Build a Fence and Crime Will … Do Nothing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Apparently President Trump has decreed that the new Republican slogan is “Build a wall and crime will fall.” As we all know, what he really means by “wall” is a steel bollard fence, just like the one we finished building in 2010 over about 600…
The Rich Are Different From You and Me
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From the Wall Street Journal: Billionaire Ken Griffin, who is becoming almost as known for his prodigious purchases as he is for his investment acumen, has closed on a New York penthouse for roughly $238 million. The deal sets a record for the highest-priced home…
Democrats Launch Investigation Into White House Security Clearance Breaches
Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A top House Democrat launched a broad investigation Wednesday into what he calls “grave breaches” in the security clearance process at the White House and on Donald Trump’s presidential transition team. In a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairman…
The United States Is No Longer the World Leader in Resettling Refugees
Syrian refugee children walk in mud after heavy rain this month at a refugee camp in Bar Elias, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time in more than three decades, the United States is not the world leader in resettling refugees. That title now belongs…
Michael Cohen Postpones Congressional Testimony, Citing Threats From Trump and Giuliani
ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is putting off his planned congressional testimony, citing threats to him and his family by Trump and his current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Cohen was scheduled to testify publicly on February 7. “By advice of counsel, Mr. Cohen’s…
The Housing Market Looks … Kinda Normal Right Now
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Home sales fell in December, ending up at their weakest level since 2015, according to the Wall Street Journal. Is that bad news? Sure. But how bad is it? That’s something I keep going back and forth on. To get a different kind of handle…