Dan McLaughlin

Congress should build upon Trump administration reforms to help American Catholics.

The scurrilous left-wing group had to pay for racism to meet demand. But the criminal case may not stick.

The Times inadvertently illustrates that Barack Obama was the real norm-breaker in the showdown between the Supreme Court and the executive branch.

The desire to identify with others is subject to the same human passions as the draw of defending our own.

After ten years, there’s little worth saying about Trump’s character — but much still to be said about policies and results.

The vice president will run to succeed his boss unless he falls out of favor with Trump.

War with Iran, to be worth it, needs to produce undeniable change that doesn’t require intelligence analysts to explain.

The right should know better than to let the left dictate the terms of battle.

If you believe that America is an idea more than a people, it doesn’t follow that we should open our borders to people who don’t share that idea.

Lowering the bar from 60 senators to 51 would be a bonanza for Democrats.

The judicial power, and duty, to invalidate unconstitutional laws wasn’t the work of one inventive judge.

Politics alone suggests that one or both of the most senior justices should retire. But there’s always more to that decision.

Democrats could find themselves briefly in power with their prospects slipping away. Beware what they may do.

Don’t admire Woodrow Wilson. Not even once.

If Casey DeSantis passes on the Florida governor’s race, the incumbent will find himself at a crossroads.

Trump has overestimated what he could achieve and underestimated the voters, allies, and legal grounding needed to make his accomplishments last.

Declining net migration and a continuing shift to the red states is redrawing America’s political map.

ICE tactics are the pretext; the real issue is whether states can make themselves no-go zones immune from federal law.

Sooner or later, the ambitious vice president will need to decide which he values more.

Don’t expect a broad constitutional ruling or a complete answer in the tariff case.

Renee Nicole Good’s death was predictable — but from the direct-action protest style of ICE Watch.

Tim Walz exits stage far left, undone not by extremism but by scandal.

More results-driven hackery from Planned Parenthood’s favorite judge.

Trump should present to the voters and Congress his case for war without euphemism or evasion.

The Founders didn’t model us on the Six Nations, and George Washington didn’t tomahawk a Frenchman.

It’s premature to treat Trump as if he’s been president for the past five years.

Don’t try to solve housing shortages or worker frustrations by having fewer Americans.

The best legal argument for the Trump tariffs assumes that we are currently in a declared war with every country on the planet.

People who voted against reopening the government, denounced the vote, and vow to fight on were never against the shutdown.

The Supreme Court is not likely to apply deference to the president in the tariffs case and is likelier to closely scrutinize what powers were delegated.