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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—January 20

1983—Eight years after the New Jersey supreme court (in Mount Laurel I) read into the state constitution an obligation on the part of each city to use…

Montana College Student Resorted to Racist Harassment to Justify His Own ‘Anti-Hate’ Campaign

Rex Wu Jr. dedicated himself to rooting out racist harassment on campus. A recent...

Trump Versus the World

His Greenland extortion and his Nobel pursuit are of a piece with his very...

Trump at Year One

The president has governed at a frenzied pace that has produced some real successes,...

Stocks plummet over Trump’s tariff threat in pursuit of control of Greenland

Wall Street stocks plummeted early Tuesday over President Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries for their resistance to his plans to claim Greenland.

What’s Trump’s plan if the court strikes down his emergency tariffs?

The Trump administration is preparing to implement a "game two" plan to replace the tariffs currently under Supreme Court scrutiny, which will rely on multiple statutory authorities and ultimately succeed in replacing the existing tariffs.

US service members, civilian killed in Syria ambush attack: CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Saturday that two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed, and several others injured, after a gunman tied to ISIS launched an ambush. "On Dec. 13, two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by...

Did Laura Loomer just help pick the next leader of NASA? 

People may pretend otherwise, but the far-right activist does have the president’s ear. 

5 things to watch after the Senate’s failed health care votes

The Senate this week failed to pass dueling bills from Republicans and Democrats to address a looming spike in health insurance costs for people who buy Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans. The result was expected. Now, without a last-ditch bipartisan miracle, enhanced subsidies will expire Jan. 1, exacerbating already high premiums for the 22 million...

DOJ targets 4 states, Georgia’s Fulton County over voter data, 2020 election

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday targeted four states for refusing to turn over voter data and issued a complaint against Georgia's Fulton County for information related to the 2020 presidential election. The Trump administration's lawsuit against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada accused the states of withholding private data about registered voters, including citizenship status....

Lawmakers must expand coverage for obesity treatment

Congress has the power to make obesity treatment and weight management accessible to the communities that need it. 

Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

(The Associated Press) — Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” and starred in his self-titled sitcom. “The funniest thing is, it’s not enough,” Van Dyke said in an interview with ABC News at his Malibu, California...

Epstein’s last casualty could be grand jury secrecy

The release of Jeffrey Epstein's files has led to the public humiliation and condemnation of various individuals, raising questions about the implications of such transparency and the potential erosion of long-standing protections for grand jury and sealed material.

Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over $100K H-1B visa fee

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) on Friday led a group of 18 Democratic states in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over President Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa application fee. Collectively, the attorneys general argued that the new price tag attached to foreign visas will pose a barrier to U.S. employers seeking to hire...

Witkoff to resume peace talks with Zelensky, European leaders in Berlin

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Germany over the weekend — the next step in peace talks to end Kyiv's nearly four-year war with Russia. A White House official on Saturday confirmed the upcoming meeting in Berlin to The Hill's sister network NewsNation....

Congress is attempting a federal takeover of DC’s justice system

D.C. deserves a justice system that stands up to slumlords, senior scammers, wage theft and junk fees without fear or favor.

When can Social Security beneficiaries expect their January 2026 payments?

Tens of millions of Social Security and Supplemental Security beneficiaries will soon receive their first, slightly larger check of the new year, thanks to the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

Comer calls on Clintons to appear for Epstein depositions or ‘face contempt’

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Friday pressed former President Clinton and Hillary Clinton to appear for depositions in his probe of Jeffrey Epstein, citing their time spent with the late disgraced financier. “It has been more than four months since Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed to sit for depositions related to...

The IRS is in trouble — here’s how it can survive

The IRS needs to win back popular support, and in order to do that, it’s going to be even more important for the agency to refocus on what it does best: collecting revenue fairly, protecting against fraud, and giving Americans confidence that everyone pays their fair share. 

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