administration rolls back programs the party helped design, according to people close to him.
Invading Canada Is Not AdvisableWe’ve tried before. It didn’t work out. When I served as counselor of the State Department, I advised the secretary of state about America’s wars with Iraqi insurgents, the Taliban, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and al-Qaeda.
Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t What the Conservative Legal Movement ExpectedIt takes a few years for new justices to get accustomed to serving on the Supreme Court. Like any new hire to any workplace, the high court’s most junior members tend to take it slow at first. New justices rarely write significant majority opinions or draft thundering dissents.