That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which uses my ongoing (but nearly finished) vacation in France as the occasion to explore how judicial appointments to France’s...
Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker warned European nations against criticizing President Trump’s military operations against Iran. “You might think that this is a huge folly and going to have terrible consequences, but you don't have to say it,” Volker said on the Friday episode of Politico’s "EU Confidential" podcast. “By saying it, you...
The U.S. military killed two “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). The military unit announced the strike by posting a video of the boat exploding on the social platform X on Friday evening. Southcom commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) announced on Friday that he will call a special session to consider new voting maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a landmark redistricting case. Reeves said state legislators will return to Jackson, Miss., 21 days to redraw electoral maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Louisiana v....
ICE detention facility Camp East Montana gets operational upgrade under Secretary Noem's new contract, expanding medical care despite previous closure reports.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith wins GOP primary to defend her Mississippi Senate seat against Democratic challenger District Attorney Scott Colom in November's general election.
About 140 U.S. service members have been wounded since the start of Operation Epic Fury, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, as the U.S. looks to intensify its strikes against Iran and weighs escorting oil tankers and other vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
Loudoun County Sheriff Michael Chapman said his willingness to cooperate with federal immigration authorities is one of the factors that has made his Virginia jurisdiction safer.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sharia law in the U.S. is a "serious issue," but that he spoke to two Republican lawmakers about their comments that have been slammed as Islamophobic.
President Trump's push to rewrite the SAVE America Act with a ban on mail-in ballots and a crackdown on transgender policies is adding new roadblocks to the bill's survival.
Calls on the right are growing to stop the antisemitism that has pervaded the Democratic Party from infiltrating the GOP - and that means banishing anti-Israel provocateurs like Tucker Carlson.
Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a case that echoes a national discussion over who qualifies as a journalist.
The candidate Trump endorsed in the race, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Clay Fuller, will face Army veteran Shawn Harris in an April runoff election.
The complaint against a top Trump official sparked fierce backlash from the Justice Department, adding fuel to the fire between the administration and the D.C. legal establishment.
A political commentator who argued that white people are the victims of racism and need help protecting their “identity” withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for...
