2003—The seventh cloture vote on President Bush’s nomination of the superbly qualified Miguel Estrada to the D.C. Circuit yields the same result as the first cloture...
American diplomats chafe at both President Donald Trump’s disrespect toward the professional foreign service and the closure of several U.S. embassies. While they have a point, neither money nor staff size equates with effectiveness. The current State Department is a relatively new phenomenon. The State Department began in 1789 with just two overseas posts, London […]
Ukrainian defense company UFORCE has signed an agreement with U.S. shipbuilder RECONCRAFT to manufacture the combat-proven Magura naval drones on American soil. Production is planned at facilities in Oregon and South Carolina. The project aims to build hundreds, potentially thousands, of units annually. For much of this war, the flow of military assistance ran from […]
Ireland’s president has signed a bill boycotting Israeli goods and products. The Trump administration must do what it can to ensure that this rankly hypocritical and discriminatory legislation is not adopted by the European Union. President Catherine Connolly signed the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Act on July […]
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is set to deliver remarks Thursday morning at a Public Citizen forum focused on combating public corruption. He will be joined by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) as Democrats ramp up their attacks on President Trump's agenda, corporate power and the influence of billionaires ahead of...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he was surprised by Dr. Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment during Wednesday's hearing, despite a preemptive pardon from former President Biden. “Were you surprised that he decided now to take the Fifth, given you guys have had back-and-forths in testimony previously, and why do you think he did?” NewsNation’s...
More than a dozen states are holding primary elections in August, ramping up the midterm primary calendar after a summer slowdown in July. Senate races in Michigan and Alaska will set November matchups for must-win toss ups that could decide control of the upper chamber, while highly competitive House primaries in Missouri, Virginia and Wisconsin...
