Marc Elias, who blamed voting machines for a client’s loss in 2021, will now ‘defend democracy’ Marc Elias (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped a controversial Democratic elections lawyer, with whom the Democratic National Committee cut ties just last year and who was laughed out of court in 2022 for what a
At Columbia, students storm and occupy a university building scot-free (edited from Alex Kent/Getty Images) Do Columbia University administrators actually want a governable university where students can learn free of disruption and harassment from their own classmates? Former university president Minouche Shafik threw in the towel last week rather than return to campus. She presided
When student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in April, the school said they would “face expulsion.” Now, with one week to go until the start of the fall semester, Columbia will allow most of those students to return to classes in good standing. Of the 22 students arrested inside Hamilton Hall, an
The Democratic National Committee’s final party platform, released Sunday and scheduled for a Monday evening vote, touted plans for “Biden’s second term,” failing to present an updated platform under presumptive nominee Kamala Harris. The platform, which outlines “a vision for a progressive agenda,” references President Joe Biden’s plans for his “second term” 19 times, despite
FEC is investigating Biden’s transfer of $91.5 million war chest to Kamala Harris Ellen Weintraub, Shana Broussard (Alex Wong/Getty Images), DNC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) On July 23, the Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission that could pull back the curtain on Democratic Party finances. Two days later, the Democratic National Committee
Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv Sunday night, warning of more bombings to follow in retaliation for Israel allegedly assassinating Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil. “Martyrdom operations within the occupied territories will return to the forefront as long as the massacres by the
The Biden-Harris administration recently waived mandatory sanctions on Iran’s state-controlled broadcasting company, which has been publishing a steady stream of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and pro-terrorism content since Hamas’s Oct. 7 strike on the Jewish state, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. The State Department informed Congress in a non-public Aug. 9 notification that it will continue