In the Before Times, George Will was the dean of conservative letters, so attention ought to be paid to his latest column ... read more
Donald Trump has handed a company partnered with Donald Trump Jr. a multi-million dollar deal in what has been described as a "cloud of conflict". read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's rush to bolster the number of ICE agents on the streets means applicants who can "barely read or write" are being accepted, according to a new report. With the goal of hiring 10,000 new deportation officers by the end of the year, the Homeland Security Department appears to be cutting corners, according to an investigation by the Daily Mail. "We have people failing open-book tests and we have folks that can barely read or write English," one DHS official told the outlet.
George Bush speechwriter and podcaster Tim Miller says anti-gerrymandering Republicans in Indiana are catching increasing threats of violence as the party's unpopular policies continue to sink it. Indiana Republicans are making another push at mid-decade gerrymandering, unveiling a new congressional map that eliminates all of the state's Democratic seats, flipping the state's congressional map from a Republican advantage of 7-to-2 to 9-to-0. Meanwhile, the pressure on Indiana Republicans who oppose the power grab has escalated to include threats of violence, with nearly a dozen state lawmakers reporting that they have been the victims of SWAT or doxing attempts. read more
Despite traditionally being regarded as one of America's most storied cultural icons, the Kennedy Center has had significant difficulty filling seats ever since President Donald Trump took over the vaunted institution earlier this year. The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that Trump advisor Richard Grenell, his first-term acting Director of National Intelligence who is now president and executive director of the Kennedy Center, erupted after a report by The Athletic (which is owned by The New York Times) showed how the facility's ticket sales have been lagging for months. The report noted that the Kennedy Center allowed FIFA (which organizes the quadrennial World Cup) to rent its concert hall for a $0 fee.
American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month
Behold the bankruptcy-prone-------------------'s "golden age."