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Ousted senator has no regrets about voting to convict Trump

Sen. Bill Cassidy said his 2021 vote to convict President Trump on a House impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol may have ended his political career, but he has no regrets.

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead federal land agency as drilling and mining expand

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining and drilling while reversing conservation plans.

Paxton investigation Southern Poverty Law Center in Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over its alleged funding of extremist groups it claimed to oppose. Last month, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., indicted the SPLC on six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count...

Tillis urges GOP colleagues to hold budget bill over White House ballroom funding

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy problem.” He threatened to vote no on the budget reconciliation...

Polls show Cooper with strong lead over Whatley for NC Senate seat

Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from The Carolina Journal/Harper Polling.  The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former...

Trump weighs Taiwan arms sales as part of negotiations with China, U.S. trade representative says

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday that President Trump is considering using arms sales to Taiwan as part of broader U.S.-China negotiations, noting recent past presidents also paused sales.

Trump warns Iran’s ‘clock is ticking’: Move ‘fast’ or ‘there won’t be anything left’

President Donald Trump issues stern warning to Iran on Truth Social, saying the clock is ticking as he reportedly weighs restarting military action after China trip.

Trump warns Iran’s ‘clock is ticking’: Move ‘fast’ or ‘there won’t be anything left’

President Donald Trump issues stern warning to Iran on Truth Social, saying the clock is ticking as he reportedly weighs restarting military action after China trip.

Trumps weighs Taiwan arms sales as part of negotiations with China, U.S. trade representative says

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday that President Trump is considering using arms sales to Taiwan as part of broader U.S.-China negotiations, noting recent past presidents also paused sales.

Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge

Even as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the November elections.

Amb. David Perdue: Trump trip to China was needed to correct decades of American ‘malaise’

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said President Trump's recent state visit to Beijing was a necessary diplomatic engagement to address decades of economic imbalance that "hollowed out" American strategic industries.

On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights and were beaten by Alabama state troopers before returning two weeks later to complete their march under federal protection. Keith Odom was a toddler then.

Senate parliamentarian rejects $1 billion in reconciliation bill for White House security, Trump ballroom

The Senate parliamentarian ruled against including $1 billion in White House security funding tied to Trump's planned ballroom in the budget bill.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 17

1954—In Brown v. Board of Education, a unanimous Supreme Court abandons available originalist justifications for its ruling that state-segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause—justifications that would...

Don’t Buy into Hantapanic

It’s extremely unlikely that the next pandemic is at hand.

Harvard and Yale Discover (Gasp!) the Importance of Viewpoint Diversity

But endowed chairs for conservative scholars won’t fix the problem.

Jürgen Habermas: A Serious Man

The late German thinker and teacher brought liberal secularism to the pinnacle of academic political philosophy.

Trump, Netanyahu to speak Sunday amid reports of potential revival of military action on Iran

Trump is weighing restarting military action on Iran and will speak with Netanyahu on Sunday amid reports of Iranian deception and delay tactics.

Trump calls out Rep Thomas Massie: ‘Kentucky, get this LOSER out of politics’ Tuesday

Trump uses Sen. Bill Cassidy's Louisiana ouster as a warning shot against Rep. Thomas Massie ahead of Kentucky's Tuesday Republican primary election.

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