Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed gun control bills and toughened an assault weapon ban, drawing DOJ threats of litigation and Republican backlash.
Keisha Lance Bottoms' Georgia gubernatorial campaign is reigniting debate over ethics issues from her previous years in city government in Atlanta, including alleged pay-to-play.
Acting AG Todd Blanche accuses Judge Boasberg of targeting DOJ attorneys after an appeals court again rebuked his contempt probe in a deportation case.
Artificial intelligence-powered companions are becoming a part of daily life. In a world plagued by loneliness and a lack of connection, these chatbots have been promoted from fulfilling mundane tasks, such as hands-free texting and suggesting shortcuts while in traffic, to serving social and emotional support. On one popular AI companion platform, a persona named […]
Congressional Republicans are understandably frustrated with their Democratic colleagues’ intransigence as the present government shutdown rolls on without an end in sight. Some, such as Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), have even begun advocating for making fundamental changes to legislative procedure. Last week, he urged his counterparts in the Senate to invoke the “nuclear option” and end the […]
Defending Education scored a major victory after a New York appellate court affirmed that racial balancing in New York City’s K-12 talented and gifted programs has no constitutional authority. In IntegrateNYC v. City of New York, the court issued a 5-2 decision, resolving a 2021 complaint brought by Defending Education. The court found that the […]
The wokification of America was so rapid and shocking that it has inspired a lively, political spectrum-spanning conversation. There are multiple strands to this discussion, which tend to complement each other: Christopher Caldwell and Richard Hanania consider wokism as a twisted descendant of the Civil Rights movement, Yascha Mounk and Carl Trueman explore its roots […]
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to test President Donald Trump‘s resolve in increasing pressure on Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine. Trump last week introduced new sanctions on Russian energy giants Rosneft and Lukoil to reduce the revenue those firms generate for the Kremlin’s war effort. Putin tested Trump by receiving a public briefing from Russia’s top military officer, […]
After months of pretending to be laser-focused on affordability, New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani decided to base his final pitch to voters on complaining about “Islamophobia” in hopes that people would forget about his antisemitism and terrorist sympathies before the election. On the day before early voting opened, Mamdani gave a grand speech about […]
Once again, Washington finds itself in a completely avoidable mess. The federal government is shut down, not because Republicans refused to act, but because Democrats chose politics over people. House Republicans did our job. We passed a clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution to keep the government open, ensuring our men and women in uniform, farmers, and […]
By securing the southern border, President Donald Trump saved the lives of countless child trafficking victims, Tim Ballard, a former special agent for the Department of Homeland Security, devout Christian, and founder of anti-child sex trafficking nonprofit organization the Tim Ballard Foundation, told the Washington Examiner. “Nobody will ever give Trump the credit. With one […]
