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How a Pennsylvania school district tried (and failed) to usurp parental rights

It started with voicemail. An official from the Eastern Lancaster County School District called a homeschooling mother to announce that she’d be coming by the next day at 8:30 a.m. Not dropping off a note or asking a question. She demanded to see the mother’s high school diploma, as though a government officer could appear […]

China tests our alliance with Japan

Following a threat from its consul general in Osaka that Sanae Takaichi should have her “dirty neck” severed, China remains infuriated over the admission by Japan’s prime minister that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would justify military action. Takaichi simply offered an honest appraisal of the devastating consequences a Chinese conquest of Taiwan would bring […]

Most in both parties say ‘extreme political rhetoric’ contributed to Kirk killing: Poll

Most Democratic and Republican voters said “extreme political rhetoric” contributed to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a recent poll. In the NBC News poll, 54 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans said that they “feel more that extreme political rhetoric used by some in the media and by political leaders...

Check your email: Amazon sending out payments in $2.5B settlement over Prime subscriptions

The FTC previously accused Amazon of using "deceptive methods" to register millions of customers for paid Prime subscriptions, then making it difficult for those customers to cancel.

Birtherism to Epstein; why politicians shouldn’t let conspiracy theories fester.

President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate was finally released in 2011, but the birther conspiracy theory still persisted, showing the need for politicians to confront conspiracies, no matter how outrageous they are.

Mike Johnson says he’ll vote for Epstein files bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he will vote on Tuesday for the bill to directing the Department of Justice to release files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even as he expressed deep concerns with the measure and said he hoped the Senate would make changes to it. “I'm going to vote to move this...

Seth Meyers mocks Trump’s calls for his firing: ‘You’re clearly a medical expert’

Comedian Seth Meyers on Monday mocked President Trump’s calls for NBC to throw him off the airwaves, the latest tit for tat between the president and late night TV hosts. “When you accuse me of Trump derangement syndrome, I take that diagnosis seriously, because you’re clearly a medical expert, as evidenced by your description of...

Mark Epstein: ‘Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump’

Mark Epstein, the brother of Jeffrey Epstein, said Monday that the late convicted sex offender “definitely had dirt” on President Trump. “He didn’t tell me what he knew, but Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump,” Epstein told host Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. Epstein referenced the president numerous times via email prior...

Marjorie Taylor Greene takes sharp jab at Trump after public fallout

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a sharp jab at President Trump on Tuesday after their public feud last week over the release of files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Greene joined Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and a group of Epstein victims during a Tuesday morning press conference...

Jesse Jackson moved out of intensive care

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, remains in stable condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the Rainbow Push Coalition said in a Monday release. The social justice organization, which Jackson formed in 1996, added that the civil rights leader would be moved from the ICU later Monday. Jackson was diagnosed with supranuclear palsy (PSP) in April,...

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