Matthew Cavedon One of the oldest and most basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution is the right of American citizens to travel from one state into another. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that states are forbidden from interfering with this right by treating nonresidents and new arrivals less favorably than their own citizens. But Massachusetts forbids nonresidents from carrying ...
Neal McCluskey The last entry in our back-to-school blog series on big education policy trends we expect to see this school year will likely apply for years to come: schools losing students. Different people will attribute losses to different things, such as school choice or right-wing criticism of higher education, and those will likely play roles in some places and ...
President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York on Friday morning, deriding him as a ‘psychopathic nut job’ and ‘one of the most disgusting Congressmen in USA History’ in a Truth Social post days after the congressman noted in a statement that he will not seek re-election in 2026. ‘Jerry Nadler, one of the most disgusting Congressmen ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday in a hearing that made the Jerry Springer show look like an Oxford Union debate, but amid the pompous posturing from Democrats, an important truth came out. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., thought he scored major points by asking RFK Jr the gotcha question ...
Colleen Hroncich The Center for Creative Education in West Palm Beach, Florida, opened in 1994. But according to CEO Bob Hamon, in some ways the organization is just four years old because “we have a new version of ourselves post COVID.” The Center’s original mission was to support public schools, which it did through after-school programming and arts integration projects ...
Patrick G. Eddington Over the last 24 hours, multiple media outlets (among them the Washington Times and CNN) have reported that Trump administration officials are considering whether and how to ban transgendered individuals from purchasing firearms. Using the late August tragic mass shooting spree by Robin Westerman in Minneapolis as an excuse to try to deny a basic constitutional right to ...
The House Oversight Committee is slamming former Biden spokesman Andrew Bates after he accused Republican lawmakers of having a misguided focus in his opening remarks during the panel’s autopen probe. Bates, the latest former White House official to be interviewed by House investigators, affirmed ex-President Joe Biden’s leadership while criticizing his successor in an opening statement obtained by Fox News ...
House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee are at odds with the Trump administration and some conservatives over how to avert a government shutdown. Congress is currently marking up fiscal 2026 spending levels, but some in the administration are pressing to bypass the process and instead extend current levels through a year-long continuing resolution (CR). Republicans broadly agree some form of ...
The Defense Department confirmed on Thursday night that two Venezuelan aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. The incident, which the department called a ‘highly provocative move,’ comes as the Trump administration ramps up its anti-narco-terrorism efforts. ‘Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was ...
Michael F. Cannon For sending the public health establishment into chaos, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week fielded often-angry questions from US senators. At his confirmation hearings, Kennedy promised, “I will support the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination recommendations]…if I’m fortunate enough to be confirmed.” Once in office, Kennedy removed ...