‘You were much better at the electric slide than I was,’ Bessent tells Waters Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) apparently forgot she first met Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on a New Year’s Eve trip to the Bahamas. “This is the first time we’ve met, is that correct?” Waters asked Bessent during a House Financial Services
The New York Legal Assistance Group’s union—a chapter of the United Autoworkers of America—has engaged in anti-Israel activism and allegedly fostered a ‘hostile’ environment against Jews Kamala Harris and Tim Walz campaign at a local UAW chapter (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Union officials promoted an “anti-Semitic toxic environment” at a New York legal aid organization where
The Columbia Daily Spectator on Tuesday condemned Columbia University’s lack of transparency after administrators denied the student newspaper’s request for an interview with acting university president Claire Shipman. “We have seen a rise in unilateral administrative decision-making, a hesitancy to publicly engage with constituents, and now, a high-stakes negotiation with President Donald Trump’s administration taking
The Palestine Chronicle employed a former Hamas spokesman who held Israeli hostages in his home for months after October 7 (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by Israeli hostages against an American news outlet that hired a Hamas kidnapper can go to trial, rejecting the media organization’s motion
Museum of Political Corruption honors Glenn Kessler, scion of Dutch oil tycoons Getty Images Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post‘s preeminent fact-checker best known for attacking Tim Scott’s black heritage and dismissing evidence of Joe Biden’s decline as a right-wing conspiracy, is finally being honored for his commitment to “truth, accountability, and transparency.” The Museum of
This year’s winners include: A ‘reconsideration’ of Huckleberry Finn from a slave’s perspective, a ‘musical call to action’ on climate change, a Palestinian poet who wants to ‘stop talking about Hamas’ Getty Images Mainstream journalists have yet to embrace the cultural “vibe shift” triggered by Donald Trump’s election in 2024 (and probably never will before
Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel (D.) on Monday dropped all charges against seven anti-Semitic protesters arrested last year at the University of Michigan, a move that shocked even the protesters’ lawyers. Even though Nessel acknowledged that “based on the evidence, a reasonable jury would find the defendants guilty of the crimes alleged,” she said the case