Never in history have single people had access to so many potential romantic partners. A generation ago, most Americans met people through the ordinary institutions of life. They met in person at college or church or were introduced in a coffee shop or bar. Today, a single person can open an app and, within minutes, […]
A tragedy happens. People get hurt. Lives are lost. Then the lawyers start looking around the room. Who can be held responsible? That question sits at the center of a growing problem in American civil litigation. There’s nothing wrong with holding people and companies accountable when they actually cause harm. That’s what the justice system […]
The stories of the Righteous should be central to what we teach the next generation because remembering evil must also carry a responsibility to recognize and practice goodness. Children deserve to know what evil has done. They also deserve to know the names and choices of people who refused to surrender to it. The Righteous […]
My first patient at Southwest Florida Proton Center was a 11-year-old boy with brain cancer. Proton therapy could aim radiation at his tumor precisely enough to spare the healthy brain tissue around it, but it meant getting him to treatment five days a week, for six weeks straight. Because our center was close to his […]
Americans argue endlessly over who should govern. We spend less time asking the prior question: What kind of government are we trying to preserve? The answer should be self-government. What are the alternatives? Rule by someone else — by a monarch, an oligarchy, a bureaucracy, a party, an ideological elite, or simply whichever faction has […]
Republican allies of former President Trump are taking to the airwaves to boost his attacks on the justice system and condemn those who say people should respect the justice system that delivered his guilty verdict in the New York hush money trial. The GOP has long billed itself as the “law and order” party, one...
A bipartisan effort to let new mothers vote by proxy after giving birth is putting a spotlight on the unique challenges congresswomen face as they weigh motherhood against the archaic rules of the House chamber. After suffering significant complications when giving birth to her son in August, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) grew frustrated by...
Former President Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen took a swing at Trump Friday, after his former boss was convicted in the criminal hush money case. “I want peace,” Cohen said Friday to host Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House." “You can’t have peace when Donald Trump is around, because one of the things he talks...
A lawyer for Stormy Daniels, the adult film star central to former President Trump’s hush money trial, said Friday that Trump's recent conviction "hit her hard." “I got a pretty instant report from the courthouse,” Attorney Clark Brewster said in an interview on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports. “And so, it hadn't hit the news yet...
Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new motion Friday asking the judge overseeing former President Trump's classified documents case to block him from making public statements that could put law enforcement in danger. His latest request mirrors his first, filed last week, pressing Judge Aileen Cannon to issue a narrow gag order based on the former...
Robert Costello, a former legal adviser to ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen, said the judge in former President Trump's hush money trial "totally overreacted" while admonishing him for his courtroom behavior during his testimony. Costello pointed out several instances he believes Judge Juan Merchan targeted him during his time in the Manhattan courtroom. One instance involved the judge allegedly...
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) urged others in the Republican Party to take the recent conviction of former President Trump in his New York hush money case seriously, and to think about what it could mean for the upcoming election. "You had 12 jurors who, from all appearances, really devoted themselves to seeking the...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) slammed President Biden on Friday calling him a “demented man" in a post on the social media platform X. “Our current President is a demented man propped up by wicked & deranged people willing to destroy our country to remain in power,” Rubio said in the post, which features a video...
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, died Friday at the age of 86, according to a statement from the family. “We will all miss her greatly, and we wish she were here to offer us some perspective, to mend our heavy hearts with a laugh and a dose of her wisdom,”...
Vulnerable House Republicans are treading carefully around the bombshell conviction of former President Trump, showing a wariness to wade into the prickly debate over hush money, a porn star and the integrity of a once-treasured criminal justice system that Trump has vilified. While GOP leaders and a long list of rank-and-file Republicans — including a...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Fauci’s closed-door interviews come to light ahead of House testimony Anthony Fauci will face a House panel Monday for the first time since he left government, and transcripts released Friday of his closed-door interview with lawmakers hint at...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Biden: Israel has offered 'roadmap' for Gaza cease-fire President Biden announced the terms of an Israeli-led proposal Friday that includes a three-part roadmap toward an end to fighting and the release of all remaining hostages taken...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) expressed frustration Friday over what she called the “distractions” of former President Trump’s legal dramas and declared “a Republican nominee without this baggage would have a clear path to victory.” “It is a shame that this election has focused on personalities and legal problems rather than a debate about policies that...
