Why would former President Joe Biden, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the American Bar Association, and Georgetown Law all torch their credibility by making the absurd claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is now suddenly part of the Constitution just because Biden “declared” it? In case you missed it, on the Friday evening of Jan. 17, […]
President Donald Trump strongly hinted that the United States will engage in violent action against the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico. In his inaugural address, Trump pledged he would be “designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.” Trump will sign an executive order to that effect later Monday. A foreign terrorist designation is not […]
The most gobsmacking line of historical revisionism written about Joe Biden’s norm-decimating tenure in the White House was published by the Associated Press, which described our doddering former president as an “institutionalist.” From degrading Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a senator to disgracing his presidential oath, the only institution Biden has ever cared about was […]
President Joe Biden, in an extraordinary move, granted former federal health official Anthony Fauci a pre-emptive pardon. While Fauci faces criticism for all sorts of things — mostly pushing localities and institutions into overly strict lockdowns and unending mask mandates — he might have been in legal trouble because it looks like tried to cover […]
President Trump is tapping a number of officials to serve as acting department heads as he waits for the Senate to confirm his Cabinet nominees. While some acting heads will only serve for a short time until their permanent successors are confirmed, others could be in their jobs for some time. Here’s a look at...
President Trump's Inauguration lunch brought together lawmakers, Cabinet nominees, Supreme Court justices and distinguished guests Monday afternoon, in a quadrennial tradition that takes place after the swearing-in ceremony. The attendees — a who’s who of Washington figures — noshed on crab cakes, ribeye steak and ice cream while sipping on wine and chatting in Statuary Hall,...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Monday that he doesn’t know that “the extent of the pardons” granted by Biden was “necessary.” Murphy told reporters that he has “real sympathy for the position that Trump has put Biden and his and his family.” “There are real unique threats that are presented to the Biden family...
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines. Senators on the Armed Services panel also voted to waive the seven-day rule that usually requires at least a week to elapse between...
When President Biden walked through the Capitol on Monday with mere minutes left in his presidency, a reporter asked how he was feeling. “Well,” he replied as he made his way throughthe corridors together with his predecessor and successor, Donald Trump, the man he has repeatedly said is a danger to democracy. Aides and longtime...