There are better ways to reduce taxpayer money for schools and give them an incentive to reform. Mr. Trump could work with Congress to codify his order to limit the share of federal research grants that universities can spend on overhead to 15% since this money is fungible and thus supports politicized liberal arts departments.
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The Hegseth Pentagon Chronicles
The Defense secretary is validating the concerns of his critics.
Trump’s Border Success — and Opportunity
He’s secured the border. He now has a chance at a larger immigration legacy.
White House Announces End of “Biden’s Dumb War on Things That Work”
After costly tariff impositions and resulting market ructions, it’s nice to see Trump getting back to waging the “revolution of common sense” that he promised in January. A Wednesday executive order promises to make life more pleasant for American consumers whenever they turn on household faucets.
Elon Musk and the American Majority
Most people understand that the government spends too much.
Voice of America Is Broken and Can’t Be Reformed
The U.S. international broadcaster is politically biased, confused and ineffective. Tear it down.
Lessons from the Signal Chat on the Houthis
It’s amusing to hear journalists who dine out on leaks deplore this leak. But the lasting import won’t be the security breach as much as what Trump officials really think about our European allies.
Madness at Columbia Was Your Tax Dollars at Work
From unlimited loans for grad students to tax-free municipal bonds, schools are subsidized like crazy.
The Race for a Second-Worst Party
By Karl Rove: Resistance sings to the souls of left-wing Democrats. But it’s a dead end. Wiser Democrats know their party must pivot in word, deed and tone to a more centrist, constructive approach.
Antisemitism Rears Its Head on the Right, Too
Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk flirt with ideas that long have rightly been considered taboo.
Chuck Schumer’s Finest Hour
Democrats are furious because he saved them from being responsible for a futile government shutdown.
Mahmoud Khalil and His Green Card
The Administration needs to be careful that it is targeting real promoters of terrorism, and not breaking the great promise of a green card by deporting anyone with controversial political views.
Snap Out of It, Democrats
By Peggy Noonan: On Tuesday they looked as if they aren’t going to win for a long time. That’s dangerous for America.
Maine’s Transgender Madness
If Democrats want to know why so many voters abandoned them in November, they could take a gander at the progressive meltdown in Maine. On Tuesday the Maine House of Representatives voted to censure Republican Rep. Laurel Libby for posting photos of a transgender high school athlete on Facebook.
Just When We Need Them, the Media’s Credibility Hits Bottom
The ability of the traditional media to influence events is attenuated to the point of near extinction. The best measure of this: Most of them spent a decade trying to defeat Donald Trump. Ten years on he is stronger than he has ever been. No one cares anymore.
Following the Money, the Associated Press Moves Left
The news-gathering cooperative was once funded largely by dues from member newspapers. Now it increasingly relies on handouts from left-leaning charities. Yet it insists its journalism is “independent” and “nonpartisan.”
America’s Future Depends on DOGE
If Trump and Musk don’t succeed in showing the bureaucracy who’s boss, it’s likely no one ever will.
Bring Warriors Back to the U.S. Military
The military doesn’t want someone who signs up for a great retirement plan and is surprised to find himself in combat; it wants someone who signed up for combat and is pleasantly surprised by the retirement benefits.
Block a Road, Go to Prison
Trump and Congress can put an end to ‘civil terrorism.’
If Indians and Pakistanis Can Relocate, Why Can’t Gazans?
Population transfers aren’t a Trump innovation. There are plenty of examples from the 20th century.
Defund the United Nations
The U.S. underwrites a variety of international organizations that make up a global deep state.
USAID Is a Rogue Agency
By Sen. Joni Ernst: My researchers learned that the aid that was supposed to alleviate economic distress in the war-torn nation was spent on such frivolous activities as sending Ukrainian models and designers on junkets to New York City, London Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.
The U.S. Has Rights Over the Panama Canal
Marco Rubio is right. The Neutrality Treaty authorizes America to enforce a prohibition against ‘foreign operation.’
About Those Beachfront Gaza Condos
We doubt Mr. Trump has any appetite to send in the 82nd Airborne to occupy Gaza. We know the American people don’t. But perhaps his pitch will cause the rest of the world to do more to support a post-Hamas government in Gaza that would let Palestinians live in a territory that is better than hell on earth.