MAGA influencers got a bit worked up last week after former President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump’s gold-gold-gold-heavy Oval Office. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovation,” Obama jibed about the questionable redecoration Trump ...
Every election arrives wrapped in a story about its importance. In the weeks before a midterm, we hear that this is the most consequential election in our lifetime, perhaps the most important election ever. The language is understandable. Campaigns want attention, parties want energy, and ...
It is no great revelation that Donald Trump is enriching himself as president. He raked in $2.2 billion in 2025, with his position and his personal interests frequently overlapping. Yet a poll from two weeks ago found that 34% of Republicans (and 66% of all American voters) think that he is using his position to make himself rich merits attention. Separately, voters in a Fox News poll around that same time put government corruption at the top of their list of concerns — just ahead of inflation and high prices. Mr. Trump pledged that people would be better off if they voted for ...
Last week, I went to the funeral of a friend's 100-year-old mother. It was sad, and I will sorely miss her, but the service was not tragic. In fact, it was uplifting, a lesson on a life well lived. What impressed me at the service was hearing her friends describe how she'd become a passionate ...
To the Journal editor: Few institutions possess the storied tradition, resilience and enduring legacy of the United States Marine Corps. On Nov. 10, we commemorate 251 years of distinction, tracing the corps' origins to a tavern where a determined few established a legacy of honor, courage and commitment that continues to unite Marines today. This legacy was forged through sacrifice. Across battlefields throughout the world, Marines have served with valor, carrying the proud spirit of those who came before them from one generation to the next, always ready to answer the ...
After what seems like endless campaigning — and a barrage of television ads and mailers, often downright nasty in the attacks aimed at the opposing candidate — the 2026 midterm elections mercifully have finally arrived. Polls in Michigan will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Both states will select new governors, as Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer is out due to term limits. Michigan will have a new U.S. senator and the Upper Peninsula a new 38th District state senator, with Ed McBroom of Waucedah Township also term-limited. There's Congressional seats on the ballot, in a year ...
