New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and handed one of the pens to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, who once represented an al-Qaida operative.
One of the biggest challenges confronting Israel is to assess honestly how many soldiers, intelligence officials and established security procedures failed before Oct. 7.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled Tuesday to Capitol Hill to plead his case. He was met with skepticism and even some measure of hostility.
The public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Monday opened on a two-hour delay. This was a borderline call, considering there was no snow or ice on the streets at 6 a.m., and so it’s no surprise that the largest neighboring school systems — Washington, D.C., and Fairfax County, Virginia — opened on time.
A “Trans Art Market” was held in Philadelphia over the weekend. As the name suggests, it was an art display for people who are members of the LGBT community. Promotional material for the event advertised it as an “art market highlighting trans, non-binary, and gender expansive artists and makers in Philly.” It was the second year the event took place.
AS TRUMP LEAD WIDENS, PROSECUTORS STEP UP PURSUIT. Two things are true today. One, former President Donald Trump's polling, nationally, in key swing states, and in the first-voting state of Iowa, has never been better. And two, Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by the Biden Justice Department to prosecute Trump, is taking self-described "extraordinary" measures in a rush to put Trump on trial before the 2024 presidential election. The two things are not unrelated. And nothing could more effectively illustrate the contrast between Trump's rising political fortunes and the administration's effort to imprison him before the election.
With a new year beckoning and mixed signals on how the economy is doing, let’s see what the data are telling us about 2024’s prospects and what that means for those holding some of the economic levers at the Federal Reserve.
That Harvard University is standing by its beleaguered president, Claudine Gay, should not be a surprise: Gay is a perfect representation of the arrogant mediocrity of the university and its brand.
