France’s Parliament has done something that U.S. politicians only talk about: it approved a law to bar children under 15 from mainstream social media and to ban mobile phones in high schools. After last‑minute talks with EU regulators, lawmakers pushed a compromise across the line. President Emmanuel Macron is calling it a flagship child‑protection win. More

Senator Tom Cotton, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, made his pitch this week on Fox & Friends: the United States should “finish” its military operations against Iran, hit Tehran’s missile and drone forces harder, and keep the naval blockade in place to protect the Strait of Hormuz. That blunt prescription lines up More

Rep. Robert Garcia went on national TV and made a blunt promise: if Democrats win back the House, the Oversight Committee will make “Trump family corruption” its top priority. That pledge should land like a thunderclap in any town that still believes in equal justice and in using government to solve problems — not to More

This week the United States carried out strikes on Iranian military targets for the 12th straight day, a steady drumbeat of force that raises plain questions: to what end, and who is keeping score? U.S. Central Command said the strikes began “at 5:30 p.m. ET” and are meant to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten More

Representative Brandon Gill (R‑Texas) put the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on the hot seat this week. A short, viral exchange with Director Anthea Hartig exposed a bigger problem: taxpayer‑funded institutions are leaning on activist toolkits that describe simple traits like “politeness” and “objectivity” as signs of “white‑supremacy culture.” That’s not neutral history. It’s More