Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, was convicted of five counts involving sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy — a conviction she hopes the Supreme Court will overturn.
2000—Liberal judicial activists eagerly seize opportunities to expand unsound or dubious precedents. In 1971, the Supreme Court had ruled in Bivens v. Six Unknown...
A new study conducted by the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federations of North America shows a devastating growth in the acceptance of antisemitism in the U.S., and around the world. Their research has found that 57% of Jewish Americans now “consider antisemitism a normal part of the Jewish experience.” Following the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas infiltration […]
The Congressionally-mandated State Department policy review for Somaliland is well underway. It is long overdue. For decades, the State Department’s approach to Somalia was both ineffective and divorced from reality. As Somaliland grew its democracy, ambassadors like Donald Yamamoto and Larry André, Jr., undercut it by enforcing a “One Somalia” policy whose parameters represented more […]
After the Taliban returned the wrongfully detained American Amir Amiry to the United States on Sept. 28, news of further prisoner trades has percolated. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Amiry’s release was “an important step forward” to getting freedom for “additional Americans unjustly detained in Afghanistan.” At the time of Amiry’s release, a U.S. official told […]
Rural communities warned President Donald Trump that his unilateral trade war with the rest of the world would devastate farms, but Trump didn’t listen. Now, farmers face billions of dollars in losses, and the president is promising a bailout. However, the federal accounts built to aid farmers are low, and Trump needs a cash infusion […]
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) hauled in over $14.5 million this past quarter as he vies for Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-N.C.) Senate seat next year, his campaign announced on Monday. Cooper’s campaign noted that over $10.8 million was raised through his campaign while his joint fundraising committee Cooper Victory Fund raked in a...
