Rosemary Barkett and President Bill Clinton. 1994—In the face of her manifestly terrible record, the Senate, by a vote of 61 to 37, confirms President Clinton’s nomination of Florida chief justice Rosemary Barkett (recognize the name yet?) to the Eleventh Circuit. Barkett wins high praise from Senate Democrats—for example, Teddy Kennedy labels her an “outstanding
Trump administration considers relocating illegal immigrants at the border to sanctuary cities. #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
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech inside Parliament in Khartoum, Sudan, April 1, 2019. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters) One of the world’s most brutal dictators has just fallen. What comes next is key. Sudan’s long-time president, Omar al Bashir — among the world’s most ruthless rulers — was arrested yesterday in a military coup that
Elizabeth Warren tweeted this same sentiment yesterday in response to Trump tweeting out a video featuring Rep. Ilhan Omar interspersed with video of the 9/11 attack in New York. Today she’s basically saying the same thing in this video clip: “Donald Trump is trying to incite violence and to divide us and every political leader
If I told you there was a movement to create a navy or an air force, you might respond, “Don’t we already have those?” If I said we need a movement to persuade bears to relieve themselves in the woods, you might say, “Wait. Isn’t that happening already?” But if I said we needed to
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London, but is hacking his actual crime? #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
Jesse Watters said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s reported warning to her moderate colleagues could signal a looming “catastrophe” for the Democratic Party. MORE: https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/03/01/jesse-watters-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-warning-list-moderate-democrats
(Carlos Jasso/Reuters) Several of President Trump’s nominees to the federal courts and the Justice Department have declined to say whether they believe Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided. One theory to explain their silence, which I’ve advanced before, is that the nominees do not want to open the door to a discussion of
Julian Assange on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017 (Peter Nicholls/Reuters) The government would have a chance to prove in court that Russia was WikiLeaks’ source. Prior to the publication of the stolen Democratic-party emails and internal documents, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks exhorted Russian government hackers to send them “new
Candace Owens takes on House Judiciary Democrats; Turning Point U.S.A. communications director Candace Owens and civil rights attorney Leo Terrell debate. #Ingraham #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
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking criticism for comparing Ben Shapiro’s debate challenge to “catcalling.” MORE: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-compares-ben-shapiro-debate-challenge-catcalling-outnumbered
Apologies for the rather caustic title, but the latest release from Pyongyang regarding a possible third summit between Kim Jong-un and President Trump is completely unserious and shows that any American hopes for actual denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula are wholly unrealistic. The “offer” of another summit came during a speech Kim gave to Parliament.
Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped by state prosecutors in Chicago, Ill., March 26, 2019. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Covington, Smollett, Mueller, Avenatti, and other adventures in unreality. I used to laugh every time I heard someone like Elon Musk say that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation. These days, not so much.
Back in 2015, South Bend, Ind.’s mayor, Pete Buttigieg, came out of the closet as a gay man. Asked about the news, Indiana governor, Mike Pence, simply responded, “I hold Mayor Buttigieg in the highest personal regard. I see him as a dedicated public servant and a patriot.” A year earlier, Buttigieg had … Read
Thomas Farr at his September 2017 Senate confirmation hearing. (via C-SPAN) The racism allegations against this judicial candidate are bogus. Conservative activists are disappointed with Senator Tim Scott (R., S.C.), normally an ally. They are puzzled by his opposition to North Carolina attorney Tom Farr for a federal judgeship, owing to claims of racial bias.
Former Obama White House Counsel indicted for alleged false statements and Obama-era intelligence chiefs slam Barr’s spying claims; reaction from former House Oversight Committee chair Trey Gowdy. #TheStory #MarthaMacCallum #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,
ICE Official Corrects Mazie Hirono on Illegal Immigration
Well, I guess this story isn’t going to be over today after all. Friday afternoon, President Trump joined in the criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s dismissive comments about 9/11 by posting a video clip showing her comments at a CAIR gathering in Los Angeles last month interspersed with video of the attack on the Twin
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS Movement for Palestinians, poses in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2019. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters) Don’t be fooled by talk of ‘social justice’ and ‘human rights.’ The movement is anti-Semitic to its core. Outrage ensued on social media and university campuses across America this past week when it
Vice President Mike Pence walks outside in Munich, Germany, February 16, 2019. (Michael Dalder/REUTERS) Vice President Mike Pence chastised Southbend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttegieg for attacking his Christian faith during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box that’s set to air Thursday. “He said some things that are critical of my Christian faith and about me personally. And
Yesterday, the University of Virginia law school awarded Mississippi federal district judge (and UVA law alumnus) Carlton W. Reeves its Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law. In his acceptance speech, which opens with a moving discussion of the “complication[s]” involved in a black judge’s receiving an award named after Thomas Jefferson, Judge Reeves addresses what
Attorney General William Barr testifies that ‘spying did occur’ on Trump campaign. #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
“This is a political issue. This is a media issue. This is not a legal issue.” MORE: https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/04/01/dershowitz-no-legal-basis-democrats-subpoena-full-mueller-report
How do you deal with someone attacking you as a religious bigot? “I think Pete’s quarrel is with the First Amendment,” Vice President Mike Pence tells CNN’s Dana Bash after she asked about Pete Buttigieg’s recent attacks on him. “I’m a Bible-believing Christian,” Pence says, expressing bewilderment at why the mayor of South Bend seems
President Donald Trump at the State of the Union shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Pool via REUTERS) One of the reasons our politics is so contentious and angry is that we can’t agree on what the rules are. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is
(Rick Wilking/Reuters) I’ll concede that John Yoo and Avik Roy know a lot more about Asians than I do, and a couple of print issues ago, they set forth as good a plan as any for the GOP to earn the allegiance of the increasing numbers of Asian Americans who will be voting in coming
U.S. Army recruits march during basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., in 2006. (Staff Sergeant Shawn Weismiller/US Army) As President Trump’s ban on most transgender individuals’ serving in the military took effect on Friday, prominent Democrats lashed out at the policy. New York governor Andrew Cuomo called the new regulation “abhorrent,” and “assault on our nation’s
William Barr testifies in what is meant to be a straightforward DOJ budget hearing in front of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. Senate Democrats, however, are expected to be interested more about the 400-page Mueller report on Russian collusion within the 2016 campaign. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX
Tucker Carlson said that Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “has a very good point” about Amazon getting large tax breaks after the company announced it would build half of its newest HQ site in the New York City borough of Queens. MORE: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/14/tucker-carlson-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-has-very-good-point-about-long-island-city-amazon