Why I'm leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan  —  Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives.  —  Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act …

Dems ready to gamble their domestic agenda on Sinema  —  Senate Democrats will probably start a climactic series of votes on their party-line energy, tax and health care bill this week with very little public indication of where Kyrsten Sinema stands.  They're willing to risk it.

Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has embraced the verbal sparring of legal depositions in the past, but now faces significant risk.  —  For decades, Donald J. Trump has boasted with impunity about a subject close to his heart and ego: his net worth.

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Law  —  DOJ says Idaho law conflicts with federal law covering hospitals that receive Medicare  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho's near total ban on abortion, setting up the Biden administration's …

Elite Universities Are Out of Touch.  Blame the Campus.  —  Looking out the window of a plane flying over Boulder, Colorado, recently, I was reminded how much American universities stick out from their surroundings.  —  I'd never been to Boulder, or visited the University of Colorado's flagship campus …

House panels: DHS officials interfered in effort to get lost Secret Service texts  —  After the inspector general's office requested the Secret Service's January 6 communications, the effort was shut down  —  Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general's office interfered …

First to USA TODAY: Uninsured rate hit record low of 8%, HHS analysis shows  —  WASHINGTON - A record low 8% of Americans lacked health insurance at the start of the year, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided first to USA TODAY.

POLL: Fetterman Takes Sizable Lead Over Dr. Oz, 52% to 38% Among Likely Voters; 10% Undecided in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate Race  —  Mayor John Fetterman leads Dr. Mehmet Oz 52% to 38% among likely voters in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll from nonpartisan political …

Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine  —  Ex-Labour leader also tells Beirut-based TV channel he was criticised over antisemitism because of stance on Palestine  —  Jeremy Corbyn has urged western countries to stop arming Ukraine, and claimed he was criticised over antisemitism …

First Impressions on the Execution of Ayman al-Zawahiri  —  IN REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA AND PRODUCED TRUMP, I contend that President Obama made a substantial mistake by not declaring the War on Terror concluded after U.S. Navy SEALs slew Osama bin Laden in 2011.

New York 2022: Hochul Holds 16-Point Lead Over Zeldin; Schumer With 22-Point Lead in Potential US Senate Race  —  Home Polls New York 2022: Hochul Holds 16-Point Lead Over Zeldin; Schumer With 22-Point Lead in Potential US Senate Race  —  The latest Emerson College Polling survey …

Family policy guru Josh McCabe on the ‘accident of history’ that turned American conservatives against family benefits  —  This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with the Niskanen Center's Josh McCabe on his interest in Canadian public policy, growing challenges …

RNC links up with ‘Stop the Steal’ advocates to train poll workers  —  The Republican National Committee has been relying on a stable of the party's most prolific spreaders of false stolen-election theories to pilot a sweeping “election integrity” operation to recruit and coach thousands …

AOC is the Democrats' best shot against Trump in 2024  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  When Barack Obama came out of nowhere to win his Senate seat in 2004, it almost felt preordained.  As if he was the person we had been waiting for to breathe fresh air into the Democratic Party.

Inside the wild Bedminster lobbying spree that led to Trump's double Missouri endorsement  —  Former President Donald Trump called Republican Senate candidate Eric Schmitt Monday evening, after posting on social media that he would endorse in Missouri's GOP primary, and told him to look out for an announcement.

Why Garland Should Go Big  —  He shouldn't bring a pen to the gun fight  —  “When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”  ―Ralph Waldo Emerson  —  “Gentlemen.  If you're going to take Vienna, take Vienna” ―Napoléon Bonaparte  —  Happy Tuesday.

Reproductive Rights, Slavery, and ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’  —  In 1662, the Virginia legislature cast a cold, calculating eye on Black women's children.  Never mind that fewer than 150 Black women were enslaved there at the time, those legislators recognized that control of women's reproductive bodies yielded …

Democrats' Approval of Supreme Court at Record-Low 13%  —  Washington, D.C. — After several prominent rulings at the end of its term in June, most of which were decided in favor of conservatives' positions on the issues, the U.S. Supreme Court's overall job approval rating is 43%, statistically unchanged from last year's 40% reading.

Retired DC cop who testified before January 6 committee says Trump ‘adamantly’ wanted to go to Capitol  —  Former officer in Trump's Jan. 6 motorcade speaks out 03:12  —  Washington (CNN)A retired Washington, DC, police officer who was part of Donald Trump's motorcade on January 6, 2021 …

Book Review: “The Prophet of the Andes,” by Graciela Mochofsky  —  “The Prophet of the Andes” tells the story of Segundo Villanueva, a quixotic spiritual seeker who led hundreds of followers from Peru to Israel.  —  Buy Book ▾ … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site …