Politics

Trump’s Flag-Burning Order Is Smoke Without Fire | National Review
The president can’t get around the First Amendment and doesn’t try very hard to do so. Source link

A Better Prescription for Affordable Medicine | National Review
President Trump’s threat to strong-arm drugmakers will drive up costs, stall cures, and blunt America’s medical edge. Source link

High on Caillebotte, Impressionist Master | National Review
A painter once thought peculiar, he’s now the deserving subject of Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World at the Art Institute of Chicago. Source link

Trump Enters Uncharted Ground with the Federal Reserve | National Review
The legal landscape in deciding when presidents can fire Fed governors is surprisingly unsettled. Source link

CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than a month on the job and other agency leaders resign
The director of the nation's top public health agency is out after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Source link

Trump ramps up 'economic war' on Russia to force Ukraine peace talks
President Trump on Wednesday turned the screws to force Russian President Vladimir Putin into a face-to-face summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and, ultimately, a peace deal. Source...

D.C. mayor notes major drops in violent crime amid federal crackdown
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised the sharp reductions in violent crime brought on by President Trump's surge of federal law enforcement authorities throughout the District. Source...

Trump makes major strides in shutting down taxpayer-funded animal testing
The Biden years saw a marked entrenchment on federal funding of animal testing, but the new administration has come roaring back by canceling experiments, adopting out test animals and...

Why Reaganism Persists | National Review
The American right is stalked by the suspicion that Trumpism is a phase. Is it? Source link

Sandwich slinger could slip the noose as grand jury refuses to indict
A grand jury has refused to indict the man accused of throwing his sandwich at federal immigration officers as they patrolled the nation's capital, according to news reports. ...