1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (568+ words) You are probably familiar with the Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Such was the course of life of the Marquis de Lafayette. As Americans, we are likely not to understand that the French nobleman's life involved far…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (409+ words) With polls showing he's a shoo-in to win his reelection campaign in November, Democratic Maryland governor Wes Moore during a Wednesday podcast interview gave a not-so-subtle indication that he is preparing a run for president in 2028. "I am going to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (287+ words) Even lesser aides got swept up in the hype. They bagged celebrity girlfriends (and boyfriends), and went on to launch a multimillion-dollar media empire. The Obama bros became the Pod Save America bros. Alas, a recent incident on this week's…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (177+ words) A highly hyped New York Times investigation—touted with the unusual label "Times Exclusive"—appeared this month under the headline "How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History." It complained that "many of the justices have valued confidentiality over…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (231+ words) The Democratic nominees running in two of the most competitive House races this year, both of whom have worked to distance themselves from their activist pasts, are set to join an event hosted by an anti-police and anti-ICE group. Rutinel's…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (432+ words) The Democratic nominee in Nebraska's Second Congressional District, Denise Powell, opposes efforts to prevent children from undergoing sex-change surgery, a Washington Free Beacon review found. In a February 2023 Facebook post, Powell vowed to "never ever stop fighting" against a state…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (491+ words) The Democratic nominee for Senate in Arkansas, Hallie Shoffner, has given several different explanations about her June statement that she "would vote to defund ICE," now saying that she does not support defunding the agency and climbing into the comments…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (410+ words) The city of Seattle is facing legal threats over a community gardening program that prioritizes minorities for plots of land and forces applicants to sign an "anti-racism statement," provisions that a conservative legal group says are unlawful. The Pacific Legal…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (541+ words) Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Brian Poindexter was arrested for allegedly swallowing a rock of crack cocaine at a traffic stop after he was stopped by police and for slapping a man at a baseball game, according to police records obtained…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (380+ words) William Lawrence (D.), a Hasan Piker superfan running for a competitive House seat in Michigan, called for "destroying the American way of life" and a cessation of all oil and gas drilling during a podcast discussion with Marxist activists. Lawrence, a…...