[ad_1] In response to the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday evening at the age of 87, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement: The Senate and the nation mourn the sudden passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the conclusion of her extraordinary American life. Justice Ginsburg

[ad_1] Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., November 30, 2018. (Jim Young/Reuters) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday at age 87 from complications related to metastatic pancreatic cancer, the Court announced. “Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” said Chief Justice John

[ad_1] President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., September 18, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Trump and Vice President Pence criticized the CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a Friday phone call following the group’s endorsement about two dozen House Democrats, Axios reported. The lobbying group drew criticism from donors and

[ad_1] Protesters march from Aurora to Denver in Colorado, August 30, 2020. (Kevin Mohatt/Reuters) Six rioters were charged by Colorado district attorneys on Thursday with allegations stemming from anti-police demonstrations in June and July. The demonstrations occurred following the death of George Floyd, who was killed during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. However, Colorado

[ad_1] The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China. April 29, 2020. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) This week, we’re introducing legislation to do just that. In March, as we learned of COVID-19’s lethality and the global community’s inability to contain it, more and more leaders expressed outrage at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Where did the

[ad_1] President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, August 27, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) It has meanings too divergent to different groups to be helpful as a term. The Trump era has brought

[ad_1] U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad speaks at an event to celebrate the re-introduction of American beef imports to China in Beijing, China June 30, 2017. (Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters) President Trump believed Chinese assurances on coronavirus spread before the outbreak reached the U.S., the outgoing U.S. ambassador to China told CNN on Friday.

[ad_1] Outside Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Dominick Reuter/Reuters) News broke yesterday evening that the Department of Education has opened an investigation into Princeton University, a couple of weeks after university president Christopher L. Eisgruber asserted in an open letter that “racist assumptions from the past also remain embedded in

[ad_1] Toward the end of his presidency, George H. W. Bush was caricatured as a wimp — a strange thing for a genuine war hero. But politics is funny that way: First, they tried to paint Bush as a war criminal (strafing Japanese lifeboats) and, when homicidal maniac didn’t work out, he became the nation’s

[ad_1] A man puts letters in to a mail box while demonstrating in support of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) outside a post office in Cambridge, Mass., August 25, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a range of policy changes, saying the Trump

[ad_1] (Pixabay) New York City police arrested a group of protesters on Thursday evening during a demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the allegation that doctors have performed unwanted hysterectomies at the borders. Eight protesters were arrested as a group of 50 to 60 made their way from Foley Square to World Trade

[ad_1] Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris delivers a campaign speech in Washington, D.C., August 27, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Why the Democratic nominee for vice president did an about-face on fracking. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D uring the Democratic presidential debates in 2019, California senator Kamala Harris was asked by a member of the audience

[ad_1] (Pixabay) Many in Generation Z think it’s an outdated relic A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center compared generational views on key social and political issues, focusing on the similarities between Millennials and Generation Z. The topics probed include race relations, diversity, climate change, capitalism, socialism, and the role of government. This last

[ad_1] Cuties (Netflix/via IMDb) Representative Jim Banks (R., Ind.) requested that Attorney General William Barr prosecute streaming service Netflix for “child pornography,” in a letter signed by 33 House Republican colleagues and shared with National Review. Banks’s letter follows Netflix’s debut of the film Cuties, which depicts a group of eleven-year-old girls who join a

[ad_1] Sen. Josh Hawley during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 11, 2019 (Erin Scott/Reuters) In a letter to Attorney General William Barr today, Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) asks that the Department of Justice begin filing suits in federal court to bring lawsuits against states and localities that

[ad_1] I think Jonathan V. Last might have slightly misunderstood my point about legitimacy, writing: My buddy Kevin Williamson had a line yesterday kind of poo-pooing the idea of legitimacy, saying “legitimacy” is magic. Except that I think this is true. Legitimacy is magic. . . . And the Magic is, like any other norm or tradition, so obvious that

[ad_1] Students walk past Princeton University’s Nassau Hall in Princeton, N.J. (Dominick Reuter/Reuters) The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Princeton University after the Ivy League school’s president claimed racism is “embedded” at the university, the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday. Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber made the assertion in an open letter

[ad_1] Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a mass at the monument to Mary Queen of Peace in Port Louis, Mauritius, September 9, 2019. (Yara Nardi/Reuters) The ecocide movement seeks to make environmental despoliation an international crime that can land the perpetrator — usually depicted as a corporate CEO, but also government leaders — into the

[ad_1] Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2018 (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) said in a Thursday hearing that Antifa should be considered as more than a simple ideology or “movement.” Crenshaw made his remarks after FBI director Christopher Wray told members of the House Homeland

[ad_1] President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 15, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Media partisans believe that destroying Trump justifies any biased means necessary. In 2017, the liberal Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University found that 93 percent of CNN’s coverage of the Trump administration

[ad_1] Cardinal Tobin is greeted by Italian Cardinal Bertone at the Vatican, November 19, 2016. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters) A plea for something better from people of faith. Newark’s Cardinal Tobin has said that it is more problematic to vote for Donald Trump than for Joe Biden. With all due respect, I don’t know that he should

[ad_1] Former FBI director James Comey speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Former FBI director James Comey has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30 regarding “Crossfire Hurricane,” the counterintelligence investigation into whether President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, Senator

[ad_1] A Florida bar is closed under a state declaration to help curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Key West, Florida, March 17, 2020. (Carol Tedesco/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via Reuters) Officials in Nashville, Tn. concealed from the media how few coronavirus cases had been traced to bars and restaurants in the city, according

[ad_1] (ChristianChan/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The increasing unfamiliarity with the Bible threatens the study of the Great Books. That must change. I attend a well-to-do liberal-arts school in the Midwest. The professors are wonderful and the classmates impressive. However, I find myself consistently pained by one thing: Many have little to no familiarity with even the

[ad_1] Immigration rights activists protest at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C., July 17, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) As Dan McLaughlin outlined yesterday evening, a whistleblowing nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia has alleged that women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the center were sent to a doctor outside the facility

[ad_1] Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine), speaks during a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Senator Susan Collins (R., Me.) is trailing by 12 points in her reelection campaign, according to a Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday. Collins, a moderate Republican, faces a significant challenge from her opponent Sara Gideon, a

[ad_1] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., July 9, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/Reuters) A little less than a year ago, I wrote about how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, a billionaire, declared  “I’m an avowed socialist. I’m proud of it. That was a

[ad_1] An illustration of the Constitution against the backdrop of an American flag (smartstock/Getty Images) Two black leaders are launching “1776 Unites,” a new high school curriculum that aims to combat victimhood culture in American society by telling the stories of black Americans who have prospered by embracing America’s founding ideals. Civil rights veteran Bob

[ad_1] President Trump speaks to reporters along the driveway before departing in Washington, D.C., September 15, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Trump called on Senate Republicans Wednesday to support “much higher” spending for a prospective coronavirus relief bill, surprising members of the caucus who have advocated for a more constrained approach compared to previous relief legislation.

[ad_1] President Donald Trump points as he answers questions during a news conference at the White House, September 4, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) As Beijing pursues an overhaul of global Internet standards to suit its interests, the U.S. must demonstrate seriousness about meeting the threat. For months, the fate of TikTok in the United States has