Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as “transitory” as they told us inflation would be — meaning, likely to be around for quite a while. Why does this matter? Ask someone who’s been enticed by a mortgage with a variable interest rate ...

Jack Lew has some explaining to do. On Oct. 18, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear testimony from the former Obama administration treasury secretary, who is nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Israel at an obviously critical moment. Lew must explain why, in 2015, he promised the ...

Latest RealClearPolitics presidential match-up polling shows Nikki Haley defeating President Joe Biden by 4.3 points, former Presidential Donald Trump winning by 0.7 points and Gov. Ron DeSantis losing by 1 point. Haley is capturing hearts and minds, and this warrants attention. Per ...

Russia has been attacking Ukraine for 20 months now. Iran, through its terrorism partner Hamas, attacked Israel this weekend. China has been threatening to attack Taiwan. The world is beginning to look a lot like the 1930s, when Japan attacked and overran much of China, and Nazi Germany and ...

I’m trying not to despair, but the world seems awash in hate right now. In the Middle East. In Ukraine and Russia. In rabid anti-immigrant movements in Europe. Among some Trump followers, including Trump Republicans in Congress. Threats are mounting against Muslim Americans and Jewish ...

In normal times domestic political fights over foreign policy breakdown more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times. The right is largely united around the need to support Israel in its war with Hamas, but increasingly divided about backing Ukraine in its ...