Idaho Passes New Bill Seeking Death Penalty for Sexual Acts With Children Under 12

The law would put Idaho on par with Florida. Idaho has passed a new bill that seeks capital punishment for child sex predators. The bill, known as HB 515, would carry out the death penalty for any conviction relating to sexual acts with children younger than 12 years. Simultaneously, another bill, HB465, which would allow

Trump Rails Against $355 Million NY Ruling as Michigan Crowd Chants ‘We Love Trump!’

Ten days before Michigan’s presidential preference contest, President Trump rallied supporters; he vowed to end ‘weaponization’ of the US justice system. A day after a New York judge issued a $355 million fine against him and his businesses, former President Donald Trump launched a Michigan rally by calling the decision “a lawless, unconstitutional atrocity that

Trump Rails Against $355 Million New York Ruling at Michigan Rally

Ten days before Michigan’s presidential preference contest, President Trump rallied supporters; he vowed to end ‘weaponization’ of the US justice system. A day after a New York judge issued a $355 million fine against him and his businesses, former President Donald Trump launched a Michigan rally by calling the decision “a lawless, unconstitutional atrocity that

Haley’s Hawkish Position on War Takes Center Stage in South Carolina Primary

CHARLESTON, S.C.—One doesn’t have to travel very far in South Carolina to discover reminders of its martial spirit. Eight military bases are scattered across the state. They include Parris Island, where U.S. Marines pass through boot camp—an experience fictionalized in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” Behind glass at the Charleston Museum, a pair of intricately

‘Trump Country’ or ‘Haley Country’? Early Voting Underway in South Carolina

Tactical voting for Haley by non-Republicans evident in Mount Pleasant, but Trump enthusiasm clear elsewhere in state. We’re calling it: the earliest early voting totals reveal that South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary has already attracted many more participants than the Democratic primary earlier this month, and not by a small margin. As of Day 3

Why There’s No Placating Putin

Leon Aron, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has written a welcome, concise book that follows Vladimir Putin from his youth in hardscrabble Leningrad to his unlikely rise to power, aided along the way by apartment bombings and mangled terror attacks, his tightening the screws on opposition figures, unprovoked invasions, to the present

When Obama’s Dreams Became Bibi’s Nightmares

The United States and Israel have a special relationship predicated on shared values and similar democratic principles. As Ari Harow documents in My Brother’s Keeper, that relationship was sorely tested during the Obama administration. Harow, a former chief of staff and adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offers an insider’s account of a transformational