A Uyghur man in front of a wall painted with slogans, Xinjiang Province, 2012 (Stringer/Reuters) The Trump administration is considering whether to formally label China’s treatment of Uighurs a “genocide,” Politico reported on Tuesday. A genocide designation by the U.S. government could have political and legal consequences for the country. If the genocide label is approved,

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the third presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev., October 19, 2016. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) After suffering a loss in the 2016 presidential election herself, Hillary Clinton is warning 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden not to concede “under any circumstances” in

CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Va. (Larry Downing/Reuters) He twisted the meaning of a CIA term to define Carter Page as an unwitting CIA source rather than what he was: a CIA informant willingly providing info for use against Russians. Author’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series (see Part 1). Kevin Clinesmith’s

Using the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System, National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearm trade association, estimates that there were over 12 million guns bought in the first seven months of 2020 — up more than 70 percent over the same time span in 2019. This number is likely to include nearly 5 million first-time

Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president of Liberty University on Monday, Religion News Service reported, following allegations that he and his wife had engaged in a sexual relationship with another man over a period of several years. A former business associate of Falwell, Giancarlo Granda, revealed on Monday … Read More

(Schott AG/Reuters) Every now and then, I think we have some state officials who are attempting to maximize the amount of controversy and public disagreement about the coronavirus pandemic: Virginia Commissioner of Health Dr. Norman Oliver said Friday that he plans to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for Virginians once one is made available to the public.

If you watched Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the other big, headline speeches at the Democratic convention, you might be forgiven for thinking that you had stepped into a meeting of old-time Democrats. There was less woke, radical rhetoric than in the primaries, more invocations of old-fashioned patriotic … Read More

A man walks by an illuminated flag of The United States as the coronavirus outbreak continues in Manhattan, New York City, March 13, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Late last month, a new Franklin Templeton-Gallup research project on behavioral response to COVID-19 revealed that . . . Americans believe that people aged 55 and older account for

Kamala Harris speaks to reporters as Joe Biden looks on in Wilmington, Del., August 13, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) A vote for the Biden–Harris ticket is a vote for abortion on demand, paid for by unwilling taxpayers. Presidential candidates usually move to the center in the general election to appeal to moderates, but Joe Biden did

(Kuzma/Dreamstime) 2006—The New York Times reports that Michigan federal district judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who issued a wild ruling the previous week declaring that the National Security Agency’s Terrorist Surveillance Program is unconstitutional (see This Day for August 17, 2006), is a trustee and officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech for 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) A party that sees itself as a force for change nominates the embodiment of business-as-usual. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE Y ou may not particularly like

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The 2020 DNC was a stark contrast to earlier conventions. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T ransport yourself back in time to May 2019 and

The suspect in the beating of a truck driver in downtown Portland turned himself in Friday morning, police said. Marquise Love, 25, turned himself into police and is being held on $260,000 bail at Multnomah County Detention Center. He is accused of felony assault, coercion, and rioting. “I am pleased the … Read More

Donald Trump has always been what the Left would call an “ally” to gay people. “If two people dig each other, they dig each other,” Trump wrote in 2005, wishing the best to Elton John and David Furnish on their civil partnership. In 2000, he told the gay magazine The Advocate that “it’s only …

Donald Trump has always been what the Left would call an “ally” to gay people. “If two people dig each other, they dig each other,” Trump wrote in 2005, wishing the best to Elton John and David Furnish on their civil partnership. In 2000, he told the gay magazine The Advocate that “it’s only …

Political journalists, including myself, are watching, analyzing, and debating the Democratic convention, produced with unparalleled restrictions and complications from the pandemic and trying to assess its effectiveness. I have tried to keep in mind that in a lot of cycles, the convention is not much of a factor … Read More

(Screengrab ) The suspect in the beating of a truck driver in downtown Portland turned himself in Friday morning, police said. Marquise Love, 25, turned himself into police and is being held on $260,000 bail at Multnomah County Detention Center. He is accused of felony assault, coercion, and rioting. “I am pleased the suspect in

(Pixabay) A recent discussion about higher education’s obscene fixed and semi-fixed costs had me considering some ways of reducing expenses without needlessly harming the education product. The University of Michigan employs nearly 100 diversity officers, a quarter of whom are paid over $100,000 a year. The diversity office collectively costs the school — by which

Ed Conard (via Facebook) 1) Many liberals claim capitalism no longer works for the middle and working class. Is it true? No. According to the Congressional Budget Office, prior to the pandemic, middle-class incomes had grown 60 percent more than inflation since 1980. The income of the poorest 20 percent had doubled. Those increases don’t

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s acceptance speech was teeming with whoppers, and one of the most misleading was his assertion that the

Police officers stand guard outside the headquarters of Apple Daily and Next Media after media mogul Jimmy Lai was detained by the national security unit in Hong Kong, China, August 10, 2020. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) The law has emboldened Xi Jinping’s regime to suppress dissent, punish activism, and create fear within the city’s democracy movement. Just

Steve Bannon at CPAC 2017. (Gage Skidmore) If there are convictions, the potential penalties are severe. NR’s Zachary Evans has reported on the Justice Department’s indictment of former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser Steve Bannon, along with three codefendants — Brian Kolfage, an Air Force vet who became a triple-amputee serving in the

For a few years, Planned Parenthood has been embroiled in legal battles with Indiana over several of the state’s abortion regulations. One of those fights has to do with a law that requires women to obtain an ultrasound at least 18 hours before undergoing an abortion procedure. Planned Parenthood has a long history of challenging

Before being confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2018, Elizabeth “Lisa” Branch established herself as a fair-minded judge during her years on the Georgia Court of Appeals. It is therefore no surprise that she has stood out as one of President Trump’s star judicial appointments. Advertisement Recently in Greater Birmingham

Laura Loomer (Campaign video image via YouTube) If you’re surprised by Loomer’s win, you may not have been paying attention. Laura Loomer has secured her place as the Republican nominee in Florida’s 21st congressional district. Among her qualifications to sit in the chamber once inhabited by Abraham Lincoln and James Madison are being permanently banned

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, admitting that he altered an email that he used to apply for a FISA warrant against former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith changed the email, which was originally sent to him by the CIA and … Read More

The sun sets behind power lines in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2006. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Gotta say, it was bold of Democratic Party convention organizers to let voters know they plan on passing federal energy policies that would transform the rest of the country into California. The Golden State is experiencing rolling blackouts even as the Democrats

Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, enacted in March, provides that “[a]thletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.” In a ruling on Monday in Hecox v. Little, federal district judge David C. Nye—who I’m sorry to see is a Trump appointee—issued a

J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building in Washington, D.C. (Mary F. Calvert/Reuters) Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, admitting that he altered an email that he used to apply for a FISA warrant against former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith changed the email, which was originally sent

Yesterday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who signed an executive order forcing nursing homes in his state to accept patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in March, informed reporters there was no need for an independent inquiry into his deadly mistake because no one can be deemed reliable enough to … Read More