The CEO of FedEx challenged New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger to a public debate Sunday after the publication reported that the company didn’t pay any federal taxes in 2018.
Read MoreDay: November 19, 2019
Commentary: The Heavy Wages of Trump Fixation
Max Boot recently wrote that my arguments against the impeachment inquiry are prima facie proof of why the Democrats should, in fact, impeach Trump: “If even the great historian Victor Davis Hanson can’t make a single convincing argument against impeachment, I am forced to conclude that no such argument exists.”
In fact, I made 10 such arguments, all of which Boot attempted, but has failed, to refute. In this context, Boot’s intellectual erosion as a historian and analyst is a valuable warning of stage-four Trump Derangement Syndrome. I offer that diagnosis with regret given I once knew and liked Boot. But his commentary over the last three years has become sadly unhinged.
Read MoreCommentary: Fracking Bans Will Cost Democrats the White House
It often seems as if Democrats want to reelect Donald Trump. Why else would their top presidential candidates advocate a ban on fracking, the drilling technique that supports millions of jobs and accounts for half of all U.S. oil production?
Read MoreIllegal Border Apprehensions Drop 73 Percent in Five Months
The number of migrants arrested for illegally crossing the southern border from Mexico significantly dropped 73 percent in October for a fifth consecutive month, down from nearly 133,000 arrests in May to just over 35,000 in October.
Read MoreKen Cuccinelli Tapped for Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Ken Cuccinelli, a former attorney general of Virginia, has been tapped to be the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security, which makes him second in command of the department.
Read MoreSenate Sets Date For FISA Abuse Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Dec. 11 to examine the findings from a Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into the FBI’s alleged abuse of the foreign intelligence surveillance court during the Trump investigation, the committee said on Monday.
Read MoreRep. McCarthy Sends Letter to ABC Demanding Information on Killed Epstein Story
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter Sunday to ABC News demanding answers surrounding allegations that the network killed a 2015 story about dead alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, journalist Megyn Kelly said.
Read MoreD.C. Area Students Leave Class, Shut Down Streets in Support of Illegal Immigrants
Hundreds of Washington D.C. college students walked out of class to raise awareness for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ahead of the Supreme Court arguments that were heard on November 12.
Read MoreUS, South Korea Postpone Joint Military Drills as ‘Act of Goodwill’ Toward North Korea
The U.S. and South Korea said Sunday they are postponing joint military drills.
Read MoreAnalysis: How a Trade School in Pennsylvania Shows a Way Up and Out
A three-year trade school in Pennsylvania has become a shining example of how learning a trade can scoop people out of low-income situations and place them firmly in high-paying careers.
Read MoreMinnesota Republican Wants Hennepin County to End Practice of Drag Queens Performing for Kids
A Minnesota Republican lawmaker recently called on Hennepin County Libraries to end its weekly series for children called “Stories Together With Drag Performers.”
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