D.C. schools chancellor, touted for raising scores post-pandemic, to step down
D.C. Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee, who as the district’s longest-serving leader oversaw its recovery in math and reading scores...
Longest-serving D.C. schools chancellor to leave for education nonprofit
D.C. Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee, who as the district’s longest-serving leader oversaw its recovery in math and reading scores...
White House resisted letting doctor with Ebola return to U.S.
The White House resisted allowing an American doctor exposed to Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo to...
Trump demands Senate fire parliamentarian who ruled against ballroom funding plan
President Donald Trump for the first time called for the firing of the Senate’s parliamentarian, days after she rejected a...
How to protect the economy from the ghosts of 1979
John H. Cochrane is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. When...
The Supreme Court refuses to ‘toy with’ protecting democracy
Two years ago, the Supreme Court protected a newly drawn congressional map in Louisiana from being dismantled. The 2020 Census...
The unintended consequences of mass deportations
The Trump administration often presents mass deportations as zero-sum: Fewer jobs for illegal immigrants means more, or at least higher-paid,...
At Coast Guard commencement, Trump tells grads to lead ‘national resurgence’
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Addressing a graduating class entering military service during a period of intensifying global instability, President Donald...
The Trump paradox: What’s good for him is weighing down his party
President Donald Trump doesn’t believe in a political law of gravity. The more his standing sinks with the country at...
Putin, Xi signal unity but fail to reach deal on pipeline sought by Russia
Amid the elaborate ceremony of a visit to Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday failed once again to persuade...
In seemingly ungovernable Britain, prime ministers keep failing and falling
LONDON — Britain was once a byword for stable, stolid democracy: the mother of parliaments, the country that keeps calm...
In Georgia, Senate GOP primary heads to runoff where electability is top issue
Georgia’s Republican Senate primary is headed to a runoff, delaying a resolution in the marquee race that could determine control...
How to protect the economy from Trump — and the ghosts of 1979
John H. Cochrane is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. When...
Harvard faculty vote to limit A grades for undergraduates
Harvard faculty voted to cap the number of A grades given to undergraduates, hoping to reverse years of grade inflation...
This type of exercise could be a low-cost therapy for panic attacks
If you get panic attacks, it’s important to have tools — whether therapy techniques, such as breathing exercises, or medication...
