Rudy Giuliani in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2018. (Leah Millis/Reuters) President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani responded Monday to allegations made by his former associate Lev Parnas, saying that the Ukrainian-American “didn’t just lie, he lied stupidly.” Giuliani said he was “heartbroken,” by Parnas and still feels “sorry for him.” “Lev is someone I was

Here are some unhappy statistics: In America between 1946 and 2006, the suicide rate quadrupled for males ages 15 to 24 and doubled for females the same age. In 1950, the suicide rate per 100,000 Americans was 11.4. In 2017, it was 14 According to Grant Duwe, director of research and evaluation at the Minnesota

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (right) listens as Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks to journalists after the beginning of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A copy of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R., Ky.) proposal for Senate impeachment trial procedures, obtained by reporters on Thursday, was

Democrats know that that Trump won’t be convicted in the U.S. Senate. Yet, we’ve seen them push for a fight over witnesses that could very easily extend the trial longer than necessary at a time they really don’t want to be pulling their candidates off the campaign trail. So, what’s their strategy exactly? Is it

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during a town hall event in Davenport, Iowa, January 5, 2020. (Daniel Acker/Reuters) Their child-care plans would incentivize two-income households. That’s no coincidence. For all the dishonesty on display in the Democratic primary, the candidates have been forthright about their desire to have government functionaries raise your children.

Help Us Cocaine Mitch, You’re Our Only Hope Phase Two of Impeachmentpalooza is about to roll into the collective conscience of politics-weary America and the best we can hope for is that the Republican-controlled Senate will treat this thing like the impertinent toddler temper tantrum that it is. Thankfully, this round is in the hands

(Reuters/Files) The New York Times editorial board announced Sunday evening that it would endorse two candidates for president for the first time in the newspaper’s history: Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota received the paper’s support. The Times’s editorial board interviewed nine of the top candidates last month for in-depth interviews and documented

In May 2018, with Robert Mueller well on his way to a crash-and-burn appearance before Congress, I wrote a column asking, “Will the Deep State Conspirators Ever be Held Accountable?” We’re still waiting, and the signals are mixed. At the time, my favorite comment on the piece (in a gallows humor kind of way) came

Former President Ronald Reagan in 1991 (Gary Cameron/Reuters) His example has lessons for today’s conservatives. Politically correct attitudes have toned down conservative officeholders — with the notable exception of Donald Trump. Elected officials all share a private terror that somehow, somewhere they will say something that will offend a political or ethnic minority. Opponents comb

The bail and discovery reform bill is outraging everyone in New York except me. You’re all going to be mad at me about this subject, but get over it! We need to look at all sides and ask ourselves if we really believe in the concept of “innocent unless proven guilty.” In certain circumstances, conservatives

A customer compares an iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max at the Apple Store in Singapore, September 21, 2018. (Edgar Su/Reuters) The federal government can’t be trusted with additional surveillance powers. Some political dilemmas come to down to: Whom should we trust more? In the case of Apple vs. the FBI, the question is: Whom