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In his first week as a federal judge, Murray Gurfein was assigned the biggest case of his life.

He’d just been nominated to the Southern District of New York by President Richard Nixon in April 1971...Read more

This was a long day coming, and frankly one I never thought I’d see.

Thirteen years ago, Syria’s Bashar Assad unleashed a reign of unmitigated terror on his own people, in response to protests of his inhumane Ba’athist government.

Over the course of the civil war, he unabashedly committed the worst atrocities imaginable — politics/fromtheright/secupp/s-3517031">Read more

It’s been a rough go of it for those of us still clinging to antiquated notions that with leadership and power should come things like honesty, integrity, morality, and expertise.

One look at any number of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and it’s clear those things no longer matter to a great number of people. (Hell, one look at Trump ...Read more

The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with a 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the last Thursday in November a day of “thanksgiving and praise to ...Read more

While Democrats continue to wring their hands over what went so seriously wrong in 2024 — and there are many complicating factors — there’s one simple truth about it all: Donald Trump listened to voters ...Read more

For millions of Americans, this is a very dark day. An incomprehensible day. A day many thought would never come.

I’m deeply disappointed, too. After everything we know about Donald Trump, and everything he’...Read more

If Clark Kent had a twin brother he might resemble Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. That includes Johnson’s mild-mannered nature.

Underneath that bland exterior of Johnson’s may not be a Superman, but Johnson on the first anniversary of his speakership is confident that while Republicans may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single ...Read more

It’s been 41 years since Ronald Reagan gave his famous “Evil Empire” speech. It was 1983, the height of the Cold War, and President Reagan spoke passionately about the “focus of evil in the modern world” that was the Soviet Union. He rejected arguments of false equivalence between the U.S. and the Soviets, and asserted instead that the...Read more

“You just ban it. The president bans it. You just don’t let it happen.”

That line from former President Donald Trump at a Fox News town hall this week was met with an ...Read more

With less than four weeks until Nov. 5, the inundation of election news — and more importantly non-news — is at a fever pitch.

From a bombardment of election ads — especially in swing states — to a dramatic parsing of every word out of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ mouth, to an obsession with fringe ...Read more

It’s the go-to play nowadays.

If you’re a politician collared for alleged crimes, feign indignation, call it a “conspiracy,” blame the “corrupt” Department of Justice, and refuse to resign.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on five federal charges related to 2021 campaign contributions, wire fraud, and bribery. The ...Read more