President Biden, to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, said he had but one fixed criterion. The nominee must be a Black female. On the first day of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, the…

Editor’s Note: Benjamin Jensen, one of the authors of this article, is the host of the new War on the Rocks members-only show, Not the AI You’re Looking For. If you are a member, you can access the…

Good Monday morning. Here is what’s on 46 agenda today: 10am: The President receives the President’s Daily Brief 10:30am: The President delivers remarks at the Gotham F.C. Championship Visit 12:20pm:…

A college student allegedly used a box cutter to carve a racial slur onto another student's chest at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, officials said Thursday. The alleged attack happened at a men's swim team gathering Sept. 6 at an on-campus residence, according to a statement from the victim's family that was published by the college's student newspaper, The Gettysburgian.

Gunmen opened fire in a popular entertainment district near the University of Alabama’s campus in Birmingham on Saturday night, killing four people and wounding dozens, the local police said. The authorities said they were still looking for the shooters. The police responded to calls of a shooting in the Five Points South area of Birmingham just past 11 p.m., Truman Fitzgerald, a spokesman for the Birmingham Police Department, said at a news conference. Two men and one woman were found dead at...

WASHINGTON—Washington and Baghdad have reached an agreement for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and other foreign forces from Iraq by the end of 2026, according to U.S. military officials, in the latest attempt to curtail America’s two-decade long military commitment. Hundreds of U.S. and coalition troops based in Baghdad, western Iraq and other parts of the country would leave by next September, followed by a drawdown of forces in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil by the end of the following year...

Former President Trump unveiled a new policy proposal, promising to eliminate sanctuary cities throughout the country. "Today, I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country," Trump said during a Saturday rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. The comments come as Trump has continued to hammer Vice President Kamala Harris on border security, noting her role in being appointed the "border czar" before the administration oversaw record-setting...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month, going against former President Donald Trump’s wishes and making some concessions to Democrats. The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election security proposal that would require people to show proof...

The FBI agent leading the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt was probed for allegedly targeting conservative agents for their viewpoints and retaliating against them for making protected disclosures as whistleblowers, according to a new letter delivered to Congress by a government watchdog which represents several FBI whistleblowers.  The group—Empower Oversight—sent the letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan Thursday ahead of a planned hearing in the...