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DeSantis is no traitor

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) candidacy for president of the United States lasted just shy of eight months. For the most part, he remained solidly in second place and was never a major threat to former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. None of the Republican candidates have been, at least according to the polls. Still, Trump […]

Yes, locking up career criminals will help combat crime

The common refrain of pro-criminal, pro-criminal justice reform advocates is that no one can “prosecute or arrest our way” out of crime. The more you think about it, the less that “logic” makes sense. The latest to parrot this line was Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who said on Tuesday, “We as a city […]

Opposing Satan is not a hate crime

Please, people, can we all agree that the vandalization of a satanic statue is not a “hate crime”? Please? The already problematic modern prosecution of “hate crimes” reached a farcical level this week when a Navy veteran was charged with that offense for destroying a statue erected by the Satanic Temple of Iowa. The statue […]

Reports of drug money in Mexican politics shake up relations with US

U.S.-Mexico relations were rattled Wednesday by reports of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation into drug money connections to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's 2006 campaign. Three distinct reports, published on ProPublica, InSight Crime and Deutsche Welle (DW), expanded on previous allegations that López Obrador aides took millions of dollars from drug cartels in 2006 in exchange for a...

Tensions with Arab-American voters loom over Biden visit to Michigan

WARREN, Mich. – President Biden sought to lean into his strengths during a Thursday trip to Michigan, even as the discontent among the state’s large Arab-American population over his handling of the situation in Gaza loomed over the visit. Biden met with Black community leaders and chatted with patrons at They Say, a Black-owned restaurant,...

Defense secretary apologizes for secret hospital stay

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon chief: 'I did not handle this right' Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized Thursday for keeping his hospital visit secret. © Getty Facing reporters in the press briefing room for the first time since his secret...

Why Taylor Swift and Drake songs are off TikTok 

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Why Taylor Swift and Drake songs are off TikTok TikTok has removed songs from popular artists including Taylor Swift and Drake after the end of a licensing agreement between the platform and Universal Media Group. © AP Photo/George Walker IV Universal’s deal...

Trump NY fraud verdict now expected by mid-February: Court

A New York judge is expected to issue an “early to mid-February” ruling in the $370 million civil fraud case brought against former President Trump by the New York attorney general’s office, a court spokesperson said Thursday. Judge Arthur Engoron previously said he would aim to issue a decision by the end of January but...

RFK Jr. blames social media manager for comment on OnlyFans model’s TikTok

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday explained why his campaign's TikTok account includes a resurfaced comment on an OnlyFans model's TikTok account. "The TikTok comment in question was made in 2022 long before I ever had a TikTok account," Kennedy wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter....

Ad firm that marketed OxyContin agrees to $350M settlement

An advertising agency that helped develop a marketing strategy to sell opioids like OxyContin agreed to a $350 million national settlement, attorneys general announced Thursday. The settlement will be paid by Publicis Health, part of the French media conglomerate Publicis Groupe and one of the world’s largest health care advertising companies. It marks the first...

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