The DNC has a DSA dilemma. A Democratic Party looking to make some electoral purple somewhere in the red sea between the coasts on the 2024 election map wants to run to the middle to bring working-class voters back to its fold. Meanwhile, the young blood in the Democratic Socialists of America that drives publicity […]
July is a terrifying month for the Chinese Communist Party. Anniversaries in Hong Kong and Tibet highlight the weakness of authoritarian Chinese communism. Recent statements coming from Beijing on the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday are defensive to the point of sounding ridiculous: According to the Chinese government, “The Dalai Lama must reincarnate in China, according […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation on Thursday calling for auditing the Federal Reserve. The senator’s proposal comes after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has faced scrutiny for the $2.5 billion in renovations he authorized for two federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Paul’s bill, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, would require a complete audit of […]
MIAMI — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage and ex-Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan hardly stood out among Florida residents. The Republican pair had joined many former constituents who bolted those cold-winter states for the Sunshine State’s balmier environs. But political ambition beckoned. So, LePage and Rogers returned to their home states to run for office […]
Some of the most prominent minds behind the conservative legal movement are fighting a Republican president and his administration in court and it’s putting these elite attorneys, many champions of the Right for their past efforts to combat the administrative state, on President Donald Trump‘s bad side. In a series of lawsuits spanning trade, higher education, […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) didn’t have many victories in the struggle over the large budget reconciliation bill that Republicans pushed through Congress and President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4. However, he did change its name. “I raise a point of order against lines page 1, lines 3-5, of the pending […]
Six years after Jeffrey Epstein died in federal custody, the federal government continues to withhold thousands of pages of files tied to the late financier and sex trafficker’s life, death, and network, despite renewed promises of transparency under President Donald Trump’s second term. The matter exploded into controversy last week when the Justice Department wrote in a two-page memorandum that it […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. At a White House meeting in which he presented Trump with the letter nominating him, Netanyahu said, “He’s forging peace as we speak in one country, in one region after the other. So I want to present to you the […]
President Donald Trump’s patience with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had reportedly run out over the central bank head’s ignoring White House demands to lower interest rates. The New York Times reported the morning of July 16 that Trump had drafted a letter terminating Powell, whose term expires in 10 months. CNBC reported that House […]
PITTSBURGH — Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said that what the world saw at the Energy and Innovation Summit was the “Pennsylvania way.” It was a historic event that brought together the top minds in artificial intelligence, education, technology, energy, and the trades, along with the most powerful leaders in the country. “I think it’s important […]
