Politics

Trump Shines a Light on Discrimination in College Admissions | National Review
By forcing schools to open their books, it will be much more difficult for them to rely on application essays and obscure admissions criteria to ‘cover their tracks.’ ...

D.C. leaders push back against Bondi's order naming DEA head as 'emergency police commissioner'
Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive effectively replacing the Washington, D.C., police chief was "unlawful," the capital's attorney general wrote in a late Thursday memo, as President Donald Trump's takeover...

D.C.’s Home Rule Is a Luxury, Not a Right | National Review
Trump is acting well within the bounds of the Constitution. Source link

Video: Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein
new video loaded: Fact-Checking Trump on EpsteinBy Linda Qiu, Claire Hogan, June Kim and Zach Wood•August 14, 2025For the most part, President Trump has ignored questions about Jeffrey Epstein,...

Trump orders overturn Biden era antitrust crackdown, promote space industry
President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that spurred more aggressive enforcement of antitrust laws in an effort to promote competition in the economy. Source link

Jury finds Texas couple guilty of concealing and harboring bakery workers in the U.S. illegally
Two South Texas bakery owners are guilty of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally, a jury found Wednesday afternoon following a trial that only lasted three days....

Trump's nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism
The director of the agency that produces the nation's jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile....

Polanski’s Perfectly Timely J’accuse | National Review
An Officer and a Spy parallels the devastating history of the Dreyfus Affair with lawfare. Source link

What an Acceptable Russia-Ukraine Deal Might Look Like | National Review
The best that can be hoped for is an armistice with an underpinning firm enough to deter Russia from resuming its war when it is ready. Source link

A Tax Law for Manufacturers, but a Trade Policy Against Them | National Review
While the OBBBA tries to buoy manufacturing, President Trump’s tariffs are an anvil dragging the sector down. Source link