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Trump’s Jones Act waiver failed to deliver. It’s time to end it

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

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 […]

Actually, debating immigration law is good

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. […]

Young Washington: History’s ultimate gritty origin story

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 […]

Senate Democrats’ campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race

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....

Medicaid funding is resuming for Planned Parenthood

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care   The Big Story Medicaid funding resumes for Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood can resume billing for Medicaid reimbursement, one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from federal funds. © AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Last year, Republicans were successful in using the...

Piker on Platner: ‘That is curtains’

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...

Trump pardons Clean Air Act violators

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump pardons Clean Air Act violators President Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, including nine people who were convicted of violating a federal air pollution law, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. © Matt Rourke, Associated Press Trump pardoned nine people who were...

Platner faces calls to step down after new accusations

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....

Platner’s unraveling may keep the Senate in play for Democrats 

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...

Democratic leaders have abandoned Graham Platner

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...

‘Profoundly corrupt’: The EU’s leading FIFA critic sharpens his attack

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 red-card committee hits back after fury over Trump intrusion

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...

Top Platner ally turns on him after bombshell rape allegation rocks campaign: ‘Red line’

Rep. Ro Khanna withdrew his endorsement and called on Graham Platner to drop out after a rape allegation surfaced against the Maine candidate.

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