President Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, citing costs and a hostile signal to Kim Jong Un amid North Korea tensions.
President Trump wants the Senate to take up a House-approved bill to make daylight saving time permanent and end the semi-annual clock changing ritual.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday expressed anger over President Trump’s reaction to reported conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln. “I mean, not only are these conditions and the reports of the conditions heartbreaking. The response of the president of the United States pisses me off. And it should piss all of us off,”...
In less than a week, the odds that Pete Hegseth would be confirmed as secretary of defense dropped to the point that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was expected to replace him, and then rebounded to the point that his most outspoken skeptic, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), gave him a statement of confidence. The abrupt change […]
Republican senators have been far too quick to embrace the nomination of Pam Bondi, former attorney general of Florida, to be the U.S. attorney general. Bondi’s record is problematic. And that’s putting it mildly. In suggesting that Bondi may not merit confirmation (repeat: “may not,” not yet “does not”), the usual caveat applies. Namely, that […]
Fresh off of one of the biggest attempted injustices in recent American criminal history, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg cannot be trusted to lead the prosecution of the man who allegedly shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione has been arrested and charged with the murder of Thompson. Mangione was captured while in possession of […]
MATT GAETZ’S NEXT MOVE. Not all that long ago, on Oct. 3, 2023, then-Rep. Matt Gaetz succeeded in his audacious plan to lead a tiny group of Republicans, eight in all, working in an alliance with 208 Democrats, to topple Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Today, one year and two months later, Gaetz is […]
Russia launched its largest drone attack to date into Ukraine in late November. The week before that, President Vladimir Putin welcomed 10,000 North Korean troops into Russia and launched his largest missile attack in months. It’s clear this conflict is escalating as we near 1,000 days of war, and Washington is particularly eager to reverse […]
In Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the courtesan Violetta sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her beloved’s family, immortalizing her love through virtuous surrender. Sean Baker’s new film, Anora, attempts a contemporary riff on this old archetype, once again placing a young woman enmeshed in transactional romance at the heart of a doomed liaison. Yet where […]
One of the hottest topics of the recent election was inflation. One side advocated tighter restraint of federal spending and increased marketplace competition to deal with inflation, while the other side advocated increased government controls and regulation. Sadly, little attention was focused on the results of each alternative. Grocery stores were demonized as greedy profiteers, and […]
If you believe courageous veterans like Daniel Penny are villains, and deranged shooters like Luigi Mangione are heroes, you’re a disgusting excuse for a...
At noon on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump will become president for the second time. Unlike during his first term, Trump takes office with America engaged in two wars. One involving an ally, Israel, and one a country whose security we pledged to support, Ukraine. Trump campaigned saying he would negotiate an end to the […]
‘Tis the season to be nominating. At least it is for President-elect Donald Trump. He quickly announced his choices for various positions within his incoming administration. Some of these picks have received general approval, while others face a tough battle to receive the required Senate confirmation. Praise and criticism of these picks have fallen along […]
