There’s a common perception that politics is all about serving the public interest, a noble arena in which, in the words of David Brooks, people “develop the highest virtues.” This is bollocks. The truth is that politics is largely the art of doling out favors to friends and special interests. This idea has been explored […]
Reports suggested this week that the fast food chain Wendy’s was considering “surge pricing,” or raising prices during peak hours when demand is highest as Uber famously does. Then all hell broke loose. Left-wing social media influencers such as Robert Reich blasted the company’s “plans to price gouge you with Uber-style surge pricing,” and decried […]
Michael Sparks, the man accused of being the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted on charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying the election results. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted Sparks, 46, a Kentucky resident, on all six charges he faced,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing harder for a cease-fire in Gaza and demands that the United States send "not another nickel” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “My view, not another nickel for Netanyahu’s government if he’s going to continue this wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Friday. Sanders’...
Congressional leaders are moving quickly to pass their first batch of bills to fund the government for most of 2024 by next Friday, but negotiators are already looking to a March 22 deadline when they say their tougher bills come due. Congress approved its fourth stopgap for fiscal year 2024 this week after leaders said...
President Trump's controversial remarks that Black voters will back him because of his legal woes are raising new questions about whether the GOP's likely standard-bearer will help or hurt his party with the demographic. Trump is making a concerted effort to win over Black men in what is expected to be a razor-tight contest with...
New York passed new congressional lines this week that will offer some clarity to candidates and voters alike on what the House map looks like, after a protracted redistricting battle. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a map drawn by state legislators into law Wednesday, which offers slight changes to a handful of seats and...
More than two months of direct fighting with the Houthis has heavily taxed the U.S. military, which is expending a significant amount of money to take down cheap drones, launch retaliatory strikes and defend against rebels who are, in turn, shooting down pricey American drones. In most cases, the U.S. is launching $2 million defense missiles...
The fate of former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Georgia now rests with a state judge tasked with determining whether to disqualify Fulton County’s district attorney’s office from the historic prosecution over a romance between two top prosecutors. Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments Friday to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and...