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The week in whoppers: Scott Pelley exposes his stunning arrogance, Jasmine Crockett’s sick take on Austin Metcalf and more

Fired "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley can't seem to understand why he got canned by CBS after he confronted his new boss.

The Knicks are the (only) talk of the town

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS: For the first three quarters, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs...

Downsizing and the Ozempic Economy

The positive impacts of GLP-1s are a reminder of the difficulty of forecasting the...

Prosecutors Go Out of Their Way to Bring Case in . . . San Francisco?

An odd wrinkle in the Supreme Court’s venue decision.

Trump Nominates Prosecutor Jay Clayton to Be Director of National Intelligence

Meanwhile, Democrats kill a House proposal to extend foreign surveillance authority, as the Friday...

RFK Jr. Is Right About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

The HHS secretary, to say the least, isn’t always very careful about evidence, but, on this one, the most painstaking research is on his...

The Judicial Oath Versus the ‘Judgment of History’

Public Discourse has published an outstanding essay—“The Judicial Oath and the Judgment of History”— by Eleventh Circuit chief judge William H. Pryor Jr.

China’s Largest Live-Fire Naval Exercise Simulates a Blockade of Taiwan

The Chinese military unilaterally declared seven live-fire zones in the seas surrounding Taiwan, scheduled to remain in force until the evening.

How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action

President Trump has ordered a slew of actions based solely on reporters' questions, creating an unusual contradiction in which the president fiercely criticizes the media but then also follows their prompts.

Trump keeps White House a work in progress

President Trump's razing of the East Wing to build a grand ballroom has raised eyebrows as an extreme transformation of the iconic White House contours, but other presidents have given the executive mansion makeovers big and small during two centuries.

Republicans eye Iowa Senate supermajority in Tuesday special election

Iowa special election Tuesday pits Democrat Renee Hardman against Republican Lucas Loftin for Senate District 16, with Republicans seeking supermajority control.

Deal-making clemency: Inside Trump’s most disputed pardons of 2025

President Donald Trump granted clemency to nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants, cryptocurrency executive Changpeng Zhao, former Representative George Santos and others in 2025.

House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes

House Republican Tom Emmer demands deportation of Somalis allegedly involved in Minnesota fraud after reports suggest funds may have reached Al-Shabaab terror group.

Minnesota Dem Senate candidate faces call from opponent to apologize over viral ‘pandering’ hijab video

Minnesota GOP candidate David Hann demands public apology from Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan over hijab video amid alleged fraud scandal in Somali community.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 30

2004—In United States v. Bad Marriage, a divided Ninth Circuit panel rejects the 41-month prison sentence received by the aptly named Mr. Bad Marriage. Released from...

2025: A Year in Reading

If there was one bookshelf theme this year, it was liberals discovering the concept of abundance.

2025, the Year of the Surprise Presidential Pardon

A Chinese crypto kingpin, a libertarian cyber hero, and a Honduran drug lord all benefitted from Trump’s largesse this year.

Fetterman endorses prospect of potential future strikes to derail any Iranian nuclear ambitions

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat, fully backed the prospect of future attacks against Iran to block the rogue regime from developing nuclear weapons.

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