Why Can’t the Top White House Lawyer Get His Financial Disclosure Approved?
Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Since taking over as White House counsel last December, Pat Cipollone has repeatedly revised his personal financial disclosure—indicating the information he previously provided was incomplete or incorrect—yet the Office of Government Ethics has still not signed off on the document. It’s an unusual situation for the…
House Judiciary Committee Approves Articles of Impeachment
Alex Brandon/AP The House Judiciary Committee has approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. In a 23-17 vote split along party lines, the panel advanced the articles to the full House, which is expected to vote on them next week. One article accuses Trump of abusing his powers by soliciting interference from a…
Who’s the FBI Agent in “Richard Jewell”?
Sure, Jon Hamm looks like a lecherous FBI agent who might trade information for sex. But whose part is he really playing?Starmax/Newscom via ZUMA Clint Eastwood’s new movie, Richard Jewell, about the man who was falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has gotten generally good reviews from critics but…
Too Bad About the Brits, But What Does It Mean For Us?
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA British exit polls are virtually never wrong by more than a dozen seats or so, which means it’s almost certain that Labour suffered a crushing defeat today. Naturally, since everything is about us us us, the question is: what does this mean for us? In particular, what does it…
Exit Poll Shows Conservatives and Brexit Winning By Large Margin
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA The exit poll for the British election has just been released. Here’s the projection: Conservatives: 368 Labour: 191 SNP: 55 Lib Dems: 13 Other: 26 If the exit poll is accurate, the Conservatives won 56 percent of the seats in Parliament, a considerable increase over their current position. This…
Federal Judge Grants Citizenship to American Samoans
The flag of American Samoa.sezer ozger/iStock Getty Images A Utah federal judge on Thursday ruled that people born in the US territory of American Samoa are entitled to US citizenship. American Samoans were the only group of people excluded from birthright citizenship—the principle under which those born in the United States automatically become American citizens.…