David Trone’s Financial Disclosures Don’t Add Up. Experts Say That Could Land Him in Legal Trouble.

It’s unclear how much Rep. David Trone’s stake in Indiana Fine Wine & Spirits is worth, but it’s enough that the Maryland Democrat pledged it as collateral for a loan worth up to $25 million in August 2020. But you wouldn’t know that from Trone’s financial disclosures. In both 2020 and 2022, Trone didn’t even

Police Sweep Columbia’s Campus, Arrest Students Who Seized University Building

‘IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE,’ student group wrote as cops approached campus Police enter Hamilton Hall. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images) MANHATTAN—New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest students who seized a school building, a move that came after president Minouche Shafik declined for days to bring police to campus as

‘Liberation Education,’ ‘Student Intifada,’ and Masked Guards: Here’s What Columbia’s Hamilton Hall Looks Like Hours After Takeover

MANHATTAN—The student takeover of Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall continued into Tuesday afternoon, hours after protesters stormed the building and barricaded its entrance.  While the exact number of students inside is unknown, Columbia communications head Ben Chang said “dozens” are occupying the hall, while a student protest leader put the number at 60 during a Tuesday

House Poised To Vote To Codify Official Definition of Anti-Semitism in Face of Left-Wing Objections

Bill faces opposition from Dems who prefer definition crafted by progressive activists (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The U.S. House could vote to codify an official and widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism as early as Wednesday, but some Democratic lawmakers are objecting. They prefer a far narrower definition crafted by progressive critics of Israel. The Antisemitism Awareness

State and Women’s Groups Sue Biden Over Title IX Revamp

Biden admin rule replaces ‘sex’ with ‘gender identity’ and classifies ‘misgendering’ as sexual harassment (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Red states and women’s groups hit President Joe Biden with four lawsuits Monday and Tuesday over his overhaul of the federal Title IX ban on sex discrimination in schools and universities. The rule, slated to take

College Dems Endorse ‘Protests for Peace’ as Demonstrators Trash Columbia Campus

College Democrats of America, the Democratic Party’s official student organization, on Tuesday endorsed the “protests for peace” across U.S. college campuses amid violent, weeks-long anti-Israel demonstrations that have shut down Columbia University. “This past week, we witnessed heroic actions on the part of students around the country to protest and sit in for an end

Jamaal Bowman Excuses Columbia Students Who Stormed Building: ‘The Protesters Are Gonna Do What They Got To Do’

New York congressman Jamaal Bowman (D.) shrugged off the anti-Israel rioters at Columbia University who stormed a campus building overnight, smashing windows and causing the campus to effectively shut down in the morning. Bowman said the “protesters are gonna do what they got to do.”  Rioters at the Ivy League university used a hammer to