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Battle over federal courthouses erupts as GSA warns against giving judiciary more control

GSA says past judiciary property management led to costly maintenance problems, while the courts point to an $8.3 billion backlog under GSA.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 20

1985—Extending an error it made two years earlier, the Sixth Circuit (in Policy v. Powell Pressed Steel Co.) distorts ordinary contract principles as it construes...

Los Angeles Should Follow San Francisco’s Path to Recovery — Says Man Who Helped Set Back Both

A former aide who served and defended two disastrous DAs now offers advice on urban governance.

Why Andy Burnham’s Redistribution of Migrants Won’t Work

The British prime minister’s self-flagellating approach to immigration is as morally unjust as it is counterproductive.

The Right Has Forgotten What Beauty Is For

The strange celebration of sorority-rush videos suggests parts of the online right have confused female beauty with sexual desirability.

Let Bosnia collapse: Why Trump must recognize Republika Srpska

Foggy Bottom’s obsession with a dysfunctional Bosnian condominium ignores reality and creates a dangerous strategic vacuum. History proves that the Western Balkans cannot survive multi-ethnic experiments, which inevitably collapse under internal contradictions. Instead of worshiping dead institutional stability, Washington must forge a realistic diplomatic road map guiding Republika Srpska toward independence. True regional stability requires […]

Forcing the Babylon Bee to spoil its jokes is just the setup. Control is the punchline

The most dangerous thing about artificial intelligence may not be what the machine thinks. It may be who gets to tell it what is true. That fight burst into the open last week, when the Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian satire publication, sued New Mexico over a law it says requires AI-generated political satire to […]

Mamdani picking Lina Khan to save NYC’s economy is like hiring an arsonist to fireproof it

In his inauguration address last year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed “to transform and reinvent” New York City. That pledge took an ominous leap forward last month when the mayor appointed former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan as the head of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation board of directors.  The move was more than […]

A federal judge thinks you’re too stupid to read an ice cream label

A federal judge in Brooklyn just decided that painting a cardboard ice cream pint a soft pastel color, giving it a matching lid, and writing the brand name in black cursive is so uniquely original, so protectable, that a competitor must now hand over nearly $24 million in profits for daring to do something similar. […]

No, Trump, this isn’t regime change — Iran just doubled down on the iron fist

There are moments when personnel decisions reveal more about a political system than its speeches, slogans, or diplomatic statements. The military hierarchy now taking shape in Tehran is one of those moments. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei may represent a new leadership at the apex of the Islamic Republic, but the men being elevated around him belong […]

Ukraine’s former defense minister calls for elections. Will he get them?

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov opened a new front in the country’s sharpening political scene on Tuesday, calling for new elections despite the continuing war with Russia. Fedorov, a popular reformer credited with modernizing Ukraine’s government and expanding its military drone program, had served as one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s most prominent ministers before […]

Live updates: Trump warns Iran of ‘economic warfare’; bond market sounds alarm

President Trump late Wednesday threatened Iran with a sweeping new economic crackdown, warning that countries helping Tehran evade U.S. pressure could also face consequences. In a post online, Trump described the effort as “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale” as his administration seeks to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a...

Mark your calendars — Democrats are ready for 2028

The Democratic Party belongs to all Democrats. It belongs to every wing of our party, every region of our country, and people from every walk of life. It belongs to those who live in major cities, rural communities, suburbs and small towns. It belongs to those who have been active in our party for decades and those...

Ossoff: ‘Amazing to watch this White House melt down’ over Harp remark

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) doubled down Wednesday on his criticism of President Trump’s relationship with longtime White House aide Natalie Harp, brushing off a wave of attacks from the president’s inner circle over his remarks. Ossoff, who is seeking reelection in Georgia against Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), came under fire by the White House...

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