This week’s White House Report Card focuses on the latest evidence that first lady Jill Biden is, and long has been, the power in the West Wing. On Friday, the White House wasn’t hiding it. At a rare Cabinet meeting, the president handed over the leadership to the first lady, sitting at the head of […]

Travis King, the Army private who dashed into North Korea from South Korea in 2023, has pled guilty to desertion and other charges. King had been court-martialed at Fort Bliss, Texas, and he took a plea deal to avoid nine additional charges. The soldier will not face any jail time because of time served and […]

For decades, 19 of New Jersey’s 21 counties used an unusual method for designing their primary ballots: the county line.  The county line placed party-backed candidates in one row or column with other candidates placed somewhere else on the ballot in what is sometimes called “ballot Siberia.” In turn, complaints about voter suppression and manipulation […]

Pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon in two attacks targeting Hezbollah this week, killing 32 and injuring thousands. The innovative attack, widely believed to have been masterminded by Israel, is just the latest example of the country’s intelligence forces bringing plots akin to those from spy novels to life. While Israel and its national intelligence […]