President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.

Starting from a minor position two decades ago, China is now the world’s premier shipbuilder — and it’s not even close.

President Trump is using an 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act — to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang.

In the fierce backlash against Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saving his party another embarrassment, the left-wing congresswoman from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is getting promoted as a potential primary challenger to Schumer, and even a national leader for Democrats.

Republicans would just love to draw Democrats into their mayhem. Democrats should not rise to the bait.

Freedom of navigation matters. The Houthis know it because their Iranian ayatollah masters know it.