The retirement of Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-ranked Democrat in the upper chamber, is likely to usher in a new era of confrontation on the prominent Judiciary Committee. Political battles waged over the nation’s court system and presidential judicial nominees often begin on the panel. And the decision by Durbin, its top […]
In October 2024, a right-of-center watchdog organization called Americans for Public Trust released a bombshell report claiming that foreigners may have dumped tens of millions of dollars into ballot initiative campaigns ahead of November’s election. Since then, a coalition of right-of-center advocacy groups has worked with grassroots activists and state legislators to block foreign entities […]
JERUSALEM — In December 2024, after Islamic-led rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad’s brutal regime, President-elect Donald Trump gave Israel a rhetorical green light to expand its military reach in Syria. Capitalizing on Syria’s leadership void, the Israel Defense Forces quickly decimated its neighbor’s military infrastructure and widened the buffer zone between the two countries. Four […]
Here at Tiana’s Take, we have repeatedly warned of the dire consequences of Congress failing to extend the individual tax provisions of President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which are set to expire at the end of the year. But there’s a major caveat, spurred by recent reports that the White House […]
The Washington Commanders selected Josh Conerly Jr., an offensive tackle from the University of Oregon, with their first-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday night. Conerly was chosen with the 29th pick in the draft. His selection should help provide protection for prized Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, the 2024 NFL Offensive Rookie of […]
Thirty years ago this month, I sat in a suburban movie house and watched America’s sweetheart stumble backward into love. No, the picture wasn’t Pretty Woman, Sleepless in Seattle, or You’ve Got Mail, though those 1990s classics deserve columns of their own. Rather, it was a film that nearly fell apart before it could be […]
“An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, which were published this year. As the head of the Catholic Church for a dozen years, Francis was known for carrying his own bags, settling his own bills, and making his own phone calls. […]
Some historical fiction is uncontroversial because it presents the past merely as a backdrop for a story that does not suggest new facts or challenge widely accepted interpretations. Other successful creations go the other way, dispensing with the truth so brazenly that they render caveats fatuous because their narratives aren’t so much revisionist history as […]
America has fewer grand homes-turned-museums than Europe, for the perfectly simple reason that there have been Americans living grandly for so much less time. New York City has an unusually small number, and most of these bear no resemblance to their original uses. The Frick Collection is different. The museum, overlooking Central Park on Manhattan’s […]
A bipartisan group of more than a hundred lawmakers are calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to fully restore funding for the Office on Violence Against Women, warning of “devastating consequences” for victims. The letter noted that OVW has “withdrawn notices of funding opportunities” for 2025 and instructed grant seekers to not “finalize any applications.” […]
