Republicans Seek to Unleash President’s Power to Not Spend

by

Republican lawmakers want to repeal a Watergate-era law that reins in the president’s ability to decline to spend funds appropriated by Congress. WASHINGTON—In a move that could give President Donald Trump more freedom to enact his agenda, Republicans are attempting to repeal a law which ties the hands of presidents who don’t want to spend

A Supreme History

by

UCLA law professor Stuart Banner’s new book is simply the finest and most valuable book ever written about the U.S. Supreme Court, a work of such erudite breadth and interpretive sophistication that in a world governed by merit, it would be a slam-dunk winner of an upcoming Pulitzer Prize. Yet in today’s deeply degraded media

The Making and Remaking of Xi Jinping

by

A growing body of evidence has emerged indicating that China is making significant headway in its plans to conquer Taiwan. In early January 2025, the Naval News published satellite photos revealing the construction of D-Day-style landing barges at the Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China. The barges have “unusually long road bridges extending from their bows,”

Mysteries of the Orient

by

REVIEW: ‘Invisible Helix: A Detective Galileo Novel’ by Keigo Higashino (us.macmillan.com) By the end of the 19th century, translations of mystery fiction (novels as well as short stories) from Britain, France, the United States, and elsewhere had appeared in Japan, where they attracted considerable interest. In fact, during the period when “mysteries” became a global