OK, I’ll say it. I’m sick of superheroes. I blame the Marvel Cinematic Universe (36 movies and counting over 17 years) and the DC Extended Universe (43 movies and counting, mostly since the late 1970s). Maybe Earth’s not big enough for two universes. They’re running pretty thin these days, down to rebooting reboots, making sequels for ...Read more

There’s a lot President Donald Trump has failed to do to pressure Russia into genuine peace talks on Ukraine. But it's now being reported he asked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy if he could do the one thing that nobody in their right mind would suggest: bomb Moscow, the capital city of a paranoid nuclear superpower, using U.S. long-range ...Read more

California is having a bummer of a political summer.

With the state under daily siege by the Trump administration, Los Angeles occupied by federal troops and our gallivanting governor busy running for president, is it really any surprise?

A recent UC Irvine poll found that residents, by a 2-to-1 margin, believe California is headed on the ...Read more

President Donald Trump never stays still for very long. He makes decisions, only to delay their implementation. He listens to pretty much everybody before he settles on a course of action, only to change his mind at the last minute. Whether it’s withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria during his first term or settling on a tariff regime in his ...Read more

LONDON — In case anyone believes President Donald Trump has revised his policy toward Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, don’t be fooled.

True, the president is piqued because Putin refuses to agree to Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize plan for a ceasefire with Ukraine. The Russian leader has been deluging Ukraine’s cities with drones and ...Read more

Early this month, the U.S. military and masked federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and from Customs and Border Protection invaded a park near downtown Los Angeles — ironically, a park named after Gen. Douglas MacArthur. They came ready for battle, dressed in tactical gear and camouflage, with some arriving on horseback, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If there were more people like George Steffes in politics, the public wouldn’t hold the institution in such low esteem.

There’d be a lot less bull and much more thoughtful debate.

Paralytic polarization would give way to problem solving.

Steffes was the kind of person who people profess to want in the halls of ...Read more

Despite losing $235 billion, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell somehow still has a job—for now. His mismanagement of the Fed has not only badly hamstrung monetary policy for years but has stuck the taxpayer with a massive bill atop a general cost-of-living crisis. It’s no wonder calls for his resignation are growing.

While at the Fed�...Read more

New York City’s subway system is mainly known for moving millions of riders every day and scaring the U.S. transportation secretary. But every so often it also becomes the world’s least-popular water park.

Instagram was rife this week with unnerving videos of subway riders watching high waters churn outside their train cars after a brief ...Read more

Imagine a Washington in which President Donald Trump was held to account. A Washington in which Congress doesn't roll over like a dog begging for a treat. A Washington that functions the way it's supposed to, with that whole checks-and-balances thing working.

Enticing, no?

Democrats need to win just three seats in 2026 to seize control of the ...Read more

On Tuesday, Republican Rep. Tim Burchett issued a formal request to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to invite Ghislaine Maxwell to testify publicly about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and connections.

Given the intense public interest on this topic, Rep. Burchett’s call should be honored by Rep. Comer despite the political ...Read more

The White House is in full-blown turmoil as some of President Trump’s favorite people have the pitchforks out for his attorney general, Pam Bondi.

The Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories that helped him ooze his way back to the White House are back like vultures. That is well-earned karma for Bondi. She promised Conspiracy World to serve up ...Read more

These journal entries, which have been lightly edited, detail the day-to-day experiences of my family in Iran during Israel’s attacks and the connections to their children abroad. I received my family’s approval to share them.

Part I: One-way ticket out of Tehran, but never out of Iran

Sunday, June 15

We held a call with my cousins abroad...Read more

Stick a fork in Democrats, they are done!

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is the 2028 Democratic presidential primary frontrunner, according to a poll released this week, the New York Post reports.

It gets worse.

Pete Buttigieg and California Gov. Gavin Newsom come in next.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and fellow Tri-State agitator Rep. ...Read more

The city of Chicago is connecting more young people with work than it has in years.

The mayor’s office recently announced that nearly 29,000 teens and young adults were hired this summer through One Summer Chicago, a city-led jobs initiative for people ages 14 to 24. That’s welcome news: Research shows summer jobs can reduce youth violence...Read more

Despite President Donald Trump’s decade-long demonization of immigrants, an overwhelming majority of Americans are rejecting his message.

A new Gallup poll shows that 79% of those polled — a record high — say immigration is good for the country, with only 17% saying it is bad. And the number of Americans who want less immigration is ...Read more

The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facility went up on a former airstrip in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees. Florida’s Republican state Atty. Gen. James Uthmeier, the driving force behind the project, posted on X recently...Read more

President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill is not what you think it is. It’s not a stunt. It’s not a meme. It’s the most unmistakable evidence yet of a transformed Republican Party. To understand who benefits from this bill is to recognize the party’s new political mandate: delivering for the working class.

That is, the GOP’s ...Read more

Few initiatives of the Trump administration more seriously undermine our understanding of the nation’s past than Executive Order 14253 from March 27, which promises “to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments.”

The order directs the Interior secretary to cleanse all...Read more