Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead after his helicopter crashed in bad weather, raising uncertainties about the future of Iran. Also aboard the flight was Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, and five others, according to Iranian state media IRNA. The crash marks the latest in a series of […]
Israeli officials on Monday denied suggestions they were behind the deaths of two of Iran’s most prominent political leaders who died in a helicopter crash over the weekend — but added they wouldn’t “shed a tear” for the losses. “For us, it does not matter,” said Member of the Israeli Knesset Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of […]
A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its gun background check rule in the Lone Star State on Sunday evening, one day before the national measure took effect. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, granted a temporary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and […]
President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to infuse campus workers with cash to help with get-out-the-vote efforts might have been illegal. Several lawyers are warning that the Department of Education’s decision to pay students to register voters with funds earmarked for work-study programs for students who work part-time on-campus jobs could be against the law. The […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) is coming out swinging against former President Donald Trump‘s decision to host a rally in the Bronx on Thursday, arguing that the borough has no “greater enemy” than Trump. Trump’s campaign announced on Friday that the rally would take place at Crotona Park, a park just blocks away from Rep. Alexandria […]
U.S. lawmakers expressed dismay at the International Criminal Court’s decision to seek arrest warrants against two top Israeli leaders in addition to three senior Hamas officials. U.S. officials preemptively criticized the possibility that the ICC could issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials amid reports last month that the court would do that. On Monday, the […]
America ratified the Constitution with the understanding that the federal government would be one of limited, enumerated powers. That understanding was quickly upended. Within a few decades, the commerce clause had been expanded to reach nearly every commercial activity, the necessary and proper clause had been transformed into the “elastic clause,” and the spending and […]
Israeli officials have rebuked the International Criminal Court’s announcement that it is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for the ongoing conflict. The ICC announced on Monday that it intends to pursue arrest warrants against Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammad Deif, the head of the military, and Ismail Haniyeh, […]
After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) a bully for deriding last week’s chaotic House Oversight Committee hearing, the Pennsylvania senator is defending his comments. In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Fetterman said he found the congresswoman’s words “absurd.” The senator added he was “simply responding to the kind of […]
Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge will not be displaying rainbow lights this year and will instead be lit with red, white, and blue lights for over three months. The bridge, which serves as a gateway to Tampa Bay, will be lit with patriotic colors starting Memorial Day on May 27 all the way through Labor Day […]
