Vocal Against Hochul: Most New Yorkers Don’t Support Governor’s Reelection, Poll Shows

Just over a third of New Yorkers say Democratic governor Kathy Hochul should serve another term, with a majority saying they want someone else, according to a poll published Tuesday. Only 36 percent of New York voters said they support Hochul’s bid for a second four-year term, while 55 percent prefer a different candidate, the

A Top Law Firm Said Trump Was Infringing on the ‘Rights of All Americans.’ It Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Students.

Susman Godfrey expands race-based prize amid fight with White House President Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order (Win McNamee/Getty Images) When a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, long considered the top litigation boutique in the nation, the firm hailed the decision as a win for

Tapper Rewrites His Own History. Plus, 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley Unleashes on Trump and His Bosses in Commencement Address.

Revisionist history: Jake Tapper spent years downplaying concerns about Joe Biden’s mental fitness—until the president’s disastrous decline became conventional wisdom and fodder for a book deal. His new release with Axios’s Alex Thompson, Original Sin, documents Biden’s cognitive deterioration and the White House’s efforts to cover it up. But as our Andrew Stiles and Thaleigha

The Tapper Dossier: How the CNN ‘Journalist’ Covered (Up) the Biden Cover-Up—Before Writing a Best-Selling Book About It

CNN host Jake Tapper has been under fire since announcing he was writing a book about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the extensive “cover-up” to convince American voters they were too dumb to see what was happening with their own two eyes. Many have pointed out that Tapper, his network, and the mainstream media

Weekend Beacon 5/18/25

Belated congratulations to the former cardinal Robert Prevost on becoming the first American pope, Leo XIV. Considered a long shot, His Holiness benefited from a little-known Vatican affirmative action plan aimed at his minority group—White Sox fans. Speaking of affirmative action, Jason Riley is out with a new book, The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences

Gunning for Results

Jens Ludwig is an economist who’s seen some things. A longtime gun-violence researcher who directs the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, he’s accompanied cops to murder scenes and on high-speed chases. America’s efforts to control gun violence, he argues in Unforgiving Places, are coming up short. Liberals’ focus on “root causes” and conservatives’ support for