The logic behind criminal justice reform and combatting overpopulation in prisons is a twisted pretzel that relies on misleading and misdirecting the public at the expense of its own safety.
Congressional Republicans are right to push for reforms like the REINS Act to give Congress greater power over the regulatory state, but they’re unlikely to pass in the current political environment. So they should also pursue incremental and institutional reforms to improve the legislative branch’s ability to oversee regulations.
A federal appeals court panel wiped ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s (R-Neb.) conviction of lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution, ruling Tuesday that he was not tried in the proper venue. Last year, a jury sitting in Los Angeles convicted Fortenberry for false statements he made during interviews in Nebraska and the nation’s capital....
Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey reprised his role as the show's lead character, Frank Underwood, in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. In the interview, Spacey and Carlson commiserated over their similar experiences of being ousted by their respective networks, Netflix and Fox News, and discussed the current...
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on Tuesday, a White House National Security Council spokesperson confirmed. Dermer, a close ally and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “is meeting with Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National...
Pressure is growing on Harvard University amid calls for President Claudine Gay to resign after allegations of plagiarism, the latest controversy to engulf the prestigious institution in recent months. Gay has had to issue numerous corrections to previous papers in the past few weeks after plagiarism allegations were raised for work by her that...
The Florida GOP’s response to allegations against Ziegler could be considered an example of that effort to take the moral high ground. But then how to explain many Republicans’ lack of interest in the more numerous, and in some cases more serious, allegations against Trump?
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dropped a new GOP primary ad in New Hampshire Tuesday featuring Gov. Chris Sununu (R), as Haley pushes to challenge former President Trump in the state’s primary. The ad features Sununu, four-term governor of the Granite State, praising Haley as the best choice in the Jan. 23 GOP primary. “She's...