GOP Nomination Becomes 2-Horse Race After DeSantis Drops Out

Two days ahead of the New Hampshire Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ended his 2024 campaign, leaving only Donald Trump and Nikki Haley as the primary contenders. Tulsi Gabbard Urges Against Haley Former Hawai’i Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard took to X (formerly Twitter) with a warning for New Hampshire primary voters about Nikki Haley as the

Senator Demands to Know Who in Treasury Department Approved Search of ‘Religious Texts’ by Financial Institutions

A key member of the Senate Banking Committee probes Treasury’s request for transaction-level searches ‘indicative of extremism’ for Jan. 6 investigation. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wants to know who at the Department of Treasury approved searches of customers’ private accounts for transactions for “religious texts,” which books, if any, were singled out, and why such

Senator Demands to Know Who at Treasury Department Approved Search of ‘Religious Texts’ by Financial Institutions

A key member of the Senate Banking Committee probes Treasury’s request for transaction-level searches ‘indicative of extremism’ for Jan. 6 investigation. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wants to know who at the Department of Treasury approved searches of Americans’ private financial accounts for transactions for “religious texts,” which books, if any, were singled out, and why

Midwest Mystic or Manchurian Candidate?

Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) left his mark on what he memorably proclaimed the Century of the Common Man—as plant geneticist, entrepreneur, spiritualist, author, magazine editor, transformative secretary of agriculture under Franklin Roosevelt, and Roosevelt’s second vice president. To his admirers Wallace was a conviction politician who denounced segregation in front of Southern audiences and criticized

A Liberal Takedown of Identity Politics 

In The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, who teaches international affairs at Johns Hopkins, joins a number of eminent critics of the identitarian movement that has come to dominate both American academia and, increasingly, our political and social life. He differs from most such critics in two respects. First, while he is a professed “philosophical” liberal,

Trump Touts More South Carolina Backing as Primaries Continue

Former President Donald J. Trump brought up to New Hampshire a large group of South Carolina politicians led by Gov. Henry McMaster, who spoke on behalf of the former president against, among others, their state’s former governor, Nikki Haley. “I love your motto,” said South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, referring to New Hampshire’s “Live