A New York Times Saturday story had the headline on its reference box “Cuba Backs Elder Statesman,” when referring to America’s murder indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro
The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain spreads. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency last week amid a growing number of reported cases in Congo and Uganda. A...
U.S. Secret Service rushed reporters into the press briefing room on Saturday after gunshots were fired near the White House, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. A law enforcement source told NewsNation that a man armed with a pistol opened fire near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and Secret Service returned fire, taking...
Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago. “The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith...
President Donald Trump promised to stop the flow of criminals through our borders, and, to be fair, illegal border crossings are down significantly since he took over. But one credibly accused sex criminal was just welcomed back into the United States — and possibly with the Trump administration’s blessing and support. Alt-right influencer, pornographer, antisemite, […]
Public broadcasting’s lobbyists and their television and radio clients huddled in a Washington hotel this week to chart an uncertain future. And who could blame them if they assumed the roar they heard outside came from a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk, stalking the hotel a la Jack Nicholson in The Shining? The noise, however, was a […]
The first weeks of the Department of Education under the second Trump administration have been, in a word, eventful. Even as storm clouds gather over the agency’s continued existence, the new Trump appointees started a slew of investigations of school districts with policies that violate Title IX, directed schools to throw out racially discriminatory diversity, […]
Details are still needed to judge President Donald Trump’s “gold card” immigration proposal. It is also worth saying that it should be made a reality with legislation, not executive action. In principle, however, it is thoroughly welcome. It is an immigration reform America needs, and it might unlock the president’s economic agenda, which has begun […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Central Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman, the newly elected state Republican Party chairman, will face his first big challenge this year with the control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the ballot. Rothman, who won the party chairmanship with overwhelming support in a 248-120 vote last month, will look to fill three […]
