Instead of grasping for a pretext to intimidate or fire Powell, or other members of the Fed, Trump should push Congress to pass meaningful reform this fall, writes @SenWarren.

Idealistic public-policy frameworks have failed to achieve the desired outcomes anywhere in the U.S. Instead, they’ve ushered in the worst homelessness crisis on record, writes @dkurtzz.

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Grandiose claims from politicians and scientists about cures, breakthroughs and quantum leaps haven’t conquered cancer. The best approach to conquering the illness is through small-scale, adaptive, individualized initiatives, writes Karl Zinsmeister.

Social media made populism possible. As with JD Vance’s rise and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency experiment, the votes of the little people are opening the door for Big Tech’s reshaping of government, writes @DrDominicGreen.

“Nobody can do more damage to Putin than President Trump,” Stephen Kotkin says in an interview with @tunkuv. “Putin is actually afraid of Trump. Trump is the only one who could hurt Putin in a big way.”.

To put people who celebrated or participated in the Oct. 7 attacks in the same category as journalists who risk and sometimes lose their lives endeavoring to bring us the truth is a disgrace, writes @jkirchick .

In therapy, false relief traps patients in their problems. In politics, it traps cities in decline. Our cities are being run like bad therapy sessions—all processing, no progress, writes @JonathanAlpert .

The path to real AI does not run solely through Silicon Valley. It runs through laboratories studying real neurons, real circuits and real cognition in the brains of our primate relatives, writes Cory Miller .

A surprising number of Americans still believe that government regulators exist to serve the public good. Then comes a story that explodes that naive idea. Consider the riotous tale of the quest for a table-saw monopoly, writes @KimStrassel.

Trump’s statist policies will make it easier for future administrations to reverse his dismantling of DEI, environmental and regulatory excesses, writes @smithdanj1.

Peace may not be possible without some concessions to Russia, but courageous leaders in Kyiv can allow most of Ukraine to move toward the West—a process that the U.S. should facilitate and the EU should accelerate, writes William Galston.

Future View: The future of the Democratic Party is Zohran Mamdani, and that future is bleak. It works in New York, but it’s untenable outside big blue cities.

The Alaska summit and subsequent talks in Washington have reignited discussions about security guarantees for Ukraine. What should these entail? History provides useful lessons on what works and what doesn’t, writes @MichaelEOHanlon.

How to Think About Trump and Ukraine by @Peggynoonannyc.

Holy years are occasions for anyone, not simply the faithful, to reflect, pray and seek grace. All are welcomed to do so, if possible, at the Vatican, writes Brenda Cronin .

Bad news for Democrats scheming to pack the Supreme Court: Even Justice Sonia Sotomayor thinks one of their big ideas is unconstitutional.

Is the pink tide receding in Latin America? That’s one way to read the Bolivian presidential election, as the Movement Toward Socialism party—aka MAS—founded by strongman Evo Morales finished a distant sixth with 3% of the vote.

Both a larger-than-expected rate cut and foundational changes at the Fed would be major pro-growth innovations in U.S. economic policy, but strong resistance is likely, writes @DavidRMalpass.

Artificial intelligence is the latest justification for supporting the bad idea of “universal basic income,” writes @jasonrileywsj.

Nobody suggests we should train Iranian nuclear physicists or Russian ballistics engineers. Why make an exception for a nation dedicated to surpassing the U.S. in emerging technologies? writes @RepGallagher.

Grade “inflation” lets schools evade accountability, while robbing students of the rewards of doing their homework and actually learning.