Vlad is the villain President Trump’s call for Ukraine to replace its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a blunder of huge proportions (“Zel: Don on ‘wrong side’ in Vlad deal,”...
There aren’t a lot of distinguished biographies of famous historians. The reading public is largely interested in their works, rather than their personal lives, and while some achieved a certain fame or honor in their time — Thomas Babington Macaulay, Marc Bloch, A.J.P. Taylor, Charles A. Beard, a handful of others — details of scholarly […]
Even before his nomination to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush in 2005, Justice Samuel Alito was dogged by the nickname “Scalito.” The lazy conflation of Alito with Justice Antonin Scalia, both conservative jurists of Italian-American heritage, was irresistible to journalists who saw the court as a battleground for politics by other means, […]
In today's issue: ▪ Generational battles in Massachusetts ▪ Army secretary hands in resignation ▪ Supreme Court lets Trump's ballroom go ahead ▪ Kalshi issues platform bans A brutal primary cycle for congressional incumbents will face its final test cases today in Massachusetts as longtime officeholders seek to fend off challenges from much younger opponents. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)...
Red tape reduction is a hallmark of President Trump’s administration. But there’s another problematic set of strings that deserves cutting too: the multiple strings federal agencies impose on state grant recipients. Luckily for the states (and the citizens who count on state programing), the White House Office of Management and Budget has some really big...
Apple's new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure during which the company's value skyrocketed to $4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone's enormous popularity.
Unfortunately, testing hunger neurons in a living person isn't possible, but the study's authors hope their data can guide researchers toward new weight loss treatments.
A fierce primary fight from the left risks toppling an eighth House Democrat this cycle: Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.). Lynch, 71, is running for a 14th term in Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District against 39-year-old lawyer Patrick Roath for the Boston-area seat on Tuesday. Roath has ripped Lynch over votes on immigration, healthcare and abortion, while...
There is new turbulence in the war in Iran — but the pressing question is whether any of it will change the underlying realities of the six-month conflict. The latest dramatic development was an exchange of fire late Sunday in which the United States first attacked two Iranian rocket launchers that were reportedly seeking to deploy new...
Vice President Vance, who has emerged as one of the GOP's fiercest critics of Israel, is seeking to appeal to Jewish voters as both parties grapple with a growing political divide fueled by conflicts in the Middle East. Vance is set to privately address the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas after stumping with...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leading opponent former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) by a few points in the battle for a seat in the upper chamber, according to new polling. In the EPIC-MRA poll, 43 percent of respondents either said they would back Rogers or leaned toward him if their ballots were due that...
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart his role at the Pentagon in the coming days, leaving the Trump administration after being embroiled in a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to two sources familiar with internal deliberations. Driscoll spoke with President Trump about the “current state” of the Army and...
