If Trump wants to help homebuyers, he should also protect them

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January 27, 2026

If Trump wants to help homebuyers, he should also protect them

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would allow Americans to tap their 401(k) and 529 accounts to afford down payments on homes. It’s a positive move aimed at one of the defining frustrations of our time: the impossibility of homeownership for millions of working families and young people. But there is more […]

CNN’s NewsNight reveals that Democrats are losing on immigration

CNN’s NewsNight, hosted by Abby Phillip, has become the network’s equivalent of an in-person Piers Morgan screaming fest, pitting a handful of Democrats against Scott Jennings — which still is nowhere near a fair fight. And on nights when Jennings needs a break, another person who doesn’t think President Donald Trump is the Antichrist steps […]

Teachers unions’ desperate lawfare against school choice

The special interests defending the education status quo have lost the battle for hearts and minds on school choice. Families across America are demanding education freedom, and state legislatures are delivering it. But rather than adapt or improve, these groups are now weaponizing the courts in a last-ditch effort to shut down competition. Their latest […]

How not to interact with the police

Several decades ago, back in my socialist college days in Washington in the 1980s, I got arrested. I was at a protest, I shot my mouth off to law enforcement in a way that was personal and aggressive, and the next thing I knew, I was in handcuffs. On the way to the holding cell, the paddy […]

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