PARIS — U.S. President Donald Trump's Venezuela obsession is about to trigger the kind of catastrophe that Washington normally creates for Europe and leaves it to clean up. If he doesn't watch out, he'll also end up kneecapping his own movement that voted for the exact opposite. The Pentagon ...

Let's be honest: 2025 sucked. Of course, there were some highlights, including "KPop Demon Hunters," Taylor Swift announcing her engagement to Travis Kelce (which will hopefully mean the national annoyance that is the Kelce brand will finally go away) and — of course — President Donald ...

While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline." Now that he's president, the left agrees. "We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire," says Cornell West. Are the predictors of doom correct? Will America collapse like so many ...

"What's past is prologue" wrote William Shakespeare in "The Tempest," a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history's ledger compared to many other nations, we would do well to ...

After Christmas is over, and the sunrises start getting earlier and the sunsets later in the Northern Hemisphere, there are still two months of scarce daylight and lowering skies ahead. Here's a suggestion for how to fill the gloomy hours with uplift: read. Read some great books, returning ...

In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to a theme that obsesses him — respect. Even before his entry into politics, Trump was convinced that "weak" leaders including Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama were ...