The Jones Act waiver exists for a reason. It gives a president flexibility during a national emergency and demonstrates that every available option is being considered. Every administration should have that authority. History also shows that Jones Act waivers rarely solve the emergency they are intended to address. The waiver issued during the Strait of […]
TRUMP’S ANTI-COMMUNIST MANIFESTO. President Donald Trump had two messages in his speech at Mount Rushmore on the eve of July 4. The first, expected, message was a traditional celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The second, less expected message was a warning about a “resurgence of the communist menace” in the United States. “As we approach […]
The Constitution says that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” are automatically U.S. citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that this includes children of illegal immigrants, children of tourists, and children of people who took a wrong turn in Manitoba and gave birth in Minnesota. […]
FARMINGTON, Pa. — The crushed stone along the quiet pathways here at the “Great Meadow” where Fort Necessity sits has always held wonder to me. Here is where 22-year-old George Washington, a brash, sometimes headstrong, but always ambitious young man trying to figure out his fate, suffered the first and only military surrender of his […]
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) to withdraw as the Democratic nominee. "The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing –– violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable," Schumer and Gillibrand said in a joint statement....
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker on Monday said it was "curtains" for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) after Politico reported that a former girlfriend accused the oyster farmer of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Piker read the story aloud on his Twitch stream shortly after it was published. He read the portion of the report...
Democrats and progressives on Monday called for Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner to end his Senate campaign amid a new accusation of sexual assault. "I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), previously a vocal defender of the Senate candidate, wrote on social media....
It looks like Graham Platner won’t be putting oyster stew on the Senate Dining Room menu any time soon. In the wake of the most serious allegations yet against the scandal-soaked Democratic Senate nominee — this time that he raped an erstwhile girlfriend in 2021 — the months-long drumbeat from party leaders to get him...
GORHAM, Maine — The dam has broken on Graham Platner’s candidacy.
A wave of prominent Democrats, from Platner’s most progressive allies to top Democratic...
FIFA's leading critic in the European Parliament told POLITICO that the decision to lift a key American player’s one-game suspension was the latest example...
FIFA’s disciplinary committee, the body that lifted American striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension ahead of Monday’s U.S.-Belgium game, defended its decision in a statement...
