“What does one think of when reading the words Italian American?” I asked a friend. Was she going to say tomato sauce (gravy) or delicious food? How about fictional characters, Michael Corleone or Tony Soprano? Does the phrase “fuhgeddaboudit” suddenly pop into your head? Or maybe the “Che vuoi?” (pinched fingers) hand gesture? All are […]
More than 6 million people live in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, but only about 700,000 live in the actual District of Columbia. The rest live in the suburbs, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Thanks to a federal government that spends $6 trillion per year — more than one-fifth of the entire economy — these suburbs […]
The Empire Strikes Back famously features a string of Imperial officers being summarily executed by Darth Vader as their horrified successors look on with concern. The lesson? Sometimes, one climbs the ladder only to fall from a greater height. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the man who has succeeded Mitch McConnell as the Republicans’ […]
Peter Hujar’s place in American photography was summed up aptly, and not a little harshly, deep within the biography of another photographer. Hujar’s career, Patricia Morrisroe wrote in Mapplethorpe, was “a shadow version” of her subject’s. “The two men might be compared,” she goes on, “to … Mozart and Salieri.” So let’s compare. Both men […]
The new year is off like a rocket. 2025 has dawned with more optimism than we’ve known for years. Inhaling that hopeful air, I asked my Army team leader and good friend, retired Army Master Sgt. Mike Preston, about his goals in the new year. “I don’t do New Year’s resolutions,” the party pooper said. […]
The funding will provide federal reimbursements for up to 75% of “eligible firefighting costs" incurred as California seeks to shore up its firefighting force and put out the wildfire.
President-elect Donald Trump slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the wildfires raging in California, pinning blame for the fire on his environmental policies.
Tulsi Gabbard and the Trump transition team have accused Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner of "stonewalling" her confirmation process.
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to halt his criminal proceedings in New York, two days before his scheduled sentencing by New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan.
Court watchers are split on how receptive the Supreme Court justices could be to President-elect Donald Trump's "unorthodox" request to delay implementing a law that would force Chinese-owned TikTok to divest by Jan. 19 -- one day before he takes office.
President Biden said he was still considering pre-emptive pardons for President-elect Donald Trump's political foes, including former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci, during his final interview with a print publication before leaving the White House.
Facebook's new content moderation modeled after X's "Community Notes" has been praised by free speech advocates but is unlikely to ease legal liability for Meta.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election interference case, but not the classified documents case.
Virginia Republicans, facing a one-seat minority, hope to tackle the fentanyl crisis with stringent punishments including murder charges for some drug dealers, lawmakers say.
