[ad_1] A group of American oil executives known as the “Citgo 6” have been found guilty of corruption in Venezuela, three years after being arrested in the socialist nation shortly after they arrived for a purported business meeting. They were each handed sentences of several years in prison, leaving their anguished families vowing to appeal

[ad_1] Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser Carter Page has filed a massive lawsuit against the U.S. government as well as agencies and individuals responsible for illegally spying on him using Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders. What are the details? The Federalist reported Friday that Page is seeking “no less than $75 million from the U.S.

[ad_1] Taiwanese lawmakers’ battle over allowing the import of American pork and beef products devolved into a literal fistfight Friday on the floor of Parliament in Taipei, but lawmakers threw more than just punches: Pig intestines and other organs were hurled between opposing parties. What are the details? The Hill gave some background, explaining that

[ad_1] Mail-in ballots in Chester County, Pa., November 4, 2020. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters) As we expected, the Third Circuit federal appellate court on Friday rejected the Trump campaign’s appeal of Judge Matthew Brann’s dismissal of its post-election challenge in Pennsylvania. The three-judge panel’s 21-page opinion, emphatically upholding Judge Brann’s decision last Saturday, was penned by Circuit

[ad_1] Monuments were vandalized in four U.S. states over the Thanksgiving holiday, and several were marked with graffiti referring to the LANDBACK campaign for “decolonization” that seeks to return lands to indigenous people. In one city, businesses were also targeted and covered in anti-Thanksgiving, anti-capitalist messages. What are the details? A statue of President Abraham

[ad_1] Outside the New York Times building in New York City, August 3, 2020 (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) I gather he didn’t like my comment on his New York Times op-ed on the folly of reaching out to Trump supporters. He snipes, “I await The National Review’s piece on reaching out to Biden voters and reading about

[ad_1] A 2019 World Cup final rematch is scheduled on Friday between the U.S. women’s soccer team and the Netherlands team. It is the first match the U.S. women’s soccer team will play in more than 200 days. The coronavirus pandemic shut down the team’s international competition. Also returning is the team’s commitment to being

[ad_1] I have no known Polish or Hungarian blood or relations, though I have traveled in both countries, but the recent and continuing European Union criticism of Poland and Hungary for alleged human-rights or judicial-procedure deficiencies strikes me as a classic example of amnesia and present-mindedness inflicted on peoples and nations whose vast sufferings in

[ad_1] Last Saturday an editor for Cook Political Report decided David Valadao would win in California’s 21st Congressional District, creating another pickup for the GOP. But the Associated Press still hadn’t called the race. Finally today they did: BREAKING: Republican David Valadao wins election to U.S. House in California’s 21st Congressional District, beating incumbent Rep.

[ad_1] The New York Times updated the sub-headline of an article about President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Tuesday after liberals complained on Twitter. What are the details? The article, titled, “As Their D.C. Days Dwindle, Ivanka and Jared Look for a New Beginning,” originally featured a sub-headline, stating, “The end

[ad_1] President Trump snapped at Reuters White House reporter Jeff Mason during a Thanksgiving Day press conference. The atmosphere became a little more tense than usual between the press and the president when Trump took Mason to task for rudely interrupting the president mid-sentence. Trump scolded Mason as a father would scold a child. Keep

[ad_1] In yet another instance of the recurring phenomenon of converts to Islam turning to violence, a South Carolina man named Kristopher Sean Matthews pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to aid the Islamic State (ISIS). Matthews and his accomplice, Jaylyn Christopher Molina, plotted to share information on how to make bombs, and tried to

[ad_1] A top Iranian nuclear scientist, believed by the Israeli government to be the mastermind directing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in the early 2000s, was killed in a targeted attack Friday outside of Tehran, according to multiple reports, citing Iranian state media. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday said the killing of scientist

[ad_1] The exterior of The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 30, 2020. (Katherine Taylor/Reuters.) Those who like power and privilege see crises as opportunities to get more of what they want. That includes politicians and bureaucrats, of course, but also college administrators. In today’s Martin Center article,

[ad_1] Roger Scruton (Hoover Institute via YouTube) Last week a unique but apposite tribute was paid in Budapest to the late Sir Roger Scruton, the distinguished Tory philosopher who died earlier this year: A café was opened in his name. It goes under the designer label “Scruton—The Place to be” and is situated three blocks

[ad_1] The Houston Federation of Teachers wants to go back to only virtual learning as classes begin again after the Thanksgiving break. However, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) says that students will return to online and in-person classes after the break. The teacher union asked HISD to revert back to only online instruction because

[ad_1] Donald Trump may have given a farewell gift to the Iranian government in the form of a car bomb that killed the man commonly referred to as the “father of the Iranian nuclear program.” Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a professor of physics and an officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, is credited with developing the Iranian

[ad_1] The NY Times published a piece today about a group of young and very wealthy socialists who are doing their best to take down capitalism using the money they inherited from their families. For instance, 25-year-old Sam Jacobs has a $30 million trust fund that he wants to use to fight the system: A

[ad_1] Two of the three panel members were appointed by George W. Bush. The third, Stephanos Bibas, was added to the court by Trump himself and wrote today’s scathing majority opinion. I suspect that was by design, as the court knew that Trump and his team were sure to demagogue the ruling. That’s harder to

[ad_1] Trump and his team deserve great credit for brokering the Abraham Accords but the landmark diplomatic developments in the Middle East recently are less about him than about his successor. The Accords, the surprise visit by Bibi Netanyahu to Saudi Arabia, and now the liquidation of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh are all best understood

[ad_1] Finally. As Justice Neil Gorsuch writes in a scathing concurrence, “It is time—past time—to make plain” that the Constitution applies at all times, even in pandemics. In a 5-4 vote late on Wednesday evening, the Supreme Court issued an injunction against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order that allowed businesses to operate at the capacity of

[ad_1] Republicans got two pieces of good news from Donald Trump yesterday. With the election mostly behind everyone except Trump himself, the GOP needs to focus on the last question still to be settled — control of the Senate. Two runoffs in Georgia on January 5th will determine whether Mitch McConnell or Chuck Schumer control

[ad_1] The Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a new travel warning this week – a Level 4 warning. If you are considering a holiday vacation trip to Mexico, the CDC strongly advises against it. There is a “very high level of Covid-19 in Mexico.” The agency has warned about travel, in general, this year

[ad_1] Because 2020 has been chock full of shocks to our American system, sales of guns and ammunition have continually blown away previous records. I have a friend who jokes that he constantly kicks himself for not having stocked up on 9mm ammunition earlier in the year (in the beforetimes, pre-corona), because it was at

[ad_1] Last Thanksgiving, I wrote about the certainty of hope. Never could I have imagined how relevant that message would be the following year. In 2020, we have experienced a pandemic, witnessed violent riots in the streets, and plowed through perhaps the most divisive political election in American history. In light of COVID-19, lockdowns, and

[ad_1] Being thankful for a dumpster fire seems like a weird thing. And if I’m being honest, I don’t suppose it’s the actual shinola of 2020 that I’m thankful for. It’s what that shinola provided. Think of all the things that have been stripped away during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve missed out on hometown sports