A notable forecaster of presidential elections said in a recent interview that “a lot would have to go wrong for [President Biden] to lose” in November. In an interview with The Guardian released Friday, American University professor Allan Lichtman pointed to his method to predict presidential elections using 13 “keys” including whether “the incumbent party…

The United States announced a $6 billion weapons package for Ukraine on Friday, its largest military aid package to date for Kyiv’s forces. The weapons and equipment will include critical interceptors for Ukraine’s Patriot and NASAM air defense systems, significant amounts of artillery ammunition, air-to-ground munitions, counterdrone weapons, and maintenance and sustainment support, Defense Secretary Lloyd…

Curiously, just days after France and the U.K. helped down airborne Iranian missiles and munitions, Iran Air flights were soaring through the sky as usual, bound for Paris and London.

What's clear is that if the United States is going to support Ukraine, we will need a higher level of political support for Ukraine over the next five to ten years, whether that support is for the ongoing conflict or for the country’s reconstruction. The hard work of building that political support starts today.

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday he wants the league to move to fewer preseason games so the Super Bowl would fall on Presidents Day weekend, a three-day weekend. “I think we’re good at 17 [games] now, but listen, we’re looking at how we continue. I’m not a fan of the preseason. I…

The Biden administration has reportedly abandoned its plans to ban menthol cigarettes after warnings that it could push away some Black voters. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday the White House dropped its plans for the ban after weighing the potential public health benefits against possible political repercussions. “This rule has garnered historic attention…

Big tech wants a pass on the indiscriminate appropriations they have already undertaken and continue to press for their own gains. There isn’t a single, rational reason to accommodate them.

A leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University had a video emerge on social media this week, threatening violence to “Zionists.”  “Zionists don’t deserve to live,” student Khymani James said in a video from January. He is also heard saying “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”  The remarks happened…

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday slammed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) over a passage in her new book about shooting her family dog. In a statement first shared with The Hill, the DNC called itself the “Dogmocratic Party” and gave its response in the voice of dogs of Democratic owners. “As DNC’s…

Author and journalist Ronan Farrow says he sees “commonality” between the legal cases former President Trump faces and that of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. “There is a commonality of the legal theories being applied,” Farrow said during a Thursday night appearance on CNN. “In both cases, prosecutors argued for and judges allowed in evidence…

It turns out simply using the U.S. mail is a powerful way to help vulnerable Americans.

King Charles III is going to resume public duties “after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis,” Buckingham Palace said in a Friday statement.  Charles will make his first public appearance next week at a cancer treatment center after his cancer was discovered during a hospital stay in early February.  “The…

CON laws deter new hospitals from forming and, by doing so, exacerbate the rural health care crisis.

Two New York lawmakers are proposing legislation that could condition federal funding for universities to stricter monitoring of on-campus antisemitism. Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) plan to introduce the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability (COLUMBIA) Act, in the wake of pro-Palestinian encampments, protests and arrests on college…

Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) bags were stolen from his parked car before a San Francisco dinner party Thursday.  Schiff, who is running for California’s Senate seat, was in the Bay Area for a couple of days when his luggage got taken from his car parked at a downtown garage.  The burglary left the congressman in…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that about 1 in 5 samples of retail milk contain traces of highly contagious bird flu, though these findings may not be indicative of an infectious risk to consumers. In an update published this week, the FDA shared some takeaways from its nationally representative commercial milk sampling…

Law enforcement’s brutal response to campus protests; Emory professor hurled to the ground Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke give their take on the Israel-Palestine protests that have erupted on American college campuses. Columbia student journalist gives inside glimpse of protests; Shafik’s job on the line Columbia University student and reporter for the Columbia Spectator Emily…

The intellectual roots of the West’s mistakes predate the Soviet Union’s collapse.

Three women likely were infected with HIV after undergoing “vampire facials” at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, the first known instance of the virus being transmitted through cosmetic injection services.  The investigation shows the dangers of unlicensed establishments that mix medical procedures with beauty treatments.   According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report…

An important question is unresolved: Namely, does the focus on increasing manufacturing jobs make for good economic policy?