There’s a reason George W. Bush was the last governor to win the White House: In the 25-plus years since, governors have proven incapable of weathering the intense public scrutiny and navigating the media barrage of gotcha questions that accompany running for president.

There are reasons for that.

As local television news divisions have ...Read more

The end of Donald Trump’s Georgia state case 10 months into his second White House term means that of the four criminal prosecutions in which he was indicted on felony charges, only the Stormy Daniels case (the weakest of the four) was resolved.

Blame Sen. Mitch McConnell and at least nine other Republicans who refused to join 57 of their ...Read more

At 8 o'clock on a stormy weeknight in the chilly Chinatown offices of L.A. Taco, Memo Torres finally was worn out.

Since President Donald Trump unleashed his deportation deluge on Los Angeles in June, the 45-year-old has chronicled nearly every immigration enforcement action in the region in three-minute "Daily Memo" videos for the online ...Read more

When the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended recently, Republicans mostly got what they wanted: A spending bill was passed, the government was reopened and Democrats’ main demand — a deal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies — was deferred. Now Republicans must deliver on a health care compromise, lest millions of Americans...Read more

With the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. has amassed a fearsome array of assets off the shores of Venezuela: dozens of advanced fighter jets, thousands of troops, guided-missile destroyers, special operations forces, armed drones, gunships, possibly a nuclear submarine. More useful, however,...Read more

“Do you have a moment?”

I turned and saw my senior colleague, Paul (not his real name), a mentor and sponsor, at my office door.

“Come on in!” I said—excited to have a chat with him.

We engaged in small talk before he said, “I am worried for your career. Would you consider taking classes to correct your accent?”

The air left my...Read more

At first glance, Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah, seems to be a throwback to 1950s America and the age of Dwight Eisenhower.

Slender, affable and earnest, Cox exudes polite deportment, controlled intensity and quiet competence. His message of civility and respect echoes from a distant, even quaint, time. However, Cox believes these...Read more

Marriage rates in the United States have plummeted nearly 60% since 1970, hitting historic lows amid rising divorce risks and financial pitfalls. This decline isn’t primarily a gender war but a finance-based crisis: The specter of divorce as a wealth transfer discourages commitment.

Enter China’s bold 2025 divorce law reforms, effective Feb...Read more

I never imagined that after graduating from college and working in the offices of a respected consulting firm in the Midwest, one day I would walk away from what looked like a secure and enviable path. But after months spent helping companies squeeze out higher profits, I began to wonder, like Leo Tolstoy, whether a life devoted entirely to ...Read more

Vaccine resistance in the United States isn’t limited to people. Alongside skepticism toward routine childhood and some adult vaccines, veterinarians are seeing the same hesitation spread to pets. What was once a routine part of preventive care has become a fraught interaction — and the implications extend well beyond animal health.

The ...Read more

In October, one of the most consequential cases before the Supreme Court began. Six white Justices, two Black and one Latina took the bench for arguments in Louisiana v. Callais.

Addressing a core principle of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: representation. The Court is asked to consider if prohibiting the creation of voting districts that ...Read more

Call it graduation inflation. The latest California School Dashboard, compiled by the state Board of Education, showed the graduation rate for all students rose to 87.8% in 2025, up 1 percentage point from 2024. It included all public schools, folding charters into their local districts or county departments of education (not the chartering ...Read more

We’re all familiar with the motivating cry of “YOLO” right before you do something on the edge of stupidity and exhilaration.

We’ve all seen the “TL;DR” section that shares the key takeaways from a long article.

And, we’ve all experienced “FOMO” when our friends make plans and we feel compelled to tag along just to make sure ...Read more

The Second World War was won on the home front as well as the battlefield. As early as 1942, the British government pledged itself, as soon as the Nazis were defeated, to slaying “Five Giants on the road to reconstruction”: Disease, Want, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. This pledge boosted morale and provided the template for the postwar ...Read more

There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot overlords that will eradicate humanity. The second is that AI will eliminate many jobs. The more likely scenario is that it creates a labor shortage, or at least a dearth of skilled workers who can make the most of ...Read more

The ads have been popping up on Fox News, Good Morning America, the Today Show and Univision. They feature Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem against a backdrop bristling with American flags, galloping past Mount Rushmore on horseback, or dressed as an ICE agent.

This is the $200 million ad campaign that has saturated television and social...Read more

Hand your child a phone when you are ready for their childhood to end.

We’d suggest another spin on that online proverb: Let kids bring their phones to class when you want them to stop learning.

Last spring, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker championed a bill banning cellphones from classrooms. It didn’t pass, but he’s indicated he’ll be ...Read more

Congress ended its impasse to reopen the government, but the Democrats’ reason for the shutdown remains unresolved: the renewal of expiring subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act.

Republicans offered an olive branch to end the standoff by proposing to make payments into Americans’ health savings accounts or flexible ...Read more

Anyone who believes that the government can solve their problems needs to spend some time in Southern California.

This month, Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., held a public hearing on the destructive Palisades Fire. Earlier in the year, it killed 12 people and destroyed almost 7,000 structures. Many of them were homes in the ...Read more