1994—In the face of her manifestly terrible record, the Senate, by a vote of 61 to 37, confirms President Clinton’s nomination of Florida chief justice Rosemary…
Peter Magyar’s landslide election victory in Hungary has brought down Viktor Orban after 16 years in power. It’s a defeat for Moscow and Beijing, both of which counted Orban as a partner. But it’s also a defeat for the Trump administration, which openly and enthusiastically endorsed Orban. This American endorsement and Trump’s regard for Orban […]
Campus antisemitism doesn’t persist because universities are unaware, but because they make placating statements and gestures while refusing to meaningfully act. Last month, Jewish students testified before the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Numerous witnesses painted a bleak picture that should have settled the question, but it didn’t. The evidence that campus antisemitism remains […]
Vice President Vance downplayed concerns about President Trump’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV late Monday, suggesting it was not newsworthy. Trump recently clashed with the leader of the Catholic Church over the war in Iran, calling the pope “weak on crime” in a social media post on Sunday. Vance, who is promoting his upcoming...
Right-wing social media and commentary last week was dominated by infighting and outrage over the Dignity Act, a bipartisan immigration reform bill — and it seemed to come out of nowhere. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), the designer of the compromise measure that pairs border security boosts with a new legal status for non-criminal migrants who entered before...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that she believes more members of Congress are guilty of conduct “similar” to what Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) have been accused. “Congress is no place for that type of behavior. But I have to tell you, it’s a lot more prevalent. I think...
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two male “narco-terrorists.” U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) wrote on social platform X that “at the direction” of its commander, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear “conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Monday threatened former Attorney General Pam Bondi with contempt of Congress, a day before her previously scheduled deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on its investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case. “Our bipartisan subpoena was very clear: Pam Bondi is supposed to testify tomorrow, whether she's the...
Former President Biden will deliver remarks on Tuesday at his law school alma mater, Syracuse University, at an unveiling of his portrait at the New York college. Biden received his juris doctor from the Syracuse College of Law in 1968, five years before he was first elected to the Senate. He received an honorary degree...
