Plus: filibusters and fired generals. The post Edifice Complex Afflicts DC’s Aesthetes appeared first on The American Conservative .
Political Asylum Edifice Complex Afflicts D.C.’s Aesthetes Plus: filibusters and fired generals. The Kennedy Center will be closed for renovations in July, and all of Washington’s culture vultures are in a tizzy. Thousands of self-styled sophisticates will be deprived of artistic offerings for two years, at least, and there’s no telling what the place will look like once President Donald Trump, whose name has been affixed to the marquee, is done. Enjoy it while you can—the performances and the venue itself. “The Center for the Performing Arts named for Kennedy, an arts-loving statesman assassinated in 1963, opened in…Open
No UK political party has an answer to the crisis. The post The British Energy Crunch appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The British Energy Crunch No UK political party has an answer to the crisis. UK Special Coverage The British nation is already burdened by crushing energy costs and is bracing for a dramatic increase in that load. To gauge the impact of coming energy price rises in Britain, you must first understand what is sometimes called the “unriching” of the UK. This is a supposedly wealthy country which no longer feels wealthy. Real wages have barely risen in real terms since before the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Brits have been through the longest pay freeze since the Napoleonic Wars. So the average…Open
Washington demands that NATO join a war of aggression. The post Trump Is Trading Europe for Netanyahu’s War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump Is Trading Europe for Netanyahu’s War Washington demands that NATO join a war of aggression. President Donald Trump this week expressed his “disgust” with NATO in an interview with Reuters. He added that he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the United States from the alliance. What has triggered this fury? The refusal of key European NATO allies to join the United States and Israel in their war of choice on Iran. Spain, Italy, and France have all ruled out the use of their territory—their airspace, bases, and ports—for any American or Israeli military action against the Islamic Republic.…Open
The convicted sex offender gave Anil Ambani information on appointments and foreign policy. Some seemed prescient, though there was no evidence he was close to the administration.
The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long shutdown.
Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District represents a rural area running from the Minnesota and Iowa borders to Eau Claire and a strip that ends between Wausau and Appleton.
The National Academies of Science, which received $200 million from federal agencies in 2024, refuses to remove a chapter about climate from a science manual provided to thousands of judges. Critics argue it is one-sided and biasing judges in climate lawsuits. A new study details the left-wing funding, and possible self-interest that the academies are promoting.
Lower courts confused how to interpret vulgarity exception to students' First Amendment rights, SCOTUS petition says. Legal threat expunges pro-ICE student's record at school that allowed crude anti-ICE posters, walkout.
The Trump administration’s approach to and welcoming of faith stands in stark contrast to previous Democratic administrations. Last year, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asserted that the FBI’s Richmond Field Office went so far as to issue a memorandum suggesting that certain traditionalist Catholics might be security risks or domestic terrorists, and proposed infiltrating Catholic parishes.
Assembly Bill 461 would have matched a temporary federal income tax exemption on overtime that would apply to the extra pay received for working overtime up to $12,500 per year for an individual or $25,000 per year for joint filers.