The DOJ crackdown on corporate DEI is getting real
The Justice Department is reportedly probing corporate documents under the auspices of an 1863 law meant to prevent contractors defrauding the government.
Trump administration issues threat along with its U.N. funding plan
The administration threatened humanitarian agencies at the United Nations to “adapt, shrink, or die” as it announced a plan to severely scale down foreign aid.
Byron Donalds is feeling the viciousness of MAGA racism in Florida’s gubernatorial primary
The Trump-loving congressman is running for governor against an opponent who has continually referred to him as a slave. And he’s getting a taste of his own medicine.
Online criticism from conservatives sends DOJ’s Harmett Dhillon into a public meltdown
The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division called conservative influencers criticizing her work “hoes” in a social media tirade on Sunday.
Congress is failing terribly at its main job
It’s impressive how little the GOP managed to get done legislatively despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Trump says he’s ended eight wars. Here’s the reality on the ground.
Some of the conflicts Trump claims to have resolved are at risk of breaking down or have already collapsed into renewed violence.
Daniel R. DePetris
In the first year of Trump 2.0, he rolled back civil rights. Project 2025 demands more.
Trump began an assault on civil rights during his first term, and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 laid out in great details his plans to further reverse hard-earned civil rights gains.
Charles F. Coleman Jr.
‘Heated Rivalry’ fans are going a little crazy over this sleeper HBO hit. They may have a point.
The 2020s may be America’s decas horribilis, but all hope is not lost — at least not when you have a hockey romance like this to watch over the holidays.
Ani Bundel
Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country — because it doesn’t like their speech.
Mike Masnick
Trump officials showed their hostility to the Constitution on Christmas Day
The Trump administration’s overtly religious social media posts appear to forget a key line from the First Amendment.
Trump completely misread the Kennedy Center Honors audience
The president insisted on personally hosting the Kennedy Center Honors. Ratings tanked.
Trump’s Christmas bombing of Nigeria has little to do with protecting Christians
Nigeria has been plagued by sectarian violence, but that violence hasn’t primarily targeted Christians — and certainly not at historically unprecedented levels.
Nicholas Grossman