Jailing an ex and possibly future president would be unprecedented. But these are unprecedented times ..read more

Democrats are not entitled to Black political support ..read more

The sordid details of shady backroom dealings spilled out in open court on Tuesday when ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker confessed his magazine used “checkbook journalism” to pay off sources with unsavory stories about Donald Trump. The longtime executive admitted to a judge and a jury that his job was to “catch and kill” bad ..read more

The Biden administration finalized rules on Wednesday requiring airlines to automatically refund passengers for canceled or significantly delayed flights and to share baggage, change, or cancellation fees upfront. “Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them – without having to ask,” Transportation Secretary Pete ..read more

Republicans in Congress are taking former President Trump’s policy directives with more than a few grains of salt, signaling they view what he says about issues as mainly for dramatic effect on the campaign trail. Congress passed an extension of the warrantless surveillance program, and sent to President Biden a major foreign aid package that ..read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is emerging as a key surrogate for President Biden’s reelection campaign for young people and progressives, pushing his climate agenda as a win for those critical voting blocs. Ocasio-Cortez’s surrogacy comes with parameters. She said she supports Biden’s reelection bid and will stand by him during a climate event, but she ..read more

The battle between Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and the GOP’s right flank is heating up, with hardline House conservatives throwing their support behind his primary opponent after the moderate Republican called two of them “scumbags” on national television. Gonzales kicked the hornet’s nest over the weekend when, during an interview on CNN, he went after ..read more

Ukraine will soon receive much-needed relief to stabilize the front lines of their war with Russia after the United States Congress cleared billions of dollars in new weapons. But Kyiv still faces a daunting battle this year to achieve critical war aims.  The immediate effect of the U.S. package will be to help defend Ukrainian ..read more

The Biden administration is planning to boost offshore wind, announcing up to a dozen opportunities for industry to bid on chances to build wind turbines in U.S. oceans over the next five years.  Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is slated to announce the lease sales at a conference in New Orleans. The lease sales represent opportunities ..read more

The Biden administration on Wednesday will head to the Supreme Court to defend one of its primary efforts to protect abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade.   At stake is whether a federal emergency care law passed 37 years ago trumps state laws that ban abortion in nearly all circumstances.   The Justice Department ..read more