Former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who pursued two criminal cases against President Trump during the Biden administration, will testify publicly about the prosecutions later this month.
Hate found its way to Mississippi’s largest Jewish house of worship, Congregation Beth Israel, when an arsonist intentionally set fire to the synagogue at about 3 a.m. Saturday, damaging the only synagogue in Jackson. The alleged suspect’s name, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was released late Monday. According to the FBI, he faces charges of maliciously damaging […]
THE PRIME OF TOUGH-GUY PROGRESSIVISM. On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo of himself on social media. It was a black-and-white picture of a stern-looking Krasner in a dark suit, one hand to his sunglasses. At the bottom of the photo, in all caps, was “FAFO,” which of course […]
It was a tragedy that struck the hearts of Americans across the country: Young children, praying in pews, became the victims of a mass shooting in Minneapolis. Two, aged 8 and 10, are dead, with 18 others injured. The shooter, who took his own life, has been identified as Robin Westman, but was born […]
In 2005, Utah unveiled its 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness using a novel strategy known as Housing First. The guiding philosophy of Housing First contends that the best way to ameliorate homelessness is to provide permanently subsidized, no-strings-attached housing to unhoused persons. When the plan ended in 2015, Utah made national headlines, boasting it had […]
Ticketmaster is once again trying to game the system. As the Trump administration moves toward a September 27 deadline for releasing a ticket industry reform blueprint, the company is lobbying Washington to impose regulations that would crush its smaller competitors and tighten its grip on fans. In this populist moment, there is a lot of […]
From the indigenous LGBT woman’s land acknowledgement that opened the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Minneapolis to reaffirming the party’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Democrats sent a clear signal to Americans: Despite last year’s electoral drubbing and the dismal polling that has followed, they have no intention of recalibrating. One speaker told […]
Among the many tragedies of the war between Ukraine and Russia is its timing. In the wake of America’s humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan, public and political skepticism over America’s entanglements in foreign wars is once again at a peak. Russian President Vladimir Putin chose his moment carefully. The last time the country’s appetite for foreign […]
Members of Congress are filing back into Washington next week, rested from their August recess and ready to confront the nation’s mounting fiscal challenges. Their return comes as the national debt surged past $37 trillion — a troubling milestone that underscores the urgency of making debt reform a central focus before the problem grows even […]
Ukraine this month unveiled the Flamingo, a new cruise missile still in the early stages of development. With a reported range of 1,864 miles and a 2,535-pound warhead, the missile would give Ukraine a weapon with a far more striking range than any it possesses. Even if the range estimate is exaggerated, this looks like a […]
Just three months after the State Department announced it would “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students, President Donald Trump reversed course Monday, promising to more than double the number of student visas given to Chinese nationals to 600,000. The administration was right the first time. There are far too many students on college campuses dedicated […]
WHAT IS ‘CAUSE’? AND WHY CAN’T THE PRESIDENT FIRE LISA COOK? Everybody knows President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. He’s been on a near-daily crusade against Fed chairman Jerome Powell for months. There have been rumors that Trump would fire Powell, but he hasn’t done it yet, and doesn’t seem likely […]
