EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are looking to continue their investigations into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, this time turning their attention to security personnel and whether internal politicization caused “systemic problems” that led to failures that day. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) is angling to create a House subcommittee in the next Congress to […]
China is preparing for war. The United States is distracted and distant. And Beijing seems to have a strategy — one that will exploit both Washington’s inability to focus and its depleted industrial base. America must reckon with both China’s ambitions and capabilities while having an honest accounting of its own. Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
This is the season of light and hope. We dared to dream that we were past the worst. The pardoning of Hunter Biden looked like the last act of the senile and corrupt President Joe Biden. The peevish race-baiting of perma-President Barack Obama is confounded, the Democrats’ antidemocratic schemes hoist by their own petard. President-elect […]
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is calling for a seismic shift in public education governance, advocating state laws requiring superintendents to be elected directly by their communities. Walters told the Washington Examiner that this move would amplify parental influence and dismantle what he described as a grip of “left-wing, woke bureaucrats” on schools. […]
Federal law enforcement officials have arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly flying a drone and taking photos of a military base in California. Yinpiao Zhou, 39, a Chinese citizen and U.S. resident, was accused of flying a drone and taking photographs of Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. He was charged with […]
David Letterman compared Johnny Carson to a “public utility.” Walter Cronkite anointed him the “most durable performer in the whole history of television.” An “OK” hand signal from behind Carson’s desk (“a gesture from God,” according to Richard Belzer) could make or break a comic’s career. I’ve been told by comedy podcasts that Carson had […]
JERUSALEM — Israel‘s Parliament recently passed a law that bans the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from operating inside the country, including East Jerusalem. A second law, also passed in October, categorizes the aid organization as a “terror group,” which would make it illegal for Israeli officials and state agencies to interact with UNRWA […]
Lying or making erroneous statements is a time-honored tradition for politicians on the campaign trail, but a member of Congress who happens to be a candidate for the New Jersey governorship is taking his tall tales a step further and taking his misrepresentations to Photoshop. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is such a fan of Bruce […]
“Can you fly this plane and land it?” “Surely you can’t be serious.” “I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley.” This seriously hilarious line, which is in the running for most often-quoted movie line ever, is from the 1980 disaster movie spoof Airplane!, one of the greatest comedies of the past 50 years. […]
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to have a private dinner on Sunday with Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago, the widow of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022. Trump was always friendly to Shinzo and has remained in good relations with Akie, according to reports. Former first lady Melania Trump […]
