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Pro-Israel Group Equips Students to Confront Campus Antisemitism
A pro-Israel group hosted an advocacy training program for Christian students on their school campuses last week on how to be allies with the Jewish… Read More
PoliticsNews
After Gang Attack on Ex-DOGE Staffer, Trump and Musk See Need to ‘Federalize’ DC
President Donald Trump is threatening to take back federal control over the District of Columbia after a member of the president’s Department of Government Efficiency… Read More
LawCommentary
Make DC Safe Again—2.0
President Donald Trump is right to be angry about violent crime in D.C. As one of us (Cully Stimson) wrote in these pages in January,… Read More
SecurityNews
FBI Releases New Violent Crime Data
New FBI data shows crime rates fell in 2024, with violent crime as a whole falling by 4.5% compared with 2023. The FBI estimates a… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Could Sack Stadium Deal to Get Washington’s NFL Team to Restore Redskins Name
“The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team,” President Donald Trump wrote Sunday, referring to the Washington Commanders… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Making America Great Means Making Buildings Beautiful
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” calling for a return to neoclassical architecture in federal… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Trump Is Considering a Takeover of the District of Columbia. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.
The crime and dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is an embarrassment to the country. President Donald Trump rightly called out the problem at a press conference… Read More
PoliticsNews
Commander in Chief Is Reviled in DC Suburbs Even as the Army Is Revered in Washington
THE CENTER SQUARE—In the hours leading up to and during a massive military parade that took place in the heart of Washington, D.C., on Saturday… Read More
SocietyNews
Capitol Hill Plagued by Over 30 Arson Fires
Washington, D.C., police are looking for the arsonist believed responsible for over 30 fires set in the Capitol Hill neighborhood since early March. Four fires… Read More
LawNews
House Eyes 3 Bills to Overrule DC Government
In a major rebuke to measures passed by the District of Columbia city government under home rule, the House of Representatives will consider three bills… Read More
LawCommentary
Matthew Graves’ Abysmal Legacy as US Attorney for DC
The legacy of Matt Graves, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is now coming into focus, and it’s not pretty. In April, I… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Marxism’s Death Toll Rises With DC Shootings
On Wednesday evening, two young lives were tragically cut short when a gunman opened fire outside a museum in Washington, D.C. Thanks to his actions,… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Heartbreaking’: Young People Honor Couple Slain Outside Jewish Museum
Adrian Huizenga stood on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where less than 24 hours earlier, a couple—Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—were… Read More
SecurityNews
Soon-to-Be-Engaged Couple Gunned Down at Jewish Museum in DC
A gunman opened fire outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, taking the lives of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a soon-to-be-engaged couple… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Sanders and Tillis Top This Week’s Washington Head-Scratchers
I used to think I was losing my hair because of genetics. Now I believe the hair loss stems from the hours spent scratching my… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why DC Remains One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities
Once in a blue moon, you run across a statistic or record that is mind-boggling. Some are amazing, like Alex Ovechkin’s 895 goals or Serena… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Sculptor Sabin Howard Battles Modernists to Create Classical WWI Memorial
At a time when traditional values are under assault, master sculptor Sabin Howard is bringing classical beauty back to American culture—one bronze figure at a… Read More
Health CareNews
Up in Smoke? House Conservatives Eye Ban on Marijuana in DC Budget Bill
Conservative members of the House of Representatives are contemplating attempting to ban marijuana in the District of Columbia by amending a funding bill in Congress…. Read More
SocietyNews
James Piereson Selected as Final 2025 Bradley Prize Recipient
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced Tuesday philanthropist, scholar, and author James Piereson as the third and final 2025 Bradley Prize winner. Piereson, a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
7 Changes Congress Should Make Before Restoring DC’s Bloated Billion Dollars in Funding
Should the District of Columbia be allowed to spend over $1 billion furthering a radical leftist agenda harming those who live, work, and visit our… Read More
SocietyNews
Historian Barry Strauss Honored as 2025 Bradley Prize Winner
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced Thursday that classicist, military, and naval historian and bestselling author Barry Strauss as the second 2025 Bradley Prize… Read More
SocietyNews
Conservative Activist Rufo Named 2025 Bradley Prize Winner
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation on Tuesday announced writer-filmmaker-conservative commentator Christopher F. Rufo as a 2025 Bradley Prize winner. Rufo, a senior fellow and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Fall of Black Lives Matter Plaza
If you’re too young to remember the tearing down of the Berlin Wall or even to realize why it mattered, Washington, D.C., may offer you something that also… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
DC Driving Is Hell, and I Suspect That’s Intentional
I love my children and I love my job, but I dread driving to work and school every morning and every afternoon. Why? Because the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Sneaky Way DC Got Its Awful Reparations Bill Past Republicans in Congress
Washington, D.C., is not a state, and Congress has the authority to block its laws, but the district pulled a fast one on the Republican… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump: Federal Government ‘Should Govern District of Columbia’
THE CENTER SQUARE—President Donald Trump voiced his support for repealing the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act, citing crime, homelessness, and “graffiti.” Trump relayed his… Read More
LawNews
Newsom Diverts $50M from Californians to Fight Trump on Immigration
Nearly one month after several parts of Los Angeles were engulfed in flames, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two California bills into law allocating $50 million… Read More
LawCommentary
Make DC Safe Again
It’s time to make Washington, D.C., safe again. Washington is one of the most dangerous capital cities in the civilized world. Tourists, diplomats, members of… Read More
PoliticsNews
New Catholic Archbishop of Washington Opposes ‘Massive Deportation’
What some see as a shot across the bow aimed at President-elect Donald Trump, Pope Francis announced Monday that left-wing Cardinal Robert McElroy of the… Read More
5 Reasons DC Shouldn’t Be a State
Many Democrats dream of ways to ensure they never lose power again. This is why they want to eliminate the Electoral College, pack the Supreme… Read More
