Dorothy L. Sayers deserves magnification in our cultural memory. Looking back at the 20th century, one might be unable to imagine a world without C.S. Lewis or T.S. Eliot, but Dorothy L. Sayers? While those luminaries loom large — studied in academic classrooms, quoted in churches across the world, and, in Lewis’s case, the basis […]
As the anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News, Martha MacCallum attends to the stories, momentous and fleeting, that constitute the daily news cycle. As an author, though, MacCallum prefers to focus on the stories from the past that have the capacity to inspire in the present. In 2020, […]
Chad Harbach’s first novel, The Art of Fielding (2011), was one of the most widely praised debuts of its decade, so you can’t blame the author for following up with a book featuring the same setting and many of the same characters. But while his new novel, The Brightness, returns to Westish College in Wisconsin […]
The successful targeting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by a Chinese intelligence service is a big deal. But foremost among U.S. concerns is how this incident underlines China’s unparalleled threat. It is thus absurd that Democrats want to eliminate the House Select Committee on China. Alice Huang was, at least nominally, an executive at Megaspeed, […]
China has failed to engage with the U.S. over the fate of two Americans unjustly detained in the country, despite multiple personal appeals from President Trump and positive signals from Chinese President Xi Jinping. The lack of engagement on the Chinese side is out of character, according to sources close to the cases. The two...
The cryptocurrency industry is bracing for a changing of the guard in Congress, as Democrats take control of both the House and Senate with a more skeptical eye toward digital assets. After a major crypto regulation bill came up short in the Senate in September, the industry sees limited prospects for the legislation in either...
Democrats are seeing new opportunities in the South after stunning midterm victories in Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. The party's wins were both big and broad: It flipped highly competitive Senate seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Mississippi, delivered new Democratic governors in the Lone Star State and Georgia, and took control of...
SpaceX’s Starship aircraft successfully touched back down at a South Texas launch site Saturday afternoon — marking a historic milestone in the aerospace giant's effort to build reusable rockets. The 170-foot-long spacecraft launched from Starbase, Texas, on Friday for its 15th flight, the Elon Musk-headed company wrote in a Saturday release. Once it got into orbit,...
A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from closing East Potomac Park this weekend, ruling the closure could not go forward for at least another two weeks. It's a setback for President Trump, who said the park would close on Sunday so construction of an 18-hole, championship-length golf course designed by architect Tom Fazio...
Wildfires leave behind charred trees and scorched vegetation that impact the streams and rivers providing drinking water to much of the country, and new studies show that contamination could remain for more than a decade.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Saturday trade negotiations between his government and the U.S. were progressing amid a monthslong tariff battle between the two countries. The leader told reporters in Manila he had a conversation with President Trump, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, White House chief of staff Stephen Miller and other officials "just...
Democrats are charting their political future and issuing warnings to exercise their oversight powers against the Trump administration after gaining control of Congress with sweeping midterm election wins. This week, more races were called in Democrats’ favor in Mississippi and Colorado. The Alaska Senate race remains uncalled as of Saturday afternoon, but new ballot counts...
Two years ago, a champagne cork went flying on the Federalist Society convention stage as panelists toasted recent Supreme Court wins. A celebratory mood was still on display at this year’s annual gathering of the conservative legal movement, but those feelings were mixed with shock from Democrats' midterm victories. "On election night, there was a congressman...
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party's congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to "step up to the daggum plate" Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass legislation funding air travel infrastructure updates in light of Friday's nationwide ground stop. “We know that it...
Microsoft confirmed its services are fully restored as of Saturday after the tech company faced a massive global outage impacting its platforms earlier in the week. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions,” the company wrote in a post...
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users' personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a...
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) called on Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce secretary, to step down over reports the cabinet member shielded Nvidia from federal oversight — accusations which emerged after the tech giant's CEO resigned this week. Jensen Huang stepped down from Nvidia's chief role Thursday after claims came to light of his reported...
President Trump announced plans to pursue legislation to boost the U.S. film industry alongside a group of Republican and Democratic senators, a show of bipartisanship as his party prepares to hand over both chambers of Congress in January. The president said Friday he will cooperate on the legislation with Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.), Raphael...
