William Barr took a hands-off approach when it came to the question of Robert Mueller testifying before Congress. When it comes to Mueller’s deputies, the Department of Justice takes a more hands-on attitude, the New York Times reports. The DoJ is actively discouraging two members of Mueller’s special counsel office from appearing before Congress, although
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(Pixabay) As athletic conferences embrace radical new policies, female athletes lose opportunities to compete fairly. Three young female track athletes in Connecticut have submitted a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, asking for an investigation of allegedly illegal Title IX discrimination against them. Due to a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic
Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) campaigns in San Francisco, Calif., June 1, 2019. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) Kamala Harris made her first big splash in the presidential race at the first Democratic debate by suggesting Joe Biden might have been a racist in the 1970s, even though she insisted that she wasn’t saying
Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Mark Meadows react to Comey trying to indict President Trump. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX
Perhaps the most historic, in the sense of era-defining, moment in the history of the Academy Awards was that standing ovation Roman Polanski got when he was given Best Director honors in 2003. There they are, leading Hollywood liberals, leaping to their feet to cheer for a man who, at age 43, gave a 13-year-old
The tariff wars have been a hot topic all through Donald Trump’s presidency, as he fights to try to leverage his way into some better trade deals from Europe to China and new negotiations over NAFTA as well. Thus far, like many of you, I’m sure, I haven’t noticed any significant impact on prices we
(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In a 220–197 vote, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Friday, giving a win to Democratic leaders who’d spent months coaxing progressives to vote for the defense-funding package. Progressive lawmakers had expressed distaste for the high price tag of the $733 billion measure and argued unsuccessfully for imposing stricter guidelines
Amy McGrath’s travails bring to mind a saying of Fred Barnes’s. If you were a Republican who lost in the wave year of 1994, Barnes once wrote, you’re a political no-hoper. The wind was at your back, and you fell flat on your face. I first came across his quip in an article on Ellen
Democrats are approaching cult status: One that rejects all mainstreaming, shrinking in size as they alienate everyone who isn’t ‘woke’ enough. #TheFive #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX
Uber and Lyft drivers protest during a day-long strike outside Uber’s office in Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S., May 8, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The companies are already unprofitable, and facing strict regulation. One of my favorite things to ask rideshare drivers is whether and how they calculate their earnings: Do they keep track of hourly wages, how
Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta has resigned his position in a move announced by Donald Trump and Acosta on the White House lawn. A few moments ago, Trump told the press that it was Acosta’s decision. It seems his attempts to defend his handling of the 2007 plea deal involving wealthy sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein
(Noah Berger/Reuters) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the Trump administration Friday in a case concerning the withholding of federal funds for local policing from so-called sanctuary cities. A three-judge panel of the court ruled 2–1 that the Justice Department could deny Community Oriented Policing Services grants to cities and states that have “sanctuary” policies prohibiting
Can Google make people not join ISIS? Can Google make people join ISIS? Recently, there was an Op-Ed in the New York Times, “I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering. It Worked.”Now, ignoring for the moment that this really is using no known definition of “social engineering”, the point of the article is that Google
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting in Washington, D.C., January 2, 2019. (Jim Young/Reuters) Is there a shy Trump voter factor the way there used to be “shy Tory factor” in polls? Probably. The final polls in Michigan in 2016 put Hillary Clinton ahead by 4 to 5 percentage points, and Trump won
Bret Baier asked the 10 debaters to pledge to support the GOP nominee and not run as an independent. Donald Trump was the only candidate who did not take the pledge.
Planned Parenthood president Dr. Leana Wen speaks at a protest against anti-abortion legislation at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2019. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) A recent poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News is receiving positive coverage from pundits and supporters of legal abortion. The survey found that 60 percent of
You’ve probably heard a lot overnight about President Trump backing down on trying to get a citizenship question on the census questionnaire next year. Perhaps you too were surprised that this president who takes on even meaningless slights or disagreements on Twitter would give up so easily. He didn’t. The rest of the day’s story
Overgrown bushes and grass in South Bend, In., June 26, 2019 (Joshua Lott/Reuters) It may be illegal, because it could violate our Eighth Amendment protections against excessive fines. The city of Dunedin, Fla., told a man that it is going to take his home if he cannot pay the $30,000 in fines that he owes
Former vice president Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Senator Kamala Harris during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates’ debate in Miami, Fla., June 27, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Bill Clinton’s ‘safe, legal, and rare’ feels so long ago. Will any of the 20-plus Democrats running for president support any legal limits on
Why do liberals like certain billionaires? Mark Steyn weighs in on the surge of socialism-loving billionaires. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel
The tiff between Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is interesting. And, for many on the right, surely delicious. Ocasio-Cortez and her crew have gotten under Pelosi’s skin. Pelosi was once the leftward edge of the Democratic House caucus. (Did you ever see this Saturday Night Live sketch, when Pelosi became speaker in 2006? One for
Are radical Democrats pushing voters towards Trump? Mark Steyn shares his take on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel
Can Donald Trump hack through the Gordian knot of two lawsuits over his attempts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census? It sure looks like Trump will give it a try. Earlier this morning, Trump announced a press conference on the subject as multiple news outlets reported that an executive order would be
A coyote eating a prairie dog in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, N.D. (Don Johnston/Getty Images) I went to the Dakotas to see for myself It is possible to grasp just how enormous a country the United States is with the use of an atlas. And yet, without traveling across it outside of an airplane, one
I’ve often wondered whether the internal contradictions of leftist ideology would eventually cause leftists to turn on one another. Perhaps we’re catching a glimpse of that in the feud between Nancy Pelosi and the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quartet. Everything about modern leftist ideology is extreme. It is extreme in substance, and its practitioners are self-absorbed, sanctimonious,
Perhaps the most historic, in the sense of era-defining, moment in the history of the Academy Awards was that standing ovation Roman Polanski got when he was given Best Director honors in 2003. There they are, leading Hollywood liberals, leaping to their feet to cheer for a man who, at age 43, gave a 13-year-old
Senator Rand Paul speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Most of the immigration talk today has involved Elizabeth Warren’s new plan, which would deliberately scale back immigration enforcement and make it easier to come to the U.S. on the basis of “family reunification.” Senator Rand Paul’s idea is
Radical Democrats turn on party leadership. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News Edge. A top five-cable network, FNC
The corruption doesn’t directly involve Hurricane Maria relief funds, but the FBI’s arrests will certainly raise suspicions anyway. The Department of Justice charged six people, including two former Puerto Rican government officials, for financial and political corruption. The probe started with an inspector general’s suspicions about how education funding was being spent: The FBI on
The Pences, Mike and Karen, on the Fourth of July in Washington, 2019 (Tom Brenner / Reuters) Vice President Mike Pence calls his wife, Karen, “Mother.” It has come to my attention that many people find this “weird” and “creepy.” Maybe I, as a Midwesterner, can lend a hand. I’m not sure about now, but