The most impressive film of 2024, up for 10 Oscars this weekend, is The Brutalist. It is an extraordinary achievement—nearly three-and-a-half hours and never less than gripping, beautifully rendered dialogue, stunning cinematography and music, all in support of a re-creation of post-World War II America, striking in its specificity and level of detail. It is
At the end of the day, there is confidence that a reconciliation bill will get over the finish line even if the road ahead will not be easy. WASHINGTON—The House approved a blueprint on Feb. 25 that begins the process of passing a major bill that encompasses President Donald Trump’s agenda on the border, energy,
Parents Defending Education estimates that more than 22,000 schools serving 14 million children still maintain diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Feb. 28 is the deadline for public school districts to end all DEI-related practices, policies, and curricula or risk losing federal funding under President Donald Trump’s executive order enforcing Civil Rights protections. The U.S. Department
Gov. Glenn Youngkin also directed local and regional jails to cooperate. His actions follow similar moves by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Feb. 27 issued an executive order that directs state police and corrections officers to assist federal immigration enforcement. The executive order deputizes state law enforcement to support President Donald
Gretchen Whitmer, possible Democratic presidential hopeful, said she’s willing to find common ground with Trump: ‘My North Star has always been collaboration.’ Michigan’s two-term Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer walked a fine line between cooperation with and criticism of President Donald Trump in her seventh State of the State speech delivered Wednesday night. Term-limited out in
TEL AVIV—Israeli decision-makers plan to resume the Gaza war in four to six weeks with overwhelming force, sending in tens of thousands of troops to conquer the entire strip in a single coordinated offensive against Hamas. Incoming military chief of staff Eyal Zamir has, at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister
He also ordered that an OPM request be stopped and rescinded because of the possibility of more federal employees being let go under the request. A California district judge granted partial relief to some of the federal government’s recently terminated probationary employees who argued that their termination from various agencies was unlawfully ordered by the