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Earlier, I posted about Friday’s hearing in the Trump DOJ’s latest attempt to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey, the president’s...
I explained last week the Trump Justice Department’s latest misadventure in Comey lawfare – the third attempt to charge him with felony crimes. To...
It was less likely that the sun would rise this morning than that the Trump-installed inspector general (IG) of the Defense Department would rebuff a...
Among the most infuriating things about the Trump–Putin bromance is that it's a one-way street. While the American president is smitten, the...
We’ve posted my piece on the latest absurdity in President Trump’s quest to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey — or to at least arrest...
In my post earlier today on how the Trump administration is seeking to shift blame to Elon Musk for the restrictions placed on Ukraine’s access to...
If you believe Elon Musk unilaterally gave the order to impose speed restrictions in Ukraine on the Starshield system -- the military application of...
Vladimir Putin’s regime is an enemy of the United States, and President Donald Trump is giving it aid and comfort, subordinating vital American...
If you could get past the banana republic aspect of lawfare (I can’t, but stay with me here), there was wry amusement to be had in the Democrats’...
President Trump yesterday: I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the “wonderful”...
As Jim reports, the U.S. Defense Department on Sunday abruptly evacuated the dozen heavy bombers that were stationed in England at the Royal Air Force...
The discussion of Richard Nixon’s legacy on The Editors podcast today is fascinating. I also commend Rich’s piece on the homepage, and Charlie was...
The British government now says there are “strong indications” that Iran was behind what may have been an attempt over the weekend to bomb the...
Unsurprisingly, Trump Justice Department prosecutors are in no hurry to try former FBI director James Comey on the absurd allegations that he...
There appears to have been a 9/11-style suicide hijacking attempt today on a commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Details are sketchy, as they...
The face-plant by Senator Eric Schmitt (R., Mo.) at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee grilling of Biden Justice Department special counsel Jack...
Even by Trump standards, it is just appalling that the administration would consider making business deals with Vladimir Putin’s murderous...
In mid-July, I related that the Trump administration had brought the first ever application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) to have an...
I’ve been following Dan’s analyses of the litigation involving President Trump’s attempt to use the Post Office’s limited and basically...
Over the holiday weekend, we ran my three-part series on President Trump’s de facto seizure from Venezuela of oil reserves that, putatively, would...
The New York Times drafted four of its all-star journos to crank out an incensed report that dozens of military officials have been administered...
Over the last few years, I’ve several times addressed a problem with no satisfying answer: what to do about terrorists who should be executed for...
With no comment, meaning no reported dissent, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to rehear President Trump’s appeal of the first E. Jean Carroll...
To follow up on this morning’s post, Luigi Mangione did plead guilty today in Manhattan federal court. The Trump Justice Department in the Southern...
On hiatus, a friend brought to my attention reports that Luigi Mangione may plead guilty on Friday to charges stemming from the murder of United...
I’ve already had plenty to say about the farce that has been Todd Blanche’s confirmation proceeding in the Senate Judiciary Committee (here, here,...
As discussed here yesterday, Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general remains in limbo because two Republicans on the Senate Judiciary...
I’ve said publicly that I can’t support President Trump’s nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to become the Senate-confirmed...
In mid-July, I explained that there is nothing dead about the outrageous “Anti-Weaponization Fund” — a raid on the public fisc ginned up as part...
Back in May, I explained that the Justice Department’s indictment of President Trump’s nemesis, former FBI Director James Comey, would not...
The man alleged to have ignited an explosive fire at the entrance of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in lower Manhattan was charged Tuesday in...
Law enforcement agencies have identified the suspect in this morning’s attack on the federal building in lower Manhattan as Andrew John Arrabaca,...
An incendiary device was detonated outside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan this morning. That building is the headquarters of the FBI’s New York...
The so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund was a point of contention at last week’s Senate confirmation hearing on President Trump’s nomination of Todd...
A new immigration enforcement controversy is simmering as the Trump administration continues to push the boundaries of its authority in unprecedented...
Traveling Wednesday kept me from listening to all but the first couple of hours of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing in the Senate on his...
A month ago, I related that, after nominating his Manhattan U.S. attorney, Jay Clayton, to become director of national intelligence in an effort to...
On his private Truth Social platform (where else), the president of the United States has announced a new government policy: American armed forces...
Lindsey Graham was an American patriot. His first priority was always to protect the United States, and his first instinct in this regard was to...
An update from my post yesterday regarding the state of play in the Carroll v. Trump litigation. As related there, Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday...
The president has moved the Supreme Court to reconsider its end-of-term ruling that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to nearly all...
In 2021, President Trump described cryptocurrency as a scam that could undermine the U.S. dollar. Yesterday, on the eve of the long holiday weekend...
On this much anticipated and duly momentous SCOTUS day, let me begin by congratulating Rich on the demise of Humphrey’s Executor, a Supreme Court...
President Trump is threatening oil companies with Justice Department action (politicized lawfare, really) because gas prices are not decreasing at a...
The Trump Justice Department has quietly dropped its initiative to force journalists to testify about their sources in leak investigations. Last...
Today is slated to be the effective date of President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, his director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as...
Not that anyone will do anything about it, but President Trump’s capitulatory memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran is the predicate for what...
Last week, I related that President Trump had nominated Jay Clayton, his Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to...
More news along the lines of my last post regarding credible reports that the Trump administration has agreed with Iran that the United States will...
To repeat what I contended yesterday, they think we’re idiots. Let’s take it down to the simple basics. Trump’s agreement with Iran is not an...