Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the passage of key measures in the months ahead. The predicament was on full display this week: 22 Republicans did not vote for any bills on Tuesday, followed by seven on Wednesday and five on…

The Hollywood Blacklist Gets Whitewashed

An exhibit on loan from the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee is now at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where it is getting new and important attention. “Blacklisted: An American Story” tells viewers it “explores the Hollywood blacklist and the federal government’s loyalty investigations. … Through powerful personal stories, rare artifacts, and film clips,

Scalia Ascendant

Antonin Scalia’s jurisprudential legacy has flourished far beyond what anyone might have reasonably imagined at the time of his death 10 years ago. By keeping his Supreme Court seat open through the 2016 presidential election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell gave lots of conservatives who were leery of Donald Trump one strong reason to vote

Peerage Pressure

Every society has an aristocracy, even those that deny or disparage the very idea, such as our own. The word derives from a Greek term roughly meaning “rule of the best” which, it goes without saying, means different things to different people. In England this was usually defined as the families that accumulated vast swaths

Elon Musk Offers to Pay TSA Salaries Amid Budget Battle, Airport Lineups

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on next to President Donald Trump talking to the media, at the White House on March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque//Reuters WASHINGTON—Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest ‌person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers ‌during their second unpaid work stoppage in six