On Thursday, John wrote about the recently announced nuptials of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and her then-campaign consultant Tim Mynett, the head of E Street Group. (The company denies having anything to do with Bruce Springsteen.) While Omar’s marital history still raises many questions, one of which I’ll get to in a moment, the current

A lighthearted note on which to end a lighthearted week. “I’m just wondering what’s taking so long [with testing],” Tur declared. Hogan then admitted, “Everybody’s trying to work on it, but I don’t believe they can wrap up fast enough. That’s the simple answer. We’ve moved on from testing, quite frankly, to other things right

As Ed anticipated earlier today, President Trump has announced a national emergency to combat the spread of the coronavirus. He did this at a White House news conference which included representatives from major industries in addition to government officials. “To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort, today I am officially

As recently as this Tuesday, the situation with Chelsea Manning seemed to be stalled. She had been in jail since last May, running up fines as she refused to testify before the grand jury investigating Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Then on Wednesday, Manning allegedly attempted suicide at the jail and was temporarily transferred to a

The Wednesday deadline for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program was met. The court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s policy, also known as Remain in Mexico. The program has been successful in containing the flow of asylum-seekers flooding the southern border. In order to

Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we welcome: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson brings us up

The CDC issued a food safety alert Tuesday. This came on the heels of a recall issued Monday by Sun Hong Foods, Inc in Korea for enoki mushrooms because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. So far, 36 people in 17 states have been sickened, including six pregnant women two of whom suffered

In the wake of the decision by the World Health Organization to label the coronavirus a pandemic, President Trump addressed the nation at 9 pm ET. The biggest announcement from the speech is that the United States will be shutting down incoming flights from Europe for 30 days. “After consulting with our top government health

Back in January, Jonathan Chait wrote that nominating Bernie Sanders would be an “act of insanity.” He was one of a few voices in his party loudly warning that Sanders was not going to work out well for Democrats. As of today, Sanders still hasn’t dropped out of the race, despite a few voices encouraging

This is obviously true if you’re following the news about the disease’s spread but still sobering to hear it put this way. I wonder who the target audience was. The general public, sure. But maybe also his boss: Trump has spent much of the past four days tending to campaign benefactors and preoccupied with his

The headline makes it sound like martial law, especially with the National Guard participating, but “containment area” is a misnomer. They aren’t restricting the residents’ movements. “Somebody who lives in that containment area could be in this room today. There’s nothing you can do about that,” said Cuomo at today’s briefing. What they’re trying to

In its way, this pitched battle over economic stimuli seems like a refreshing return to normalcy. Both Republicans and Democrats recognize that the economic shocks of the coronavirus outbreak will require some buffering, but the debate over the means and approach to do so has fallen mainly into a comfortable and perhaps even comforting pattern.

Speaker Pelosi spoke at Northeastern University’s “Women Who Empower Summit” event Monday in conjunction with International Women’s Day. The speaker was celebrating women but only liberal women. The event was supposed to be a non-political event, acknowledged by Pelosi at one point but that didn’t stop her from speaking solely in political terms for much

Ben Smith, formerly of Buzzfeed fame and now the media editor for the New York Times, continues to make waves at his new position. I was wondering how long he was going to last at his new gig when one of his first columns carried the title, “Why the Success of the New York Times

Some of you are probably old enough to remember when Bernie Sanders was the undisputed frontrunner in the Democrats’ nomination process and was projected to come out of Super Tuesday with an “insurmountable” lead in earned delegates. And then South Carolina happened. Over at National Review, Rich Lowry asks the question that’s no doubt plaguing

The battle lines are still being drawn in the effort to save women’s and girls’ competitive sports in the United States and the fight has now moved on to Ohio. In the Buckeye State, legislators have introduced a new bill with the appropriate name of the Save Womens’ Sports Act. Much like similar legislation being

Meh. If he wants to call Buttigieg and Klobuchar establishment shills, he should just do it. By claiming without evidence that they were “forced” out, he’s trying to walk a line between satisfying the populist impulse to blame all misfortunes on “the establishment” on the one hand while on the other staying on the good

Last summer, when there was a tremendous amount of buzz about UFOs being encountered by our Navy fighter pilots, Republican Congressman Mark Walker of North Carolina’s 6th district wrote a letter to the Navy asking for details. There was a bit of a delay, but then-Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Modly did eventually write back

We recently looked at some new proposals for fixing New York’s disastrous new “bail reform” law or at least mitigating some of the damage it’s causing. They may want to get off the stick and start looking at those suggestions in a hurry because a newly released report shows that major crimes in New York

On Monday an announcement was made by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, that Woody Allen’s memoir would be released on April 7, 2020. Hachette said the book would be released in Canada, Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, with other releases around the world. By Friday the publisher canceled it. Talk about

Shoppers are thinking ahead and stocking up on food and cleaning products just in case the COVID-19 epidemic strikes in their community. Some shoppers are taking it farther and hoarding canned goods and snack products. One of the products in demand is Campbell’s Soup. Soup is the ultimate comfort food if you are feeling under

He’s been on the short list a long time, almost as long as the man he’s replacing has had the job. Now Mark Meadows moves to the inner sanctum of the Trump administration as the president’s fourth chief of staff. Meadows had already announced his retirement from Congress in December, which means that this move

Fox News is reporting the Trump re-election campaign has sued CNN for libel over an opinion piece which claimed the campaign decided to leave the option of seeking Russian’s help “on the table” in the 2020 election: “The complaint alleges CNN was aware of the falsity at the time it published them but did so

Fifteen in all so far, including lead author Josh Hawley. Hawley is sponsoring a measure to censure Schumer for his remarks at SCOTUS yesterday. Cosponsors: Mike Braun, Kevin Cramer, Ted Cruz, Steve Daines, Joni Ernst, Jim Inhofe, Mike Lee, Kelly Loeffler, Martha McSally, David Perdue, Ben Sasse, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, and Thom Tillis. —

Thanks to a ruling from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on February 26, federal funding can be withheld from sanctuary cities and states across America. Thursday President Trump delivered a message via tweet – sanctuary cities had better change their status or federal funding will be cut. As per recent Federal Court

That’s what Elizabeth Warren must mean, right? The now-exited presidential candidate failed to win any contests at all in the 2020 cycle and finished third in her own home state of Massachusetts — in Democratic Party contests, that is. When asked earlier today whether her gender played a role in the outcome, Warren declared it a

As the stress of Super Tuesday bubbled up for Democrats and their surrogates on cable news stations, Fox News contributor Donna Brazile told the RNC chairwoman to “Go to hell”. Her harsh words were in response to Ronna McDaniel’s completely accurate description of 2016’s Democrat primary process. McDaniel said that the DNC “rigged” the DNC

Ed wrote about Schumer’s threats earlier today and Allahpundit wrote about Schumer’s follow up statement claiming he was being misconstrued (or something). Now President Trump has weighed in with this tweet: There can be few things worse in a civilized, law abiding nation, than a United States Senator openly, and for all to see and

Not since the Lawrence O’Donnell “Stop the hammering!” tape leaked have I enjoyed a progressive meltdown this much. The difference is that this clip of Cenk Uygur didn’t leak it was put out on purpose. And honestly he seems about one step away from turning into Alex Jones ranting about gay frogs. “A week ago

Update: Okay, one more update. Dave Wasserman of Cook Political Report is studying the Texas map and estimating how many votes are still out — and he’s detecting a distinct tinge of Joementum: I’ve seen enough. Projection: Joe Biden wins the Texas primary. — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 4, 2020 It’ll probably be hours before