If you think it’s a problem that seven “swing” states get more attention from presidential campaigns than the other 43 states combined, don’t blame the Electoral College system. Blame the other 43 states. Each state has the power, with simple legislation, to fix its status as a political afterthought. No approval is needed from anyone […]
In this year’s elections, the Democrats ran on women’s rights. They just picked the wrong right to run on. All they talked about was abortion, as if that is the only right women care about. In the end, it was gender ideology that broke through as the force animating women. As it turns out, women […]
THE CASE FOR MASS DEPORTATIONS. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to “launch the largest deportation of criminals in American history.” That is a quote from a Nov. 2 rally in Salem, Virginia, but Trump has said precisely the same thing dozens of times. Still, through the course of a long campaign, with his improvisational style, Trump […]
A Spirit Airlines flight was hit by gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The flight was headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was diverted when it was hit. The airline said Flight 951 landed safely in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Spirit Airlines said in a statement that an inspection revealed “evidence of damage to the aircraft consistent with...
President-elect Trump’s White House victory has created tussles among conservatives and liberals alike over whether the Supreme Court’s oldest justices should retire. Trump’s election has raised public anticipation that two of the court’s leading conservatives, Justice Clarence Thomas, 76, and Justice Samuel Alito, 74, may step down. Although the incoming Republican-controlled Senate could glide their...
October 2024 was both the second-warmest and second-driest October ever recorded in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The 48 contiguous U.S. states saw an average temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit in October, 4.9 degrees warmer than the 20th century average, according to NOAA. Only one previous October, 1963, was...
A new investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveals that a failed engine complaint effects over 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The investigation, which opened Friday, spans from the 2018 to 2020 Acura TLX, 2016 to 2020 Acura MDX and Honda Pilot, 2018/2019 Honda Odyssey and 2017 to 2019 Honda Ridgeline vehicles with...
An attorney helping President-elect Trump plan for the transition at the Justice Department said Monday that career employees opposed to his vision for the agency should leave. Mark Paoletta wrote on X that Justice Department employees would play a role in carrying out a variety of measures, from immigration enforcement to “soft on crime prosecutors” to helping...