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Gore’s ‘truth’ aged badly, a disastrous discipline ‘reform’ and other commentary

Al Gore’s alarmist documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 years ago triggered the “inculcation” in “millions of Americans” of the belief that “climate change poses...

Mamdani beware — Cleveland’s forgotten folly holds a warning for NYC

If not for a staggering Ohio tax demand in 1913, New York’s rise as the nation’s undisputed center of capital, commerce and culture may...

Bipartisan senators press Rubio to unlock family planning funding for women in Ebola outbreak

A bipartisan pair of senators pressed the Trump administration to release family planning funding and supplies to aid women affected by an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) requested to lift the...

Amazon received $600M in Trump tariff refunds, will return some to customers

Amazon said this week that it received hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds from President Trump’s tariffs and pledged to return some of the profits to its customers.  This follows a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that many of the Trump administration’s tariffs were illegal, prompting the U.S. government to start a process...

US planning renewed strikes on Iran: Reports

The U.S. is reportedly planning to reopen strikes against Iran as soon as this weekend, U.S. officials told several outlets on Friday. CBS News reported that Israel is also involved in the plans to launch “one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date” against Iranian energy infrastructure targets, citing multiple sources. The Israeli and U.S....

Mamdani not called to speak at NYC funeral of Army sergeant killed in Iranian attack: report

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani was reportedly blocked from speaking at Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad's funeral as her family sought to avoid political distractions.

Ceuta and Constantinople

Ceuta’s population today is ethnically and religiously mixed but has a clear preference to stick with Spain.

How Do Words Work? A Reply on the Common Good

Our individual liberties thrive precisely when they stand on a rich surfeit of common goods.

Peggy Noonan on Fauci’s 5th/Diaries and Our Societal Chernobyl

Our culture needs renewal. Some of our institutions need revival, others retirement — or at least some reinvention.

Trump appeals court ruling blocking IRS settlement

President Trump and his sons said Friday they are appealing a court decision that blocked the deal he reached with his own administration settling his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.

Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is ‘dead’ even as he defends it

President Donald Trump said Friday that his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is "dead" while also continuing to defend it, further complicating his administration's negotiations with two Republican senators who are blocking his attorney general nominee in protest.

Critics and allies chime in after Fauci hearing

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Critics and allies chime in after Fauci hearing Former chief White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci's ability to command public fixation is proving resilient this week as figures from media, sports and health all give their two scents on his recent Senate appearance. © Greg Nash...

FIFA ditches plan to seek private investment for World Cup

FIFA has scrapped plans to cash in on the popularity of the World Cup by selling a share of it to private equity as part of what it said earlier this week was a broader investment strategy, the federation said late Friday. The plan, which would have sought private investment to the tune of around $10 billion in exchange...

DOJ will drop Reflecting Pool criminal case, citing ‘flawed installation’ 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of a former Olympian charged with destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was instead the result of a “rushed and botched installation.”  U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office blamed the contractor for overspraying and delamination.  In a new court filing, the office...

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