First lady Jill Biden has taken a leading role in propping up President Biden, inviting comparisons to first lady Edith Wilson who took the reins at the White House a century ago when President Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke halfway through his second term.
Framed on a wall in my office is a copy of my first opinion column, published by the Dallas Morning News on Oct. 11, 1987. Until then, I had been a wire service reporter and editor in Washington, D.C., and, before that, a sportswriter in Boston, but had never written opinion. When given the chance […]
Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy resigned as CEO on July 1 from the company he founded with his brother, Bridger Aerospace. He founded this company that works on firefighting after his career as a Navy SEAL. Sheehy is moving on after he easily won the primary election and will now face incumbent Sen. Jon […]
We all remember the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. It was obvious that what happened that day was wrong, and it was equally obvious what it implied about Donald Trump. Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that Trump’s behavior was “a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recognized that Jan. 6 crossed a line and that...
President Biden is trying to reassure top Democrats that he’s up for the challenge of beating former President Trump in November and serving for another four years, amid increasing pressure for him to drop out of the race after his dismal debate. The president and his team have been making the rounds. Biden spoke to...
Taiwanese officials Wednesday said China seized one of their fishing boats this week under a new protocol that allows the Chinese coast guard to take vessels that operate under its maritime borders. Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said that China has stepped up its patrols since a regulation went into effect in June authorizing them...
Legendary singer Smokey Robinson says after their "ridiculous" debate, he won't be singing "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" about either President Biden or former President Trump. "I'm not comfortable with either one of them, after what we saw last week," Robinson told "The Hill" on NewsNation's Blake Burman in an interview airing on Thursday's...
By doubling down on “colorblindness” in last year's SFFA v. Harvard decision, the chief justice bolstered the constitutional case for the newest target of conservatives’ ire: DEI.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman urged President Biden to give serious consideration to leaving the presidential race in a column Wednesday, noting that former President Trump appears to be “salivating” at the idea of Biden staying in. “What does your worst enemy, Donald Trump, want you to do now? Then do the opposite,” Friedman...
A Delta flight was diverted Wednesday after passengers were served spoiled food, the airline said. The redeye flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, taking off around 11 p.m. Tuesday and landing in New York at 4 a.m. The flight was diverted “after reports that a portion of...