Henry Olsen

Those wondering why Vice President JD Vance is heading the team negotiating the final peace settlement with Iran should recall how President Donald Trump's television hit, “The Apprentice,” always end ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

America is known as a land of entrepreneurship and a country that continually reinvents itself while retaining a commitment to its Founding ideals. Are the two things distinct, as is commonly believed, or are they intrinsically related? Arthur Herman argues they're interrelated in his new book, Founder's Fire , which makes it a fascinating read on our current political moment.

America is known as a land of entrepreneurship and a country that continually reinvents itself while retaining a commitment to its Founding ideals. Are the two things distinct, as is commonly believed, or are they intrinsically related? Arthur Herman argues they’re interrelated in his new book, Founder’s Fire, which makes it a fascinating read on our current political moment.

The socialist surge mirrors the MAGA takeover — and the establishment lost that one, too.

Romania's continuing inability to form a government is more than a serious problem for the heavily indebted nation.

Unlimited coordinated spending means cheap ad rates — and a chance to erase Democrats’ cash edge.

Published July 1, 2026 The Democratic Socialists of America had another good night in Colorado on Tuesday as DSA member Melat Kiros easily unseated 15-term incumbent Rep.

The festivities were organised by Freedom 250, a Republican-dominated group that President Trump chairs. To acquire the necessary and proper funds, the group ran donate-for-access advertisements and diverted congressional appropriations from the bipartisan America250 group.

Romania is now into its third month under a caretaker government with no end in sight. The original four-party coalition, formed after last year's presidential election, was a shotgun marriage of odd bedfellows from the start. Embracing all four non-populist parties in parliament, there were never any common governing themes to hold them together. Their inability to stay together, spurred by the Social Democrats' (PSD) desire to spend more money than their coalition agreement allowed, should have surprised no one.

Marine Le Pen's decision to enter the 2027 presidential race following a court ruling removing her ban on running has shaken up the race.