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The Trump administration is using Humpty Dumpty rules to justify its new tariffs.

The anthropomorphic egg famously said in the Lewis Carroll novel "Through the Looking-Glass," "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."

For the Trump team, that word is "emergency."

President Trump has imposed ...Read more

Is it worth it to the United States to enforce freedom of navigation on the seas?

That question was a subplot in the instantly famous leaked Signal chat over an operation to hit Houthi targets in Yemen.

Vice President J.D. Vance expressed skepticism, noting that more European than U.S. trade passes through the Suez Canal. Defense Secretary ...Read more

President Donald Trump is using every tool he has to challenge woke practices in America -- and he has a lot of them.

Notably, none of the mechanisms that the president is using were put in place by conservatives for leverage against progressive institutions.

No, Trump is simply availing himself of the vast federal apparatus created by ...Read more

The Mayor of Boston wants everyone to know that her city is all about the fundamentally American value of protecting lawbreakers.

Michelle Wu, a first-term Democrat, is a fierce defender of Boston's sanctuary city policies that seek to frustrate federal immigration enforcement.

She sees a direct connection between King George and President ...Read more

Alfred Thayer Mahan would be appalled.

The great 19th-century strategist and navalist surely would be shocked and mystified that we have allowed the country with which we are most likely to fight a devastating war -- and a traditional land power, no less -- to dominate global shipbuilding.

Starting from a minor position two decades ago, ...Read more

Even Will Rogers might be hard-pressed to come up with an appropriately harsh jibe about the current state of the Democrats.

"I am not a member of any organized political party," the 20th century humorist famously said. "I am a Democrat."

Now, the problem isn't a lack of organization per se, but the hangover of their dogged, dishonest support ...Read more