Former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night appeal to the Supreme Court is the latest expression of his insistence that his rights have been violated by the federal investigation following an FBI search for classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. And while the allegation here is fairly arcane, more often Trump has been leveling (and fundraising […]
It was a presidential election unlike any before. During the campaign, one candidate was accused of using his political connections for personal enrichment. His opponent, in turn, stood accused of being mentally unfit for office. Allegations of voter fraud, intimidation, and attempted disenfranchisement flew in both directions—and only got worse after the election did not […]
No governor is more cheered and hated right now than Florida Republican Ron DeSantis, currently in the news for flying around 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard to own the libs. The 44-year-old Navy veteran and double-Ivy-Leaguer also headlined the third National Conservatism Conference, where he emphasized that the state should punish and reward businesses and individuals based on […]
A few weeks after the FBI searched Donald Trump’s residence at his Palm Beach resort, Fox News host Steve Doocy, a longtime ally of the former president, posed a question that remains unanswered. “Why did he have all that secret stuff at Mar-a-Lago?” Doocy wondered during an interview with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Trump’s […]
Earlier today, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) public interest lawyer Frank Garrison filed the first meaningful lawsuit challenging President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would cost some $400 billion. PLF, a libertarian-leaning public interest firm that is also my wife’s employer, is representing Garrison. The Biden Administration Office of Legal Counsel […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie consider the elevated risks from the conflict in Ukraine and commend the recent protests in Iran. 2:22: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization push 16:09: Protests in Iran 30:19: Weekly Listener Question: It’s belated by almost a couple months, but […]
It didn’t take long after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her $250 million fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization for Twitter’s toy cannon brigade to strap into their Aerons, crack their knuckles, and start issuing proclamations that the walls around the 45th president were finally closing in. “The noose is tightening on Trump,” […]
A federal appeals court yesterday restored the FBI’s access to more than 100 documents with classification markings that it found last month when it searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s residence and private club in Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master appointed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, will continue […]
At a time when the American economy could use more people, restrictions on immigration continue to trap a lot of unused talent in low-productivity countries. To unleash it, the United States could simply let these immigrants in and let them work. They’d become a productive part of the system that makes this country so wealthy. […]
This afternoon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted the Department of Justice’s request for a partial stay of the lower court order that had temporarily blocked the Department from analyzing and investigating documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago. The 29-page per curiam opinion on behalf of Judges […]