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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve

The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.

Josh Hawley exposes how Biden illegally releases criminal immigrants into the US

When an illegal immigrant is encountered by Border Patrol near the southern border, federal immigration law mandates that all such persons, even those who express a fear of returning to their home country, “shall be detained” until they are either deported or granted asylum. In 1952, Congress created an exception to the mandatory detention of […]

Voir dire lord: Trump trial selects ‘impartial’ jury

Though the Founding Fathers were divided over whether a president should be able to face criminal prosecution — James Madison famously proposed explicating presidential immunities at the Constitutional Convention, his colleagues demurred — the Sixth Amendment proves they all agreed that all potential defendants, plebeians and presidents alike, deserve the right to “an impartial jury […]

Why does Biden reward adversaries and ignore allies?

President Joe Biden on May 9 will welcome his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House, rolling out the red carpet as part of a deal to get Erdogan to drop his veto over Sweden’s NATO membership. The invitation will not bring peace; rather, it is the equivalent of giving brass knuckles to a […]

New Republican FTC commissioners must counter Khan

The Senate recently confirmed Andrew N. Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak as commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission in a unanimous vote. Their appointment not only returned the agency to five members for the first since 2022 but also restored bipartisan representation. Ferguson and Holyoak are both Republican. For almost a year, the FTC had been run […]

Third House Republican backs Johnson ouster

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) announced on Friday that he will co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) resolution to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the top job, becoming the third House Republican to back his ouster. Gosar, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, revealed his support for dismissing Johnson minutes after the House...

US sanctions two groups over fundraising for Israeli extremists in West Bank

The Biden administration announced Friday that it is imposing sanctions on two groups accused of fundraising for Israeli extremists in the West Bank and the leader of an organization that has assaulted Palestinians. According to the Treasury Department’s release, the Mount Hebron Fund and the Shlom Asiraich are being sanctioned because they have been “responsible...

Vote.org planning its largest voter-registration campaign ever

Vote.org is launching its largest-ever voter registration campaign, aimed at adding 8 million voters for the 2024 cycle, the nonpartisan voter engagement organization announced on Friday. “With near daily reporting about young people and people of color feeling disillusioned with this year’s elections, a nationwide movement to engage and help them register to vote has...

Murphy fires back at Trump Jr on Mayorkas vote: ‘Republicans are full of s‑‑‑’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) fired back at Donald Trump Jr. on Friday for calling out three Senate Democrats who voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Your Friday morning reminder that Republicans are full of shit when they complain about the border,” Murphy wrote Friday morning. “They killed the tough,...

Judge rejects Trump co-defendants’ request to dismiss charges in documents case

A federal judge rejected efforts from former President Trump’s two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case to toss the charges against them. The order from Judge Aileen Cannon rejects various motions from Trump valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos de Oliveira. Both men are facing charges in the case related to helping Trump move boxes...

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