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A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop TSA from unlawfully seizing flyers’ cash

If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you. TSA has stripped more than 10,000 travelers...

Swiss Commentator Asks Why Israeli Olympic Bobsledder Was Permitted to Compete in Radio Broadcast: ‘Zionist to the Core’

Journalist Stefan Reina made the remarks while commentating the Olympic bobsledding event for Radio...

The New York Times Tries Impotently to Fix AOC’s Munich Disaster

One could dissect her words for the next ten years straight, with the best...

America’s Run of Dunning-Kruger Administrations

If you count Trump twice, Americans have had four consecutive presidents who were absolutely...

Amicus Brief in Support of Louisiana’s Challenge to FDA on Abortion Pill

On behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (my institutional home for more...

US diplomatic overload is at crisis levels 

Worse, the Trump administration is relying on a single, highly inexperienced team to oversee three of these negotiations.

Trump says Guthrie kidnappers will face death penalty if she is killed

President Trump said Monday he would direct the Justice Department to seek the death penalty for kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie if the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is found dead. In a brief phone interview with the New York Post, the president said consequences for the kidnappers would be “very, very severe...

Congress launched our nation. It must embrace fact-based representation.

Presidents' Day is a reminder of the importance of representation and the power of Congress to act as a check on the executive branch, and to ensure the faithful execution of laws.

FBI not sharing evidence in Pretti shooting, Minnesota authorities say

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said Monday it was formally notified by the FBI that the bureau will not share any information about its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti. “The FBI formally notified the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Feb. 13 that it will not provide the BCA with...

Iranian navy launches military exercises ahead of nuclear talks

Iranian naval forces began military exercises Monday in the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, the day before a second round of talks with the United States for a nuclear deal amid heightened tensions.  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's naval drills are dubbed “Smart Control of Hormuz Strait" and are rehearsing scenarios to respond...

Georgia’s Jan. 6 disbarment opinion sets an example for Republicans nationwide

Jan. 6 was an insurrection, and insurrectionists will not be practicing law in Georgia any time soon. 

Utah Republicans say they have support for redistricting ballot proposal 

Utah's GOP chair confirmed on Sunday that Republicans had clinched enough signatures to have their ballot initiative, which would repeal a 2018 initiative that created an independent redistricting commission in the state, considered for the November election.  “We are well over 200,000 signatures that have been submitted,” Robert Axson, who is organizing the ballot measure campaign to...

Russia: Claims Navalny was poisoned with dart frog toxin ‘not based on anything’

The Kremlin denied Monday that it fatally poisoned former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024, after five European countries said Saturday the 47-year-old was poisoned via a lethal toxin and pointed to Russia as the culprit. "Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and not based...

Golfers sue Trump administration over move to overhaul DC course

A pair of Washington-area golf enthusiasts are suing the Trump administration over its plan to take over and redevelop the District of Columbia's public golf system. The lawsuit, filed late last week by plaintiffs Alex Dickson and Dave Roberts, argues the administration's move to end its lease with the National Links Trust violates the Administrative...

Possible measles exposure reported at Philadelphia International Airport

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is warning of a potential measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport.

Jeffries: Democrats willing to spend big to reshape Virginia congressional districts

Democrats are ready to spend big to boost a Virginia redistricting effort that could give the party four more House seats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has said, amid the national battle over congressional lines ahead of the midterms. “Whatever it takes,” Jeffries told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview aired Sunday, when asked how...

MAGA versus freedom of speech: The Olympic edition 

Despite outrage-stoking claims from politicians and pundits, none of the U.S. athletes “trashed” the United States.

New Savannah Guthrie video: Family clinging to ‘hope’ Nancy Guthrie will return

Savannah Guthrie on Sunday issued another plea to those with information on the whereabouts of her mother, Nancy. “I wanted to come on — it’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe,” the longtime NBC anchor...

Donald Trump and the disgrace of Presidents Day

Presidents' Day has become a reminder of the stark contrast between past presidents and the current one, Donald Trump, who has treated truth and civility as optional, and has blurred the line between error and intent.

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