Two Chinese spies and a Chinese national charged for disseminating child pornography were part of a recent White House prison swap as Biden's presidency nears the end.
Eye on Albany: Hochul’s Budget Con(fusion) “Governor Hochul’s plan to mail $500 checks to millions of households has a problem: the sales tax ‘surplus’...
The election of President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Senate and House offers a rare and timely opportunity for Washington to reshape America’s environmental and energy policies. Recent court decisions, such as the Supreme Court’s ending of the Chevron doctrine and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s challenge to the […]
Weakness breeds aggression, and like the tottering international system represented by the League of Nations after World War I, today’s world order, grounded on the Pax Americana and the maritime democracies, is under severe strain. Once again, predatory dictatorships are testing their reach, most notably in Eastern Europe, where Russia is attempting to destroy Ukraine, […]
Outgoing presidents in recent decades have abused their power to pardon crimes or commute sentences, but Joe Biden is taking the abuse to a new level. Presidential pardons and commutations can be good policy if judiciously awarded to deserving recipients. However, Biden is handing out blanket pardons for entire classes of crimes. Not only does […]
President-elect Trump on Friday evening called for authorities to shoot down the mysterious drones that have been seen in the skies of New Jersey and around the country. He also suggested the government must know more about the mysterious sightings. “Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s...