Politics

Claire Fenn grew up listening to Taylor Swift’s music, so when the artist announced her latest tour, she jumped at the chance to buy tickets. Like many heartbroken Swift fans, though, Fenn didn’t score tickets. After being placed on the waitlist for Ticketmaster’s presale in November, the 21-year-old embarked on what feels like an “impossible” … Read more

What do you get when you cross a hawk with a chicken? A Quayle. If there’s anyone in America who hasn’t heard this joke yet, it’s a minor miracle. Practically from the minute he was named to run on the Republican ticket last week, vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle–a relative unknown saddled with questions about … Read more

Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton speaks Jan. 6 in Washington at a rally in support of then-President Trump that precipitated the violent insurrection at the Capitol. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) After Democrats succeeded in unraveling much of the Trump agenda through a California-led deluge of lawsuits, they now face a sobering reality: Their courtroom … Read more

Nikki Boxer of Manhattan Beach, holding a receipt from CVS drugstore on Monday, says she would rather receive an electronic receipt by text message or email. (Diya Chacko / Los Angeles Times) Those glossy paper receipts that are often trashed before a shopper even leaves a store could become a relic of the past under … Read more

Vice president Kamala Harris hugs Highland Park, Ill., mayor Nancy Rotering as Harris departs after a visit to the site of Monday’s mass shooting at the Highland Park July 4th parade. (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday visited the Illinois city where seven people were slain in a mass … Read more

In this image taken from security camera video, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., on March 25. (Associated Press) A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh arrives before President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol last month. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) A California man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years … Read more

As the Democrats dust off their demagoguery to further demonize Republicans in an election year, I propose introducing an element to modern politics as American as the Super Bowl: the good, old-fashioned punch in the nose. Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz missed an opportunity to defend his honor in this way in December, when Rep. Tom … Read more

New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill on March 5 in Washington. (Rod Lamkey / Associated Press) A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department’s extraordinary request … Read more

The House of Representatives plans to vote today on the most wrenching issue before it: a bill by Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) that is intended to effectively nullify a law in Oregon that allows terminally ill patients to request drugs to end their lives. However, the bill would reach far beyond the Oregon law. … Read more