REVIEW: ‘The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party’ Senator Mitch McConnell speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) December 22, 2024 Mitch McConnell is perhaps the most important conservative politician of the post-Reagan era. Both George W. Bush and now Donald Trump
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone contains much truth, but its title is fundamentally false. And this means that as insightful and eloquent as the author of this volume often is about the threats Israel faces, his thesis reveals that there is much about the world, and the Jewish place within it, that he does not understand.
As a seminarian in the order, I heard whispers of the conservative titan among the ranks of Midwestern Jesuits. Everyone I trusted told me I needed to meet him. While in Chicago, I met an unassuming priest who introduced himself simply as “Paul.” We spoke briefly and parted ways. I was told later that I’d
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says the high court ‘is mired in an ethical crisis of its own making.’ The Senate Judiciary Committee urged Congress to require the Supreme Court to enforce judicial ethical standards in an investigative report that was released on Dec. 21. Action on the report seems unlikely as Republicans gear up to
The former RNC co-chair had been considered a contender to replace Rubio upon his confirmation as the new Secretary of State. Lara Trump, former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, announced Saturday she no longer seeks to fill Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) soon-to-be-vacant seat. “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with multiple senators on Capitol Hill this week, striving to gain enough votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services in January. The HHS manages 13 agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of
President Joe Biden is set to meet with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a trip to Italy from Jan. 9 to 12. President Joe Biden is set to visit Italy next month in what is likely the final international trip of his presidency. This week, the White House announced Biden will