POLITICS

Democrats Show Split Personality, the Beacon Unmasks Barnard Library Occupiers, and Newsom Puts on a Masterclass in Gaslighting

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Heading into Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening congressional address, Democrats had a decision to make: Go wild, or stick with the old playbook? They chose both, writes Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti, putting the party’s split personality on full display. There were the “ideologically fevered” and “performatively outraged” House Democrats who experienced a “mass psychotic

Judge Gives Trump Administration Days to Pay USAID Contractors After Foreign Aid Freeze

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The administration said potential delays were due to complicated payment systems that require multiple steps. A federal judge has given the Trump administration until 6 p.m. on March 10 to pay some of the nearly $2 billion owed to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after it

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Shutting Down Federal Agency

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President Donald Trump has ordered the shutdown of the U.S. African Development Foundation. A U.S. judge on March 6 blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from closing a federal agency, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon entered an administrative stay that prevents the federal government from shutting down the U.S. African Development

The Democrats’ Identity Crisis

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The Democratic Party has a split personality. It was on full display Tuesday night. Face one: wacky, ideologically fevered, performatively outraged. Face two: collected, reassuring, conventional—and utterly misleading. The split reflects a deeper problem. Democrats have no power, no leader, no role, no identity. Their presidential candidate lost every swing state and the popular vote.

Trump’s Termination of Labor Board Member Overturned by Federal Judge

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Gwynne Wilcox has been reinstated to the National Labor Relations Board. A federal judge on March 6 reinstated a member of a federal board, ruling that the president lacked the authority to fire board members. “The President does not have the authority to terminate members of the National Labor Relations Board at will, and his

Trump signs executive order yanking security clearances of Perkins Coie lawyers

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President Trump said Thursday he was moving to suspend the security clearances of attorneys at Perkins Coie, a law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into any ties between Mr. Trump and Russia. The sanction against Perkins Coie is the latest in a series of moves by Mr. Trump and