Veteran CBS journalist Lesley Stahl is facing renewed criticism after describing the recent purge at “60 Minutes” as the worst experience she has witnessed in a journalism career spanning more than five decades. Speaking to Puck News, the 84-year-old correspondent said the firing of several longtime colleagues during the recent shake-up at CBS News was […]
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has opened an investigation into him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, accusing the Administration of political retaliation. Gov. Newsom’s office published a lengthier press release: In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees. Not […]
A British government program designed to monitor online discussions about immigration is drawing sharp criticism from free speech advocates and opposition politicians, who argue the effort amounts to state-backed surveillance of public opinion on one of the country’s most contentious issues. The controversy centers on the government’s Counter Disinformation Unit and related monitoring programs that […]
Former CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is facing criticism after saying he had been “in combat for this country,” despite never serving in the military. Pelley made the remarks during a New York Times interview published Sunday, responding to criticism from President Donald Trump, who had called him “stiff” and grouped him with “stupid, […]
The federal judge at the center of a shocking courthouse sex scandal has issued a written apology to a former law clerk as congressional Republicans move forward with efforts to remove her from the bench. According to new reporting from Fox News, U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross recently apologized to a former clerk for what […]
Colorado became the latest state to rein in so-called “asset forfeiture” laws that let police take property and cash from civilians without proving a crime was committed. “Gov. Jared Polis signed HB 26-1250 into law, taking a significant step forward in protecting Coloradans from having their property unjustly confiscated by law enforcement agencies,” the […]
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page’s lawsuit against former FBI Director James Comey and several other former FBI officials, effectively ending one of the last major legal challenges stemming from the bureau’s controversial Russia investigation. The justices declined to hear Page’s appeal after lower federal courts dismissed […]
Consider what an election actually is. Beneath the rallies and the slogans, a free election is a measuring instrument. It takes the scattered preferences of millions of citizens and resolves them into a single public number, and like any instrument its worth depends entirely on its accuracy. A thermometer that can be nudged tells you […]
Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration are reportedly growing increasingly concerned that journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan may have obtained unauthorized access to highly sensitive discussions in the White House Situation Room. The concern stems from excerpts released ahead of the June 23 publication of “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald […]
President Donald Trump’s efforts to tighten restrictions on foreign commercial truck drivers are facing a wave of legal challenges from labor unions, immigrant advocacy organizations and industry groups, even as federal courts have largely affirmed the administration’s policies. At the center of the dispute are new federal rules limiting commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) for non-domiciled […]
Germany is undertaking the most dramatic military transformation in its modern history, pledging to build what Chancellor Friedrich Merz has repeatedly described as “the strongest conventional army in Europe” as NATO allies move to shoulder a larger share of the continent’s defense burden. The effort represents a decisive break from Germany’s decades-long postwar culture of […]
Thune Vs. Thune: The Precedent Senate Republicans Are Pretending Not To See To Pass The SAVE Act
There is a comforting fiction circulating in Washington that the Senate parliamentarian holds a kind of veto over what Congress may and may not do. According to this fiction, when Elizabeth MacDonough offers advice that a provision violates the Byrd Rule, the matter is settled, the provision dies, and elected senators must simply accept the […]