New York Democrats tried to gerrymander their congressional districts so dramatically before the 2022 midterm elections that the courts struck them down. Naturally, they then complained about the new map, and they will now get a second chance to gerrymander these districts for the next decade.
Election security and a rigged election have been hotly debated topics since the 2020 presidential election in which President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump. After the defeat, Trump would go on to claim the election was rigged with unverified accusations of rampant fraud.
I do not know whether the Texas Supreme Court made the correct decision in denying Kate Cox an emergency, late-term abortion, and unless you are a physician, neither do you. Attorneys for Cox, already a mother of two, argued she should be granted an exception to the Lone Star State's near-total abortion ban under its provision for the life of the mother. The state Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling siding with Cox, arguing that her attorneys did not prove she was in "life-threatening physical condition." Reasonable people could argue either side, and pro-lifers who consider Cox incorrect should emphasize and educate in their responses if they wish to share one.
At a time when federal deficits clock in at $2 trillion annually and with interest rates at historic highs, Congress should avoid complicity with President Joe Biden’s supplemental spending gamesmanship. Topping off federal budgets under the guise of emergency spending should not be viewed in isolation. It is part of a time-honored tradition of hoodwinking taxpayers with false claims of urgency.
Monumental Sports CEO Ted Leonsis did not mention rising crime around Washington Capitol One Arena when he announced he was moving the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals across the river to Alexandria, Virginia, but his organization has complained about it in the recent past.
After congressional hearings last week about antisemitism on college campuses, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria provided commentary on the topic that was simultaneously expected and shocking. Like most commentators, Zakaria slammed the universities and the presidents who testified before Congress. He then said the nation’s colleges and universities, especially the so-called academic elite universities, were “no longer seen as bastions of excellence but as partisan outfits.”
At the final Federal Reserve meeting of the year, the central bank has telegraphed more of the same. It held the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5% and once again signaled that contrary to the hopes of investors, it would stay the course of "higher for longer."
The Trump campaign on Wednesday took a victory lap over a judge’s ruling to pause proceedings in the former president’s federal election interference case, claiming it “derails” the government’s efforts to try the case before the 2024 election. Campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung welcomed the decision by Judge Tanya Chutkan to pause proceedings while Trump appeals...