Alan Dershowitz outside Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, September 24, 2019. (Jefferson Siegel/Reuters) Alan Dershowitz argues in the Wall Street Journal that the Constitution does not allow a former president to be tried for impeachment. He also thinks that to try Trump now would be unwise. A lot of what he says to

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) holds the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump after signing it in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 13, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) As predicted here, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) is playing games with the impeachment article the House voted against former president Trump.

President Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) The Biden administration has decided to whitewash the World Health Organization’s first mistakes and misjudgments in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mistakes of WHO were glaring and consequential in the moment, not just

President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, which includes issuing ten executive orders and directing agencies to use the wartime Defense Production Act to require U.S. companies to

President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, January 20, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order dissolving the Trump Administration’s 1776 Commission, which was established to study the core principles of the nation and to advise the federal government on how to prioritize

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J oe Biden is, supposedly, the president from the “moderate lane” of the Democratic Party here to unite the country after four years of that nutty orange guy. Yet on the very day he was inaugurated, he proposed a set of immigration reforms that activists have called “bold,” including broad amnesty for

President Joe Biden swears in presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, January 20, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday formally committing the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. The order was one of over a dozen signed by Biden upon

Then-President Donald Trump departs the White House aboard Marine One ahead of the inauguration of then-president-elect Joe Biden, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Goodbye to Donald J. Trump, the man who wanted to be Conrad Hilton but turned out to be Paris Hilton. Well, that sucked. Memo to MAGA and all its myriad

The “Field of flags” on the National Mall in front of the Capitol building ahead of inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Allison Shelley/Reuters) The Biden Inaugural Committee is hosting a symbolic “Field of Flags on the National Mall” display on the National Mall for today’s inauguration. The display will include nearly 200,000

President Ronald Reagan delivers his inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1981. (Ronald Reagan Library/National Archives) The Gipper’s first inaugural address revived the concept of American exceptionalism, while stressing national unity. Forty years ago, on January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn in for the first time as president of the United States.

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he Senate could be headed for a showdown over the legislative filibuster sooner than many had expected. On Wednesday — after President-elect Joe Biden, two new Democratic senators from Georgia, and one new Democratic senator from California are all sworn in — Republicans will lose their Senate majority. One of the

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media in Washington, D.C., November 24, 2020. (Saul Loeb/Reuters) The outgoing Trump administration has concluded that the Chinese government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. The world has watched with shock over the past three years as the Chinese Communist Party constructed a vast,

Sen. Rand Paul (Chris Keane/Reuters) Convicting the president and barring him from future office is the clearest way forward for the GOP. Rand Paul would like you to know that while he “didn’t agree with the [Capitol] fight that happened” January 6, he doesn’t believe that President Trump — whose batty two-month crusade to convince

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and other Republican leaders hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., December 1, 2020. (Bill O’Leary/Reuters Pool) During remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell blamed President Trump and “other powerful people” for feeding lies about the election to the mob that attacked

Members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) watch a Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan, N.Y., November 5, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Dozens were arrested Monday night in New York City when Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with police outside City Hall during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march. Beginning at Hundreds of demonstrators marched peacefully

President Donald Trump departs the White House, January 12, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) President Trump signed an executive order on Monday expanding access to personal firearms for federal law enforcement officials. The order is one of the last of Trump’s presidency, with Joe Biden set to be sworn into office on Wednesday. The purpose of the

Representative Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) made two outlandish and so far unsupported accusations during an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto this morning. Begin with Cohen’s broadest accusation, presumably spurred by an Associated Press report that the FBI was vetting the 25,000 National Guard troops assigned to protect Capitol Hill and downtown Washington during the inauguration:

Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee, October 13, 2020. (Samuel Corum/Reuters Pool) Conservative publishing house Regnery Publishing announced Monday that it has picked up Senator Josh Hawley’s upcoming book The Tyranny of Big Tech after it was dropped by Simon & Schuster following the rioting at the Capitol earlier this

Former Attorney General William Barr participates in a news conference in Washington, D.C., December 21, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/Reuters) Former U.S. attorney general William Barr told President Trump on December 1 that his theory that Democrats “stole” the election by means of widespread voter fraud was “bullsh**,” Axios reported on Monday. Barr resigned later that month,

Abortion activists outside the Supreme Court in 2002. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) In recent months, multiple reports have indicated that the incidence of abortion increased in the U.S. in 2018. Last November, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control revealed a slight uptick in the U.S. abortion rate between 2017 and 2018. Similarly, new abortion

Perhaps the most frightening thing about our college campuses these days is the extent to which students believe that people who say “bad” things should be silenced. Ideological intolerance is raging and seems to be growing more intense. At least, there is some resistance to it. UNC-Chapel Hill has begun a program called the Program

Members of the National Guard arrive at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to security concerns in the nation’s capital, according to reports. The rehearsal will be held Monday instead, Politico reported. Security has been boosted

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI investigation into links between Donald Trump associates and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, November 10, 2020. (Susan Walsh/Pool via Reuters) Lindsey Graham Warns That Pardoning Capitol Rioters Would ‘Destroy’ Trump Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Sunday

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J ust how much of the Democratic agenda will pass Congress and actually wind up on Joe Biden’s desk? And if the answer isn’t much, will he continue the recent trend and find new ways to govern through executive orders? Democrats now control both houses of Congress and the White House for

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks as President-elect Joe Biden listens during a news conference where Biden named retired General Lloyd Austin as his nominee to be defense secretary in Wilmington, Del., December 9, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Vice President–elect Kamala Harris will reportedly resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she is set to

Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 8, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Liz Cheney undertook a stunning act of political courage last week.   She voted to impeach President Trump with a statement meant to leave a mark and make it as hard as possible for fellow Republicans

(Michał Chodyra/Getty Images) 2014—Retired Sixth Circuit judge Boyce F. Martin Jr.’s career of zany lawlessness ends in rank public disgrace, as the Judicial Conference of the United States denies his request to keep confidential the results of a Judicial Council investigation into up to $138,500 of “questionable travel reimbursement expenses.” By suddenly retiring in May

Steve Bannon at a news conference. December 8, 2018. (Eric Vidal/Reuters) President Trump is considering a pardon for former adviser Steve Bannon during his final days in office, two people with knowledge of the matter told Politico on Friday. Bannon, formerly the CEO of Breitbart News, was the architect of Trump’s 2016 campaign and chief White

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) walks from Senate Republican weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2018. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) warned Friday that one-third of Republican voters could leave the party if GOP senators vote in impeachment proceedings to convict President Trump. Paul made the comments in an

Working until the last minute, the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule that would protect babies born prematurely from death — including those who survive abortion — and disabled people generally from discrimination in the health-care context. From the OCR press release: The proposed