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Erwin Chemerinsky and First Amendment Nincompoopery

The protesting student claimed that she had a First Amendment right to disrupt the dinner and speechify. Kooky as that claim is, it actually...

‘George W. Bush Makes a Shocking Supreme Court Nomination’

That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, in which I explore what I would rank as one of the top three episodes...

Yes, the Cost of Owning a Home Is Soaring

In 99 percent of 575 U.S. counties, home prices are beyond the reach of the average income earner.

Biden calls for raising taxes on rich while contradicting his own Treasury Department’s numbers

President Biden will head to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to make the case that the rich and corporations don't pay the bulk of taxes in America. Still, his own Treasury Department refutes his numbers.

House passes FISA bill renewing spying power, rejects warrant requirement

The House voted Friday to renew the government's most important spying tool without any major change, giving the country's intelligence community the powers it wanted.

Former House Jan 6. committee chairman calls Trump-Johnson presser a ‘sham’

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson condemned the conjoined Friday press conference of former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson on election integrity.

RFK Jr. Secret Service request rejected again

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been denied a fifth time for Secret Service protection by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

How immigrant workers in U.S. have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession

Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and send money home to her parents.

Biden plans Pennsylvania blitz to pitch economic agenda

President Biden will travel through Pennsylvania next week, hitting three major cities in the swing state to promote his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations as he looks to sell his economic agenda amid soaring inflation.

Speaker Johnson outlines FISA overhaul to reel in skittish GOP troops

House Speaker Mike Johnson is circulating a fact sheet demonstrating how changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would prevent another Russia hoax, hoping to cajole GOP troops who are thwarting efforts to reauthorize the government's chief spying tool.

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