Evidence is abundant that Hunter Biden got off easy in his plea deal with federal prosecutors in his father’s administration this week. As it stands, he will be convicted only of two misdemeanor tax crimes when whistleblower testimony indicates he could have faced felonies for failing to report millions of dollars in income.
Journalists and transgender activists (but I repeat myself) overplayed their hands when they tried to shame NHL players into wearing Pride jerseys. Now, no one in the league will be wearing them anymore.
President Biden on Friday rallied reproductive rights advocates to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, saying that decision dared women to be heard. “The Dobbs decision, the court practically dared the women of America to be heard. This is what the majority wrote, ‘women are not without electoral or political...
Former President Trump made a step in completing his $5 million payment to author E. Jean Carroll on Friday by moving the money into a court-ordered bank account. According to the agreement between Trump and Carroll, which was approved by a judge on Friday, the money will not be accessible until all appeals are settled....
A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a letter led by Sens. Cory Booker (N.J.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) and Reps. Joaquín Castro...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) huddled Friday with some of his most vocal conservative critics, a final in-person gathering before a two-week holiday break that was intended to ease the hard-liners’ deficit concerns heading into the long summer fight over government spending. It’s been a rocky few weeks in the House. The Speaker’s conservative critics have...
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), a second-term conservative firebrand, is taking steps toward launching a challenge against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) in the 2024 elections, according to a number of sources familiar with the situation. Rosendale has not confirmed his candidacy, which would set up a rematch after he unsuccessfully ran against Tester in 2018....
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) this week said he opposes state laws that ban gender-affirming health care for transgender young people, distancing himself from other Republicans on what is already shaping up to be a key issue in the race for the White House in 2024. Christie in a June 18 interview with CNN’s Jake...