Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama administration chief of staff now weighing a presidential bid, said Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America are not part of the Democratic Party.
President Trump said Sunday that NBC News's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker will be reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after she reportedly said on the program that Trump-endorsed candidates have had mixed results this election cycle. "Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the...
In order to maintain their credibility, terrorist threat advisories should be supported by specific or generalized information that supports their being issued. That doesn’t appear to have been the case with the State Department travel advisory issued on Friday. These advisories are not regularly issued. But this one was notable. It advised “U.S. citizens overseas […]
The House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on a bill today that would have made it far more difficult to build federal buildings in the classical style, but a successful pressure campaign from conservatives led to the bill being pulled from the floor schedule. The bill in question, H.R. 6317, was sponsored by Rep. […]
THE TRUMP TRIAL SUFFERS A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. The trial of former President Donald Trump is now in its sixth week in Manhattan. Even though it doesn’t meet every day, the court sessions are intense and can wear on all the participants. It is particularly unfortunate when they wear on the judge who is in control of […]
The Biden administration continues dreaming up ways to deliver aid to Gaza while knowing full well that aid is going to be stolen, likely by Hamas terrorists. On Friday, 10 truckloads of food aid arrived at United Nations facilities in Gaza, courtesy of President Joe Biden’s Gaza pier, a sitting duck target for Hamas terrorists […]
The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on May 10 to advance the Palestinian Authority’s request for “Palestine” to become the international body’s 194th member. European Union states and Australia caved to their own domestic array of students, labor activists, Arab and Muslim constituencies, and virtue-signaling politicians to push for recognition of a Palestinian state. They […]
As a member of Congress on the House Judiciary Committee, I am aware of and concerned by the serious challenges facing our nation’s law enforcement officers. And as a former sheriff, I have a unique perspective on these challenges and an understanding of what needs to be done at the federal level to best support […]
The threat of violence is undermining democracy. And former President Donald Trump and Republicans are to blame. Or at least that is the message the New York Times delivered to readers with its recent story headlined, “Fear and menace are transforming politics: Public officials from Congress to city hall are now regularly subjected to threats […]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg is out amid scandals over the agency’s toxic environment. A tardy, though welcome, demand for his resignation came Monday from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH). The problem is that Gruenberg won’t leave his post until his replacement is named. This is a convenient way to protect […]
The Biden administration finalized a rule last month allowing states to mandate that most individual and small-group health plans, including those for sale on Obamacare‘s exchanges, cover adult dental services. Mandating coverage of dental benefits may be politically appealing. But it will end up leaving a bitter taste in people’s mouths. Mandates cost money. Implementing this one […]
Historically, our nation has found ways to adapt and overcome crises — for the betterment of our society and its people. Yet one such crisis remains and continues to grow, which now directly affects more than 20% of our adult population. As a society, we have an obligation to address the mental health and substance […]
Young people are the future — or so we hear when discussing education and considering what the country will look like in 40 or 50 years. The future has not looked bright. The last couple of months witnessed campus protests that displayed both intellectual vacuity and moral turpitude. Too many young adults attending our elite […]
In April, a spokeswoman for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign wrote an email to the Washington Post that “Mr. Kennedy does not want to add fuel to the fire” in relation to abortion because he considers it a “fundamentally divisive” issue. Instead, she wrote, the campaign seeks to emphasize more unifying topics, […]
After months of mounting tension, the International Criminal Court in The Hague announced the filing of arrest warrant requests relating to the war in Gaza — or as the ICC revealingly puts it, “the Situation in the State of Palestine.” The court seeks the arrest of Hamas leadership for a long list of war crimes, but […]
During a 1971 trip to Israel, then-future Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke met with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, a meeting he described as a “life-changing event.” He said Israel was “an inspiration, a small lone democracy in the Middle East.” Upon his return, he warned, “If the bell tolls for Israel, it won’t just […]
