Politics

Rules Designed to Create Chaos

The Trump administration is hoping to put so many restrictions on mail-in balloting that people simply won’t be able to vote that way at all.

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness

The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence

Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script

If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world works

America Has Forfeited Its Greatest Strength

Osama bin Laden wanted to eradicate faith in American power. Twenty-five years later, his dream is on the verge of coming true.

How Ron DeSantis politicized Florida’s higher education by placing his loyalists at the top

Term-limited, hard-right governor instituted an ideological infiltration of universities by placing allies in powerful posts

Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route

Rampant Yemeni rebels take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports

Hundreds of asylum seekers removed from UK to France have disappeared, say NGOs

Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, one out deal include dozens of age-disputed children

John James takes nuanced approach to Flock cameras drawing backlash

Rep. John James (R-MI) is defending Flock cameras, the automated license plate-reading devices that face nationwide backlash over concerns about privacy violations, police misconduct, and false-positive errors that have led to wrongful traffic stops.

I Was Supposed to Be on Flight 77. Gen Z Forgetting 9/11 is Worse Than the Guilt

After 9/11, country music star Alan Jackson wrote a haunting song, “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?” A full 90% of Americans over 30 know — do you?

September 11, 25 Years Later

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Two solemn anniversaries and the cancer of political violence

Twenty-five years ago this week, jihadi terrorists hijacked commercial jetliners and weaponized them, murdering thousands of innocent people. The death toll would have been even higher if not for the remarkable courage of the passengers aboard United 93, who fought back and saved innocent lives.