An optimist will look at the discovery-law “deal” that Gov. Hochul struck with the New York Legislature during budget negotiations and point to some “wins.”
First the good news. A trade agreement between the largest and the sixth-largest economies on the planet is (in every sense) a big deal. Former President Barack Obama threatened to put Britain at the “back of the queue” if it voted for Brexit. In the event, Britain has ended up at the front. Now the […]
It was long assumed that an American pope was an impossibility. Vatican insiders would dismiss the idea of a pope from the world’s preeminent superpower as completely out of the question and barely even worth a thought. That was until around 7 p.m. Rome time on May 8, 2025, when Cardinal Dominique Mamberti emerged on […]
If you are ever graced with the opportunity to be in St. Peter’s Square when the white smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, the moment your eyes lock onto the plume will be etched in memory throughout earthly life. I stood under the piazza’s colonnade, sweaty and lugging my cumbersome duffle bag. It […]
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be Librarian of Congress. A spokesperson for the library told The Hill in an email that “Tonight, the White House informed Librarian of...
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the niece of former President John F. Kennedy, who was the first Roman Catholic U.S. president, reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s first speech as a pontiff. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kennedy Townsend, who is the eldest daughter of the late U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, said his words...
The brother of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis's footsteps to serve and look out for "those who don't have a voice." John Prevost, one of Robert's two brothers, said that Francis and Leo were "two of a kind," noting that his...
Vice President Vance praised Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as a person during a recent interview but argued that Powell has been “wrong about almost everything.” "Well, first of all, I think the president is right about Jerome Powell. Jerome Powell, he's a nice guy, but he's been wrong about almost everything. He was way too...