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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 16

1996—One reason that the Ninth Circuit is so dysfunctional is that it fails to make responsible...

The Trouble with the Soft Sciences

The tale of Jason Arday is a reminder of how today’s social scientists often...

Chris Bohjalian’s novel ‘The Amateur’ is an ambiguous, confusing read

Chris Bohjalian’s The Amateur tells a story from the perspective of an adult looking back at a decades-old pivotal event she sometimes misremembers. The event and its consequences shift their shape. Sometimes the story seems to be about killing someone with a golf ball. Sometimes it is about adult men who take sexual advantage of […]

The UN can say it a thousand times — abortion still isn’t international law

There is no legally binding international treaty that establishes abortion as a human right. Yet governments around the world are increasingly told they are violating international law if they refuse to legalize or expand abortion. How did a right that nations never negotiated become one that international institutions now claim governments are obligated to uphold? […]

Newsom: Only thing missing from Trump speech was ‘tin foil’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) blasted President Trump’s primetime speech on Thursday in which he cast doubt on the security of U.S. election systems, warning that the president would use it as a precursor to meddle in the upcoming midterms. Newsom likened the speech to the “ramblings of a mad king” in a 53-second video...

US companies sign energy agreements with Iraq

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story US companies sign energy agreements with Iraq U.S. firms signed several oil-related and other deals with Iraq on Friday, days after President Trump said the...

Sacks warns US risks losing AI edge after new Chinese model launch

{beacon} Technology Technology   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Sacks warns US risks losing AI edge after new Chinese model launch Former White House AI and cryptocurrency czar David Sacks argued Friday that the U.S. is “tying...

United denies offering free flight changes over Trump airport name

United Airlines is pushing back on reports that it will allow passengers to change their flight destinations for free if they do not want to land at the newly renamed Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach. A travel blog called Live and Let’s Fly shared an internal memo on Thursday that was reportedly...

Waves of US strikes on Iran hits week mark

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Waves of US strikes on Iran hits week mark The U.S. military for the seventh consecutive...

US firms sign energy and other deals with Iraq after Trump touts its oil

U.S. firms signed several oil-related and other deals with Iraq on Friday, days after President Trump said the two sides would be “doing a lot of deals” because of the Middle Eastern nation’s oil. Among the U.S. companies that signed energy-related deals during an event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were Chevron, ConocoPhillips, HKN...

Vegetable supplier Taylor Farms to pull some products amid cyclosporiasis outbreak

California-based vegetable producer Taylor Farms said Friday that it will remove products potentially linked to a growing cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country.  “Based on information provided yesterday by the FDA [Food and Drug Administration], Taylor Farms de Mexico is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico,” the company said in its statement.  “While...

Sacks argues US is ‘tying itself in knots’ over AI after release of new Chinese model

Former White House AI and cryptocurrency czar David Sacks argued Friday that the U.S. is "tying itself in knots" over AI and risking its competitive edge, following the release of a new Chinese model. Kimi K3, a new model from the Chinese startup Moonshot AI, sent shockwaves through the American AI industry Thursday after its...

US military conducts strikes against Iran for seventh consecutive day

The U.S. military launched another wave of strikes against Iran on Friday, marking the seventh consecutive day of hitting the country in what U.S. officials described as efforts to degrade Tehran’s military capabilities. The strikes began at 3 p.m. EDT, U.S. Central Command said, with the military widening its strikes against Iran in recent days,...

Watch live: Trump attends FIFA World Cup reception in New York City

President Trump on Friday will attend a FIFA World Cup reception in New York City, as the U.S. prepares to host the final game between Spain and Argentina. The last round of the championship is set to be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., not far from the Big Apple — which is...

Abdul El-Sayed asks supporters to stop attacking Stevens

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Friday urged his supporters to stop making personal attacks against his primary rival, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), after several speaking gaffes sparked online mockery. “It’s become impossible to ignore the way that people online make fun of my opponent for things that have nothing to do with her...

Trump says Canada will face tariffs over wildfire smoke, claiming ‘willful negligence’

President Trump threatened on Friday to impose additional tariffs on Canada, accusing the country’s government of “willful negligence” in its handling of massive wildfires that have wafted heavy smoke and worsened air quality in parts of the Midwest and East Coast. “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining...

Man arraigned on hate crime charges after confrontation with ‘Today’ show host 

The man who allegedly breached security and yelled a racial slur at NBC News’s “Today” show host Craig Melvin was arraigned Friday.  Andrew Truelove, 41, was arraigned on one count of burglary in the third degree as a hate crime and a count of menacing in the third degree as a hate crime, according to...

Trump asks Lindsey Graham’s sister to run for Senate

President Trump on Friday said he met in the Oval Office with newly appointed Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-S.C.), the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and asked her to run in the special Republican primary for a full term in the Senate seat. “We have known each other for a long time...

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