The Department of Justice filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against five states for failing to answer a request for complete voter registration lists. These states are: Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Utah, and West Virginia. Each state was sent an official request to provide such lists to the DOJ for election security verification purposes. The Department […]
What feedback would you give to the American men’s hockey team that won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics for the third time in history and the first since the 1980 Miracle on Ice? That’s right: They failed to meet the moment. CRITICS OF OLYMPIANS AT STATE OF THE UNION ARE ‘WHOLE BOWL OF […]
The American labor force is shrinking and increasingly responsible for bankrolling the largest and wealthiest generation to ever age into retirement. And that retirement is becoming increasingly expensive, with the majority of tax dollars collected sent straight to Americans 65 and older. The United States’s $38 trillion national debt now nets an annual interest bill […]
Dozens of states across the country together gave more than $380 million in Medicaid funds to medical providers who were later caught defrauding the federally funded program, and in many cases, after years of pocketing payments, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of Medicaid spending data. Some states continued to pay providers post-conviction, including a […]
At a time when the Federal Communications Commission faces genuinely difficult questions about broadband expansion, spectrum allocation, and the future of communications infrastructure, Washington instead found itself consumed by a late-night comedy segment that never even aired. The spark was simple enough. Late Show host Stephen Colbert revealed that CBS would not broadcast an interview […]
Examining campaign finance records from the most recent presidential election, one would be hard-pressed to find any white-collar profession where conservative donors put up more cash in support of Republicans than liberals did Democrats. Even physicians, long hailed by Republicans for their conservative bona fides, contributed more funds to Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin in […]
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) thinks Democrats have an age problem. He’s making Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) the test case. The six-term congressman shares political views with Markey, the fellow Democrat he’s challenging in a primary for Markey’s Senate seat. He’ll readily admit that. But Moulton thinks it’s time for some fresh blood in the party […]
Gone are the days when stars seemed to go from strength to strength — when Tom Hanks, for instance, followed Philadelphia with Forrest Gump, and Forrest Gump with Apollo 13, and Apollo 13 with Toy Story. Far more common is the stop-and-start trajectory of even an actress as comely and appealing as Sydney Sweeney, whose […]
The other day, I mentioned to a new acquaintance my work as a TV critic for this magazine. I won’t elide the point: I was bragging. As sometimes happens, however, my boast spun around like a boomerang and knocked my teeth out. “There is much to criticize!” my friend replied with a laugh. That shut […]
Despite his impassive eyes, balding pate, and slit of a smile, Robert Duvall could be volcanic and melancholic, mysterious and straightforward, vengeful and merciful. Perhaps no modern American actor marshaled his gifts to such excitingly eclectic ends or with such a lack of concern for whether or not he was the featured player. In several […]
