Russian courts sentenced a woman to 8 years in prison over her social media posts criticizing the war in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Anastasia Berezhinskaya, a 43-year-old theater director in Moscow, posted comments on the Russian social media network VKontakte that were hypercritical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She also seemingly called for […]
Now that Republicans are set to hold a federal government trifecta, GOP lawmakers in Congress are figuring out a legislative strategy to extend some or all provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, President-elect Donald Trump’s signature domestic achievement during his first White House stint. After immigration and securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to be his secretary of state caps a yearslong transformation of their relationship from when they first crossed paths during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Rubio, at the time one of the GOP’s brightest, rising stars, frequently referred to Trump as a “con artist” with “small hands.” […]
Based on a novel by the British romance writer Jilly Cooper, whose bestselling Rutshire Chronicles were dubbed “bonkbusters” by the British press in the 1980s, Rivals is salacious but smart. Co-produced, somewhat improbably, with Disney+, the Hulu series is an unabashedly pulpy new eight-part comedy-drama about greed and libido among the upper classes of Margaret […]
“What is done cannot be undone,” Anne Frank wrote in her eponymous diary some 80 years ago, “but one can prevent it happening again.” I had occasion to reflect on young Anne’s words during my visit to her hiding place in Amsterdam, a tiny warren of rooms on the fifth floor of a spice warehouse […]
When he turned 10 years old, little Mitchie McConnell received a radio for his birthday. But unlike other children in Georgia, he used it to tune in to politics. Soon, McConnell knew where he stood: On school picture day, he wore an “I Like Ike” button so that he could be photographed supporting Republican Dwight […]
President Joe Biden is actively governing during the last few months of his presidency. The 46th president announced on Thursday over $1.4 billion in funding dedicated to climate change initiatives. The spending includes the allotment of $1.2 billion in funding by the Department of Transportation to empower states to use “cleaner construction materials for transportation […]
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) broke with the Democratic Party to endorse President-elect Donald Trump’s move to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump tapped Kennedy to helm the federal health agency on Thursday, invoking instant condemnation from top Democrats who have characterized the long-time environmental lawyer as […]
Two Supreme Court justices from near-opposite ends of the ideological spectrum sat down for a rare keynote discussion at the Federalist Society’s annual Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C., discussing the “common ground” they share. Justice Neil Gorsuch, the first justice nominated under President-elect Donald Trump, joined retired Justice Stephen Breyer, a nominee of […]
If the new horror film Heretic were just about the dark side of religion, it would be smart and entertaining, though not entirely original. After all, the horror genre has dissected this subject on screen for decades. What makes Heretic different is its chilling depiction of what can happen when we disregard our own boundaries […]
