By FROMA HARROP Zohran Mamdani’s ideas are Bernie Sanders. But his political maneuvers are Donald. The similarities between the Democratic Socialist running for New York City mayor and President Donald Trump — as well as their respective bases — are fascinating. Like Trump, ...

I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for meals or drinks and selling them on whatever the corporate backers wanted. No longer. Now, the ...

We’re a long way from the transcontinental railroad. We built the iconic American infrastructure project in the 1860s in about six years, putting down 1,776 miles of track and blasting 15 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Granted, working conditions back then didn’t exactly ...

By Mona Charen A new poll, on a matter that adamantly should not be decided by untutored public opinion, finds that 79% of Americans believe all of the documents relating to the Epstein case should be disclosed. A shocking result? Not quite. Ask Americans, who've been hearing ...

Nine months after the 2024 election, we've been graced with definitive dissections of the electorate and how it has changed since that escalator ride 10 years and one month ago. There's wide agreement in the analyses of the Associated Press/Fox News Vote Cast, the Democratic firm Catalist's ...

Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 20 years. Mohammed has been charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder in the United States on 9/11. ...