The war Israel waged against Iran was short, with precision strikes, clear goals and results that enhanced its military prestige.  The war against Hamas in Gaza has become endless, indiscriminate and militarily pointless. It is…

When I was a college freshman studying broadcast journalism in 1978, I watched a show on PBS that made me contemplate something that I’d never thought about before: What would I do if one day,…

Good news from Scotland on Monday, as President Trump said he’s now giving Vladimir Putin only another 10-12 days to reach a cease-fire with Ukraine. “We just don’t see any progress being made,” Mr. Trump…

The era of federal support for an energy transition, supposed to last a decade under the Inflation Reduction Act, will mostly come to a close on New Year’s Eve, when the cost of clean energy…

President Donald Trump entered his second term talking about eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Then Texas’s Guadalupe River flooded, killing more than 130 Americans. Now, Trump’s team is scrambling to insist that its changes…

On Monday the IRS released a court filing reinterpreting the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits any tax-exempt non-profit organizations from participating in political campaigns.  Churches and agencies have always been free to advocate for particular policies,…

It’s often hard to know when President Trump is serious about something, or merely creating a distraction. But in case he really meant it this week when he told Republican lawmakers he may fire Federal…

The Israeli prime minister cited Mr. Trump’s efforts to end conflicts in the Middle East. But in truth he is grateful to the U.S. president for joining his war against Iran last month and for…

Unable to resist the political clickbait, President Donald Trump muscled Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier out of the limelight June 30, to celebrate the opening of a Florida first. It is…

Three months ago a tariff announcement by Donald Trump caused a market meltdown.  More recently his words have mostly elicited a shrug. On July 7 America’s president published letters he had sent to 14 countries…