(Robert Galbraith/Reuters) San Francisco became the first U.S. city to effectively ban the sale of e-cigarettes on Tuesday. The city’s board of supervisors passed an ordinance that bans the sale of e-cigarettes that have not yet received Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval, a category that currently includes all e-cigarettes on the U.S. market. The new ordinance

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a meeting with health ministry officials in Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2019. (Handout via Reuters) Iranian officials said Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions mean “closing the doors of diplomacy” between the two countries amid increasingly acrimonious relations. The sanctions, which target the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top Iranian

Imaging table at the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region in St. Louis, Mo., May 28, 2019. (Lawrence Bryant/Reuters) A judge ruled Monday that Missouri’s last abortion clinic may continue to perform abortions until Friday afternoon, but left the question of whether its license to operate should be renewed to a state

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) leaves the Senate chamber in Washington, D.C., January 24, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) has long dismissed the accusation that she married her brother in order to skirt U.S. immigration law, but a clue uncovered in the source code of her sister’s website suggests that the freshman

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., November 13, 2018 (Al Drago/Reuters) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling that affirmed the constitutionality of President Trump’s decision to invoke national security in implementing tariffs on steel and aluminum. Trump imposed tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported

Bernie Sanders speaks during the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, S.C., June 22, 2019. (Randall Hill/Reuters) Sanders’s socialism turns out to be a tweaked New Deal. Washington — That the Democrats’ two evenings of dueling oratory snippets this week are called “debates” validates Finley Peter Dunne’s prediction that “when we Americans are through with the

Coleman Hughes on Capitol Hill (C-SPAN) Picture the scene: A young man walks into a congressional hearing to offer witness testimony. His grandfather was barbarically brutalized by people who are now long dead. The nation in which he resides built its wealth of his grandfather’s brutalization. The question: Should his fellow citizens pay the young

Flag at a protest against Trump administration transgender policies in New York City in 2018. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Vermont is expanding its Medicaid coverage to cover gender affirmation surgery for transgender patients under 21 who wish to undergo the procedures. Vermont’s Medicaid insurance will now cover surgeries linked to gender dysphoria for minors who have obtained

Actor Jussie Smollett makes a court appearance at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Pool via Reuters) A Chicago judge appointed a special prosecutor on Friday to investigate Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the investigation into Jussie Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime. Judge Michael

A Missouri State flag waves outside of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region, Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, in St. Louis, Mo., May 28, 2019. (Lawrence Bryant/Reuters) Missouri’s lone abortion clinic has called a requirement that patients seeking an abortion undergo a pelvic exam days before the procedure “disrespectful and dehumanizing” and said it will refuse to abide

Roy Moore speaks at an event in Vestavia Hills, Ala., November 11, 2017. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters) Roy Moore, who was the Republican nominee in 2017’s Alabama Senate election but lost after being accused of sexual misconduct, announced Thursday that he will run again in 2020. “Yes, I will run for the United States Senate in 2020,”

Supporters of the memorial cross in Bladensburg, Md., gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2019. (Lawrence Hurley/Reuters) The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 40-foot “peace cross” commemorating the men from a suburban Maryland town who died in World War I can remain on state property. Writing for the 7–2 majority,

Advisor to Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz receives Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 28, 2015. (T. Mughal/Pool/Reuters) A top Iranian official on Wednesday predicted that no military conflict with the U.S. was coming, despite the Trump administration’s decision to send more troops to the

Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-143 for launch during flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, June 5, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Matt Herbst/US Navy) The House on Wednesday voted to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which the Trump administration has appeared

President Trump raised some eyebrows among conservatives last week when he stated that he supported an amendment banning burning of the American flag. The Constitutional amendment was introduced by senators Kevin Cramer (R, N.D.) and Steve Daines (R., Mont.) on Flag Day. The proposed amendment calls for the “constitutional authority to ban the desecration of

Patrick Shanahan prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 23, 2019. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Reuters) Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from the confirmation process after being nominated to continue in his role on a permanent basis, President Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter. Trump said that Mark Esper, who currently

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the weekly policy lunch on Capitol in Hill, May 14, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he is opposed to the idea of authorizing reparations for the descendants of slaves brought to the U.S. against their will. “I don’t think reparations

Security officers keep watch over a tent encampment housing immigrant children just north of the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 20, 2018. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Monday compared the Trump administration’s attempts to control the flow of migrants across the southern border to the systematic extermination of millions in

FCC chairman Ajit Pai (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) One year ago this month, opponents of the FCC’s decision to loosen Title II regulations told us the Internet as we know it would end. It didn’t. June 11, 2018, was to be a date that would live in infamy, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the

People wave rainbow flags during the 2018 New York City Pride Parade in Manhattan, June 24, 2018. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) California on Monday raised the LGBTQ-pride flag over the state capitol for the first time in honor of Pride Month. “For the first time ever, the Pride flag has been raised at the State Capitol!” Democratic

(Photo: Kts/Dreamstime) Alabama’s law against abortion applies only to abortion, and not to other acts that kill human embryos. Molly Jong-Fast characterizes this limited scope as an “exemption” for embryos destroyed at fertility clinics, and argues that it proves that the law is, and anti-abortion Republicans are, not motivated by a sincere concern for human

(Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The plan will vastly increase the cost of city housing and lead to the deterioration of thousands of units. The New York State Legislature will vote this week on a package of reforms to existing rent-control and tenant-protection laws. Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to sign whatever the Legislature delivers to his desk.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, March 9, 2019. (Sergio Flores/Reuters) Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democratic contenders for the White House, rolled out a $7 billion proposal Friday that would provide minority entrepreneurs with grants to start new businesses. “Today, the playing field is tilted against

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) U.S. retail sales ticked upward slightly in May, assuaging fears that the economy was beginning to cool in the wake of an unexpectedly poor monthly jobs report. Retail sales rose 0.5 percent last month, while what had initially been reported as a 0.2 percent decrease in

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) and guard Andre Iguodala (9) during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., June 13, 2019. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters) If this is the end of an era for Golden State, it’s been an amazing ride. Well, the rest of the NBA

President Trump delivers remarks on immigration policy at the White House, May 16, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) His acid tongue can melt Republicans, but not Democrats. In comic books, a key to a compelling superpower is its limitations. Magneto can manipulate metal but only metal. Superman has problems with magic, red suns, and kryptonite. The limitations

(Melissa King/Dreamstime) House and Senate Democrats introduced a measure Thursday that would mandate that insurance companies provide full coverage to patients for over-the-counter birth control. Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Patty Murray introduced the legislation, which would prevent women from being charged for over-the-counter birth control, in their respective chambers. Currently, Plan B is the only pill-form contraceptive

Joe Biden speaks at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, June 11, 2019. (Jordan Gale/Reuters) Don’t bet on it. Nearly four out of ten Democratic primary voters support the Hyde amendment, the ban on federal funding for elective abortions under Medicaid. But following Democratic front-runner Joe Biden’s flip-flop last week, none of the 20-plus

lllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging bill protecting abortion rights in the state. The Reproductive Health Act states that “a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this state” and that an

Andrew C. McCarthy testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the Mueller Report (C-SPAN) Our government must make transparent, good-faith efforts to police itself, or risk losing legitimacy in the public’s eyes. Editor’s Note: The following is the written testimony submitted by Mr. McCarthy in connection with a hearing earlier today before