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Judicial Selection in the Reagan Administration

In my new Confirmation Tales post, I provide an insider’s account of how the judicial-selection process for lower-court judges operated in the Reagan administration.

Senate Deadlocks on Competing Health Care Proposals, Likely Dooming Obamacare Subsidies

Trump has remained on the sidelines of the health care debate as intra-GOP divisions...

Trump Hits Lowest Approval Level Yet on the Economy

Polling indicates that the president’s insistence that everything is going great is not a...

Erika Kirk Takes On the Podcast Conspiracy-Mongers with Grace

‘I want to be able to have one thing left that is sacred to...

Progressives Struggle to Take America’s Side in a Fight

‘Why is this hard?’ asks Senator Ro Khanna. Indeed, it shouldn’t be hard to...

Forget Hegseth — are Trump and Congress culpable in the disputed boat attack? 

Trump's policy on dealing with Venezuelan drug smugglers appears to have as many holes as the boats it has been sinking.

The Marine Corps just had its 250th birthday — now let’s abolish it

As much respect as everyone has for the Marines, their service branch became redundant and dependent on other branches long ago.

Greene: Trump labeling her ‘traitor’ ‘directly fueled’ death threats against family

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump’s own words “directly fueled” death threats against her family. In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” the Georgia Republican said she "got a pipe bomb threat on my house" immediately after Trump called her a "traitor." "And then I got several direct death threats...

Do we need to break up Big Beef?

Middleman Big Beef commands the ultimate supply chain position.

‘Intoxicated’ raccoon gets its own cocktails, T-shirts after ransacking Virginia liquor store

A furry "suspect" that ransacked a Virginia ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority) store before passing out in a bathroom after becoming "intoxicated" has inspired T-shirts, a promotional campaign, and now, cocktails.

‘What do we do?’: 911 calls reveal pleas for rescue from Texas camps during floods

More than 130 people were killed in the catastrophic flooding in Texas this summer, including 27 campers and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.

Another instructor removed by University of Oklahoma amid protest over student’s failing grade

Another OU instructor has been removed amidst the controversy over one student's failing grade. 

KISS, Sylvester Stallone among Trump-hosted Kennedy Center Honors recipients: ‘I’m going to try to act like Johnny Carson’

It had the look of a traditional Kennedy Center Honors ceremony — but following President Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the D.C. arts institution earlier this year and with the commander in chief making history as the show's host, change was in the air at this year's awards gathering. "Welcome to a very special evening —...

Greene rejects ‘MAGA’ label: ‘I’m America first’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), once a staunch supporter of President Trump’s MAGA agenda, now suggested she no longer associates herself with that label. “Are you MAGA?” anchor Lesley Stahl asked Greene in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which aired on Sunday. “I'm America first,” Greene replied. Stahl pressed: “And that's not the same...

Russia is out of the human spaceflight business — for now

The situation has ramifications for both the ISS and Russia’s future as a space power.

5 takeaways from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ’60 Minutes’ interview

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on her criticism of President Trump in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday, less than a month after the longtime Trump ally announced she would resign from Congress amid her public feud with the president. In the interview, Greene stood by the defiant stances she’s taken...

Trump: ‘I’m not sure Zelensky is fine with’ peace proposal

President Trump on Sunday said he does not think Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to sign off on a U.S.-proposed peace plan between Ukraine and Russia. The president, in an exchange with reporters ahead of his hosting the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., expressed concern regarding Zelensky's thoughts on the peace plan. This...

Johnson: Defense bill advances ‘Peace Through Strength Agenda’

Congressional leaders released the final bill text the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Sunday, as they seek to get the annual defense policy bill across the finish line. The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump's budget request for the department. The defense...

Read: Full text of the National Defense Authorization Act

Congressional leaders on Sunday released the text of the national defense and security package, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump’s budget request for the department. The NDAA does not appropriate funds but rather sets the policy for...

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