The jokey headlines write themselves: “A Little More Light, Please,” “Stumbling in the Darkness,” and “All the Bad Television We Cannot Unsee.” I will refrain, with regret, from adding to the list and state merely that Netflix’s adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s 2014 novel is a clumsy squandering of serious promise. One more, you say? Oh, all right: “All the Potential We Cannot Realize.”
The United States has rightly sent military forces to deter Iran from widening the Israel-Hamas war. Israel is a democratic ally facing enemies that seek to annihilate it. The Biden administration is right to defend Israel, and Congress should meet the call to provide Israel with the assistance it needs to win the war.
Texas police said Thursday they are investigating messages spray-painted on U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz's office that condemn the Republican's support for Israel in the war with Hamas.
David Weiss, the Delaware U.S. attorney and now special counsel assigned to investigate Hunter Biden on tax fraud and gun crimes, told House investigators he was denied special attorney authority that he sought from the Justice Department.
Wait, didn't we just have a big presidential debate? Yes. But time marches on -- and so do the candidates. Here comes another bout between White House hopefuls of the Republican persuasion. Megyn Kelly will be one of the moderators here, by the way.
Speaker Mike Johnson has still not produced a stopgap bill to prevent a partial government shutdown, and the borrowed time to fund the government runs out next week.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel chalked up GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's comments about her running the committee as him needing a "headline."
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy admitted Thursday that he thinks the Republican Party would benefit "tremendously" if Rep. Matt Gaetz was no longer a member of the House.