Ukraine’s bold incursion into the Kursk region of Russia on August 6 has—as one correspondent covering the conflict described—”upend[ed] assumptions” about Russia’s capacity to continue prosecuting this war. This is not an outlook prompted by Ukraine’s surprising territorial gains. In February 2022 Russians were promised a lightning-speed takeover of Ukraine that never came to pass.
The FBI on Wednesday raided the homes of two senior aides to New York City mayor Eric Adams (D.), escalating its yearlong probe into the alleged collusion between the mayor’s 2021 campaign and foreign interests. Federal agents searched the Manhattan residence of Sheena Wright, the city’s first deputy mayor, and the Queens home of Philip
Data suggest the Voter Participation Center is ‘deliberately violating’ IRS rules, Rep. Claudia Tenney says Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.) / Getty Images A Republican congresswoman is demanding the IRS investigate a self-described “non-partisan” voter registration charity that excludes fans of Republican-dominated interests and hobbies from its registration efforts. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.) said
In a surprise switch, Hunter Biden said Thursday he plans to plead guilty in his tax evasion trial, in which he is charged with failing to pay over a million dollars in federal taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, escorts, and luxury hotels. The president’s son had previously pleaded not guilty to all charges in
Kamala Harris says she’s supported increased fossil fuel leases as vice president. Oil and gas leasing, however, has fallen to historic lows under the Biden-Harris administration, according to federal data. “Dana, excuse me,” Harris told CNN’s Dana Bash during her first interview as the Democratic presidential nominee. “I cast the tie-breaking vote that actually increased
The University of South Carolina required students to affirm the value of “diversity and inclusion” as part of a mandatory training this summer, underscoring the tenacity of diversity programs in the face of public blowback and raising concerns about compelled speech at a school that has marketed itself as a bastion of free expression. In
As recently as 2011, Tim Walz claimed in official biographies for his campaign and congressional office that he was on the verge of completing a doctorate in education, a decade after he enrolled in a Ph.D. program at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in the small town of Winona. The university, however, told the Washington