Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite, declassified document shows  —  Three years ago, Donald Trump tweeted an image that left intelligence experts gobsmacked.  —  The picture was of a rocket that had exploded on a launch pad deep inside of Iran.  It was so crisp, that some initially thought …

Nancy Pelosi Reflects On the Not-Quite-End of An Era  —  Ever since the election, Nancy Pelosi says, congressional Democrats have been begging her to remain as their leader.  Of course, she knew what they were really doing: currying favor, just in case.  —  “Our members were just exploding …

Hundreds of employees say no to being part of Elon Musk's ‘extremely hardcore’ Twitter  —  Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.  And right on deadline, the farewell emojis started pouring into Twitter's Slack.

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing  —  The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate …

Trump or Biden?  How About Neither?  —  Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you're too old to drive safely.  —  Joe Biden and Donald Trump: Please do the country a service and don't run for president in 2024.  America is in gridlock over the both of you …

Rep. Lauren Boebert race too close to call, with margin inside recount threshold  —  With nearly all votes counted, the Republican incumbent led Democrat Adam Frisch by a small margin  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right Republican from Colorado, was locked in a race that was too close …

'You've gotta have a war every five or 10 years'  —  It's not every day that a senator quotes a famous mob movie to describe the state of his political party after a week of infighting.  —  “You've gotta have a war every five or 10 years to get rid of the bad blood,” Sen. John Kennedy …

Against Poo Flinging Monkeys  —  It is official.  Republicans have taken back the House of Representatives.  They gathered yesterday to announce their first official act: an investigation into Hunter Biden.  —  Dumbasses.  —  What a bunch of idiots.  The American people just rejected the GOP “own the libs” strategy.

I Cannot Vote for Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker  —  It is time to make a change.  —  During this midterm campaign, I attended hundreds of events in my district, around Arizona, and around the country.  The issue I was asked about most often was whether I or the Republicans in the House …

A gender imbalance emerges among trans teens seeking treatment  —  USA-TRANSYOUTH/TOPSURGERY  —  Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media.

North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US  —  North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters Friday in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland.

Congress took millions from FTX.  Now lawmakers face a crypto reckoning.  —  The stunning collapse of the world's third-largest exchange has forced politicians to grapple with the costs of legislative inaction  —  The sudden collapse of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges rattled …

My Friend, Mike Gerson  —  A beautiful writer with an even more beautiful soul  —  In the mid-1990s, I was the policy director of Empower America, a think tank whose co-directors were Jack Kemp, William Bennett, and Jeane Kirkpatrick.  A colleague told me that there was a person writing speeches …

BREAKING: Lee Zeldin confirms he's emailed committee members about running for RNC Chair  —  It does appear that Lee Zeldin will be running for the RNC Chair against Ronna McDaniel.  —  Politico reported today that he emailed committee members about his potential bid.  —  Here's their reporting: