White House

Collins, Murkowski will support confirmation vote before the election if nominee is a ‘McCain Republican’

Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have been privately suggesting to colleagues that they would support a confirmation vote for President Donald J. Trump‘s Supreme Court nominee if he selects a “John McCain Republican“. The

Department of Justice

Mueller team repeatedly wiped phones

WASHINGTON, DC — Judicial Watch announced today it received 87 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that show senior members of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) repeatedly and “accidentally” wiped phones assigned to them.   The records were produced in

2020 Presidential Election

Trump plans to cure herpes by the end of second term

Sources inside of the White House tell The Chronicle that President Donald J. Trump is planning a major campaign pledge to commit more than $1 billion to cure the herpes virus before the end of his second term. “In the

Foreign Policy

China, how may we sanction thee: Let us count the ways

BY CLAUDE BARFIELD Recently, Columbia law professor Tim Wu penned a forceful op-ed titled “A TikTok ban is overdue.” Wu bases his case strictly on reciprocity grounds, though he also raises broader issues regarding China’s oppressive authoritarianism. Citing TikTok and

Congress

Higgins demands extension of Census reporting deadlines

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) joined a group of 89 members calling on Congressional leadership to include funding for the census in the next COVID-19 relief package, accompanied by a necessary extension to census reporting deadlines. The letter follows a recent

2020 Presidential Election

Conventions and convention delegates: a trip down memory lane

BY KARLYN BOWMAN The quadrennial tradition of a national political convention, dating back to 1832 when the first Democratic Convention was held with Andrew Jackson as the party’s nominee, has ended, felled by coronavirus. Both conventions will be almost entirely virtual

Foreign Policy

Brazil’s political institutions clash over COVID response

BY RYAN C. BERG Brazil recently surpassed a grim statistic: 100,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus, which barrels on in the second worst outbreak in the world. Under increasing pressure at home — over 30 impeachment motions have been introduced by opponents in Congress

Latin America

Can Latin America’s coronavirus schooling crisis be prevented?

BY ANDRES MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ By most measures, Latin America has become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with the region struggling to cope with both the pandemic and the resulting socio-economic crises. Now, governments are forced to make difficult decisions

Department of Justice

Trump task force to dismantle MS-13 takes down key leaders

A special task force launched by President Donald Trump to gut the nation’s deadliest street gang has taken down key leaders in less than a year and for the first time charged a gang banger with terrorism-related offenses. The feared street