The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Dogs bark, ducks quack, and populists offer free stuff. Enrique Pena Nieto dispensed around 10 million TV sets to low-income Mexican households. Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelans steeply discounted refrigerators, air conditioning units, and, again, TV sets. In Argentina, Evita Peron would personally hand out children’s toys, sewing machines, clothes, and kitchenware. None of these (for once […]
During Donald Trump’s first run for the presidency, China, the economic behemoth that was gutting America’s manufacturing base and flexing its muscles in East Asia, was his favorite punching bag. Yet as Trump was seeking to reclaim the presidency after four years in the political wilderness, his new foreign target was much closer to home: […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on CBS News to “stand tall” and not settle amid a lawsuit from President Trump over the network’s editing of an interview with former Vice President Harris. “CBS may be reaching a legal settlement with Trump because he didn't like how a campaign interview with Kamala was edited. Really? If...
President Trump on Friday took a pair of actions to limit U.S. government funding for abortions, reversing some of the Biden administration's efforts to increase access to the procedure. Trump signed a memorandum to reinstate the Mexico City policy, which bans global health aid for foreign organizations that provide or promote abortions. The policy was first...
Another Jan. 6 rioter has rejected President Trump’s pardon, saying that he “did those things” and his actions do not merit forgiveness. “It's almost like he was trying to say it didn't happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren't pardonable. I don't want the pardon. And I also learned that I...
President Trump greeted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) with a very friendly exchange when he landed in the Los Angeles area to survey wildfire damage, after the two have sparred over relief efforts in recent weeks. Trump walked off Air Force One and when Newsom met him on the tarmac, the two political rivals shook...
Spirit Airlines said its passengers may not be allowed to board the aircraft or can be forced to leave if they are sporting “lewd” clothing and/or have not covered “offensive” tattoos, according to updated rules. The low-budget airline outlined in its contract of carriage that travelers could be kicked off the flight if they were...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn a rule that would have banned menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, putting a formal end to a policy that had been indefinitely delayed under the Biden administration. A regulatory filing showed the rule had been “withdrawn” on Jan. 21, President Trump’s second day in office. The move is a...
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Friday that he is investigating the alleged “debanking” of cryptocurrency firms, reaching out to venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and five crypto CEOs who have publicly raised concerns. Debanking has become a flash point in the crypto space since Andreessen claimed on “The Joe Rogan Experience” in November...
Democrats are sounding highly dubious about working with Republicans on tax reform after President Trump said Thursday he’s interested in a bipartisan approach to one of the top Republican legislative priorities. In virtual remarks Thursday before the Davos Economic Forum, Trump ceded that he would likely need Democratic votes to pass an extension of his...
A Mississippi District Attorney proposed new legislation on Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport undocumented immigrants. DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced his support for House Bill 1484, authored by state Rep. Justin Keen (R), which would create the Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program. “We’ve seen firsthand the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday abortion opponents are "entering a new era” with President Trump and Vice President Vance in the White House. Speaking at the March for Life, Johnson praised the new administration for anti-abortion actions taken in the first week, including pardoning nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists. He also pointed...
