California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration shut down a highly trained, all-volunteer team of certified firefighters in early 2024—a move that rendered the California National Guard incapable of sending a complete firefighting force to Los Angeles until 10 days after the deadly fires broke out in the city, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Launched in
Maryland cases were part of climate activists’ efforts to bankrupt oil companies Offshore oil and gas platform in the Pacific Ocean (Mario Tama/Getty Images) A Maryland judge dismissed two landmark lawsuits that accused some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies of causing climate change—a massive defeat for climate activists and Democrats who have
The best and worst movies of 2024 L: Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’ R: Karla Sofía Gascón in ‘Emilia Perez’ (IMDb) The Oscar race is, it seems, coming down to a contest between what is unquestionably the worst movie of 2024—Emilia Perez—and what might be the best movie of 2024. That would be Anora, an uncategorizable
It’s Friday, January 24, 2025. It’s finally happening. A golden age is upon us. “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history,” Trump said Monday after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. He immediately got to work signing executive orders to reverse Biden administration policies
Donald Trump’s first Inaugural Address described “American carnage.” His second, Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti notes, announced an American “golden age.” But prosperity doesn’t stem from rhetoric. So what does Trump need to do to make America great again? The critical policy points are energy, regulation, and technology—and Trump’s early executive orders “suggest
“America’s golden age begins now,” President Trump declared Monday. Spot the difference: His first inaugural described “American carnage.” His second address pledges a renaissance. If only proclamations made it so. Wealth, innovation, growth, and power aren’t conjured by words. They result from policies. Get the politics right, and the nation flourishes. Make the wrong move
Ivy League school dropped scores of suspensions targeting anti-Israel student radicals Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong (columbia.edu) Columbia University announced Thursday that it had identified and suspended one of the pro-Hamas students who stormed an Israeli history class and targeted Jewish students with anti-Semitic flyers two days prior. Whether that suspension sticks could provide early