Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) is pursuing another term in Congress. On Twitter Monday morning, Warren, 73, announced her re-election campaign. “We’ve won some big victories for working families in Massachusetts and across the country, but there’s a lot more to do. So today I’m making it official: I’m running for re-election to keep up […]
In a thinly veiled warning to NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled plans Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The announcement constitutes Russia’s most overt nuclear signal since its invasion of Ukraine in February of last year. Putin cited stepped-up allied support for Ukraine as the reason for the escalatory move. Britain […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is going to court to conceal records relating to a scheme in which the agency spied on the bank records of millions of Americans as part of its investigation into the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is considering […]
I’m delighted to pass along this item from T. Markus Funk, author of Rethinking Self-Defence: The ‘Ancient Right’s’ Rationale Disentangled (2021), Understanding the Role Values Play (and Should Play) in Self-Defense Law, 58 American Criminal Law Review 331 (2021), Cracking Self-Defense’s Intractable ‘Difficult Cases,’ 100 Nebraska Law Review (2021), and What US Law Reformers Can Learn from Germany’s Value-Explicit Approach to Self-Defense, 73 South Carolina Law […]
Crime happens everywhere and at any time. It was about four o’clock on a Sunday afternoon when the police received calls about a road rage shooting about ten miles northwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. There were a number of witnesses but we don’t have answers from the person who started the incident. We have preliminary […]
According to sources in contact with the New York Post, Melania Trump isn’t nearly as thrilled as her husband about the coverage he’s receiving from multiple criminal investigations. Per the report, the former president and his team believe the prospect of an indictment will rile up his base, cementing his frontrunner status in the 2024 […]
ANALYSIS – Even as Turkey and Hungary hold back Sweden’s entry into NATO and Finland is still not formally admitted (but expected to join in weeks), both are joining an unprecedented new club with their Nordic brethren Denmark and Norway – the joint jet fighter force. Their four air forces agreed to operate their roughly […]
On Friday, militant groups aligned with the Islamic Republic of Iran struck a second U.S. base in Northeast Syria. The attack followed a rocket barrage that impacted another American garrison earlier that day after President Biden ordered a series of strikes against Iranian-affiliated targets in Syria. The strikes from Biden followed an attack by an […]
Crime happens everywhere and at any time. In this case, the good guys were about ten miles northeast of downtown Detroit. They were attacked just before ten o’clock on a weekday night. An armed man with his concealed pistol license was headed to a delicatessen with his friend. You could go out for a snack […]
A recent NBC News report could spell bad news for President Trump. According to the outlet, federal and local law enforcement agencies are preparing for a possible indictment of President Trump in the Southern District of New York, Manhattan. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Secret Service, the NYPD, New York State’s court liaisons, […]
Washington, D.C. – The Tax Policy Center, a left-wing group that favors higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans, released an analysis of President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that showed it would cause taxes to rise for those making less than $400,000 in annual income. The study, which is supposed to […]
Both Parties’ Budgets Will Undoubtedly Include This Disappointment
Congress is (apparently) working on a budget that reflects the political aspirations of the two major parties. While the final product is very likely to be a rush job that reflects only the interest of the appropriators rather than much else, there is one thing it is all but guaranteed to do: spend more. Yes, […]