President Joe Biden's top White House lawyer is encouraging House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his chamber's efforts to impeach the president over unproven claims that Biden benefited from the business dealings of his son and brother.
LAWFARELAND GETS NERVOUS. This newsletter has noted that the elected Democrats, Biden DOJ-appointed prosecutors, legal activists, and others who have filed criminal charges and lawsuits against former President Donald Trump have crafted a multiple-redundant line of attack. If one case fails, there is another to back it up, and if that case fails, there is another […]
New York City sticking the National Guard on bag-checking duty for the subway system is already proving insufficient to protect people. It helps explain why people are fleeing the city. A man was shot with his own gun on the subway during rush hour on Thursday after he allegedly initiated a confrontation with another passenger. […]
Sixty years ago, it was just common sense. The best environment for raising children was in a married household. But starting in the 1960s and then accelerating in the 1970s, elite opinion began to shift. In 1965, when the Supreme Court held that states could not violate a married couple’s First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment […]
MacKenzie Scott’s style of trust-based giving shocked the philanthropy world three years ago, and now she is also personally responsible for the decline of civilization, at least according to Elon Musk. In a now-deleted post on X, Musk dismissed Scott’s giving decisions, writing, “‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should filed [sic] be […]
The newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday said the party must communicate with voters who cast their ballots before Election Day, even as former President Trump has disparaged mail-in voting. “Look, in every state there are various different rules, but writ large people can vote by mail, they can vote...
Almost half of the respondents in a new survey want President Biden to put more pressure on Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. According to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, 45 percent of respondents said Biden should do more to pressure Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis. About 33 percent argued that Biden...
President Biden used a joint appearance with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday to urge lawmakers to pass assistance for Ukraine that faces an uncertain path forward in the House. Biden, speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon to mark St. Patrick’s Day, expressed his appreciation for Ireland’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid to...
For the U.S. the Palestinian question should be foremost about the effectiveness of American power in the region — particularly with regard to Iranian adversariality — and credibility throughout the world. Rushing toward a Palestinian state will be deleterious on both those scores.