ODESA, Ukraine — When you read this, I will just have arrived at the Pearl of the Black Sea, as this historic, much beloved, multiethnic city was known in the peaceful days before Vladimir Putin tried to break it with missiles and drones.

Since no Ukrainian airports are open, the route took me by air from New York via Bucharest, Romania, to ...Read more

In the 1930s and 1940s, America played a crucial role in keeping academic inquiry alive. By welcoming thousands of researchers fleeing fascism in Europe, it enhanced its national brainpower and fostered breakthroughs of immense value to people everywhere — from the digital computer to the discovery of DNA.

Now it’s in the process of ...Read more

An Ivy League degree has long been central to the Asian Dream — a ticket to success and status. But President Donald Trump’s message to international students is clear: Far fewer of you are welcome. The blunt statement and growing chaos across the university sector has left families wondering if sending their children to America is still ...Read more

One of the most powerful trends in modern politics is the growing separation between red and blue states. Now, the Supreme Court looks poised to widen that chasm.

Over roughly the past decade, virtually all Republican-controlled states have rolled back rights and liberties across a broad front: banning abortion; restricting voting rights; ...Read more

The Department of Justice under the Trump administration is going after a tiny Idaho town you’ve probably never heard of.

The Justice Department filed a religious liberty lawsuit against the town of Troy in Latah County, just outside Moscow, saying that the denial of a permit for Christ Church’s proposed move was unlawful, according to ...Read more

When Chevron’s oil license in Venezuela expired Tuesday, Miami Republicans in Congress and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, another Miamian, notched a big foreign policy win — and offered a bit of much-needed good news for Miami-Dade’s Venezuelan immigrant community.

The victory comes in spite of a push by Richard Grenell, President Donald...Read more

Seattle’s reputation for being clean and green took a little bit of a hit in the latest American Lung Association “State of the Air” report, looking at three years of data.

The city was ranked ninth on the list of 25 worst cities for levels of short-term particle pollution, meaning that we breathed in, for short periods, air that was ...Read more

American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines.

Universities still fear that consequence today, but the most immediate threat is no longer posed by the Chinese government. Now, as the latest punishment meted ...Read more

Tallahassee’s dealership-driven car sales legislation made Tesla a winner in 2023 by allowing it to bypass dealerships and sell cars directly to Floridians, even while banning the practice for others.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier intends to make another automotive startup, Scout Motors, a loser for just thinking about it.

That’s...Read more

President Donald Trump has been forthright and transparent in his desire to enrich himself with his cryptocurrency memecoin profiting off of his high public office. Trump is beyond shame, but this corrupt debasement of the Oval Office is accepted by so many who should know better, including his fellow Republicans.

Unlike the hundreds of other ...Read more

“If all else fails, push the start button, look for smoke, and repair what is burning.” During my 15 years working with industry, this was common advice when dealing with troublesome complex electric controls that just would not respond to a more scientific analysis. And it worked. Should we expect a president hellbent on changing the world ...Read more

“Will it pass?” a Republican donor and occasional source from New York asked me, referring to the sweeping $2.5 trillion reconciliation package of tax cuts and fresh spending priorities working its way through Congress.

I’ve been getting that question a lot lately. Mostly, I hear from interested political observers who work in business or...Read more

From Istanbul to the Vatican to the Oval Office, everyone seems to want peace in Ukraine — except Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin says it prefers to end the brutal war it launched in 2022 through “political and diplomatic means,” but that’s like a pickpocket claiming to prefer charity: The bluff only works if others fall for it. Ukraine’s ...Read more

These are nervous times in the food industry. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy is centralizing control of health-related agencies under his authority. He’s advancing his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign by, paradoxically, slashing more than 80,000 from the federal health workforce. That sets the stage for what ...Read more

For many college students these days, life is a breeze. Assignments that once demanded days of diligent research can be accomplished in minutes. Polished essays are available, on demand, for any topic under the sun. No need to trudge through Dickens or Demosthenes; all the relevant material can be instantly summarized after a single chatbot ...Read more

Imagine President Donald Trump waking up to the news that California faces a $12 billion deficit, and instead of letting the state reckon with its budget bloat, announcing a plan to make taxpayers in West Virginia, Ohio and the Dakotas help bail out the likes of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Unfortunately, a small band of Republicans in the House has been ...Read more

When Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited Philly Shipyard, they did more than highlight Philadelphia’s leading role in the Trump administration’s effort to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry. They emphasized the positive economic effect this effort will have at Philly Shipyard: “We�...Read more

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently removed Pete Rose’s permanent ban from baseball, which will make him eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. Manfred reinstated 17 other banned players as well, including members of the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series, including the team’s star “Shoeless” Joe Jackson....Read more