I’m a progressive Californian, a Black man, and I did not vote for Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris this year or Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is already using his social media platform, X, to highlight examples of waste and bloat.

It seems obvious that these unpopular policies are a way to spur employees to quit, in a kind of “self-deportation” version of layoffs.

The holidays are a time of celebration, sharing and inviting friends over to feast. When our guests politely ask, “What can we bring?” we are faced with an interesting dilemma. On one hand, contributions would be nice. But on the other hand, what if they bring dishes that are strange and unfamiliar?

Hegseth leading the Defense Department is unorthodox, but in many ways is a direct result of President-elect Donald Trump’s regular messaging and campaign promises.

Just how prepared is our military for the next conflict? Implementing the Exceptional Family Member Program can help inform each aspect of military quality of life and enhance military preparedness.

Repealing the 2002 and 1991 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) should be a no-brainer. Keeping the authorizations on the books gives any president the legal authority to surge troops to the Middle East, even though decades have passed since the authorizations were drafted.

In the wake of recent high-profile stories covering the V-22 Osprey, aspiring pilots and their families might be led to believe the Osprey is too complex or difficult to fly. That’s just not the case.

Donald Trump talked a lot about inflation, immigration and crime during his campaign for the presidency. He wasn’t shy on another issue that has far less resonance with the American electorate generally: peace in the Middle East.

If there was a single strategic turning point in the 2024 presidential election, it could have been the disastrous decision of the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris to take a pass on the Al Smith Dinner in New York. This singular event has generally been considered obligatory.

Trump will encounter a region in which Israeli military successes have dramatically reset the balance of power. That creates the possibility for a bold play to roll back Iran’s influence and curb its nuclear program — if he can avoid stumbling into another Middle Eastern mess.

All memes aside, the Department of Governmental Efficiency could turn out to be a worthwhile enterprise, deserving of bipartisan support — so long as people temper their expectations.

For many countries, Trump’s return is less disconcerting than one might imagine. From India to Turkey to Indonesia, they are confident they will manage just fine — and perhaps even benefit more from their relationship with the U.S. than they did under President Joe Biden.

Presidents believe, understandably, that they were elected to do what they campaigned on. The challenge is that Congress and state governments are full of people who won an election, too. And they often have their own ideas about what their “mandate” is. Postelection politics is about dealing with that reality.

Donald Trump will inherit, to all appearances, a solid economy when he assumes the presidency in January. Yet there’s a reason for voter dissatisfaction with the economy and, beneath the surface, there are several risks for Trump 2.0 as he thinks about enacting his trade and fiscal agenda.

Moving forward from this election, the question of how we will wield the power of oratory will shape the course of history for generations to come. Will the choice of our words be to lift each other or to tear each other down? Will we seek to heal and unite or to divide and conquer?

Since the onset of the Cold War, the United States and its allies have taken every possible measure to avoid “World War III.”

It’s been almost a decade since Macron rode into power with all kinds of promises of sovereignty and strategic autonomy — yet even today, with the largest full-scale conflict on European soil since 1945, South Korea has supplied more shells to Ukraine than all of Europe.

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering a plan that would see European troops in charge of a demilitarized zone in Ukraine, where the US would continue to provide arms in exchange for Kyiv giving up sizable territory and its NATO ambitions.