During his 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden said he would “broadly use his clemency power” to address “unduly long sentences for certain non-violent and drug crimes.” He ultimately delivered on that promise in a big way, commuting 4,165 sentences by the end of his term. That total far exceeded the previous record set by Barack Obama, who granted 1,715 commutations. During […]
The government sent out a lot of mixed messages the week of December 16, 2024. In response to various apparent drone sightings in New Jersey, then-President Joe Biden said on December 17 that there was “nothing nefarious” in the sky. That same day, members of Congress came out of a classified briefing saying that the alleged […]
On Monday, Trump administration officials asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from several red states seeking to restrict the sale of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Justice Department’s rationale closely mirrored arguments made earlier by the Biden administration, indicating that while Trump has sought to radically diverge from Biden-era priorities, abortion restrictions […]
I have a conflict. I don’t much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s new education secretary. I sued her once. She and her sleazy husband, Vince, owned a circus called World Wrestling Entertainment. When I did a silly ABC news video on how the matches are staged, one of their 280-pound actors beat me up. […]
President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden completely disagree on electric vehicles (E.V.s) and the government’s role in fostering their use. Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act apportioned billions of dollars for shoring up production and adoption of clean energy, including $7,500 federal tax credits for anyone who buys an E.V. Politico wrote in December that […]
The mainstream media’s failure to swiftly cover former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline was again a topic of conversation this week, after Axios reporter Alex Thompson gently chided fellow journalists during his remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The 2024 dinner, which I attended, was a muted affair when compared with previous years: The evening’s preplanned […]
One of the most poignant images of the U.S. defeat in Vietnam was sailors dumping aircraft into the sea. More evacuation flights were approaching the U.S. fleet from Saigon than American ships had room to hold, so sailors had to push helicopters overboard to make room for incoming airlifts. On Monday, the U.S. military made […]
Whenever Sen. Joe Manchin (D–W.Va.) raised the hackles of left-wing activists for opposing some trillion-dollar progressive priority during the Biden administration, liberal writer Matt Yglesias would defend the senator on the grounds that he was performing above replacement value. Instead of comparing Manchin to other progressive senators, Yglesias argued lefties should compare him to his […]
The relentless march of artificial intelligence (AI) is not confined to Studio Ghibli memes and automated email responses. It is rapidly becoming a central pillar of national security strategy. Within the labyrinthine corridors of the U.S. Intelligence Community (I.C.), which includes the military, CIA, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), among other organizations, an […]
The decade-plus battle to bring high-speed rail to Texas could soon be over. On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered a blow to the project, known as Texas Central Railway, by rescinding a $63.9 million federal grant. Duffy called the project “a waste of taxpayer funds.” The Texas Central Railway was unveiled in 2013 as […]