A group of House Democrats is launching a task force to take on Project 2025, a sprawling policy roadmap for how right-wing groups envision a second Trump administration. Why it matters: The Biden campaign and other Democrats have already seized on the Heritage Project plan for its proposed restrictions on abortion and contraception, among other culture war pushes. Project 2025 proposes overhauling or eliminating a swath of federal agencies including the Justice Department, Department of...

The most important moment in Hunter Biden’s criminal trial came not when the verdict found him guilty on three counts of lying on a federal firearms application, but in the previous week, when President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice admitted in court and under oath that the laptop linking Hunter Biden to payments from foreign governments was real. When the New York Post first published the story of a laptop owned by Hunter Biden showing that he had used his connections with his father to...

Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all three charges in his federal gun trial, becoming the first son of a sitting US president to be criminally convicted. Prosecutors said Biden, 54, lied about his drug use on a federal form when he bought a handgun in 2018. Biden pleaded not guilty, claiming he was in recovery from drug addiction at the time and therefore did not lie on the gun application form. A panel of 12 Delaware jurors reached their verdict after about three hours of...

Hunter Biden can and will only blame himself for his conviction for lying about drug addiction on a form to purchase a gun and then possessing the gun after lying to buy it. He is the one who abused crack cocaine, and he is the one who chose to purchase a gun. But we have Attorney General Merrick Garland to thank for the fact the case was brought, and that it was tried in the politically explosive time of a presidential campaign, only a month before the start of the Republican convention and...

Oh, what it must be like to be a cat. To never suffer from imposter syndrome, to take on foes at least twice your size without hesitation, to navigate the world like you’re on every VIP list in existence. What a glorious life, indeed.Take this concert-crashing kitty, for example. During a live orchestra performance at the 52nd annual Istanbul Music Festival, a curious feline wandered up on stage without a care in the world—and of course it was all anybody could talk about.In a clip shared to multiple social media platforms by several news outlets, including @abcnews on TikTok, we see the gray and white cat traipse onto the stage, as if drawn in by the whimsical tune being played. Then, it literally catwalks across the stage, unbothered from beginning to end. Watch: @abcnews A curious cat wandered onto stage during a live orchestra performance at the 52nd Istanbul Music Festival. #turkey?? #orchestra #catsoftiktok ♬ original sound - ABC News Of course, as many viewers pointed out, this is an all-too-common sight in Istanbul, which, like many Muslim countries, holds a special place in its heart for felines. According to Catster, cats don’t have owners. Instead, they are taken care of by the entire community all around the city—from tea houses to ferries to public transport and beyond.Istanbul even funds veterinary care for its stray cats, including spaying and neutering, emergency care, and a mobile Vetbus. It’s pretty much Kitty Heaven over there. Besides commending Istanbul for its feline-friendly atmosphere, people also shared their delight for the cat who “stole the show.” “He KNEW this was about him. HIS moment! Lol,” one person wrote. Another added, “that’s his background music, and he’s off on a big adventure.” Another tapped into the cat’s POV, writing, “how lovely, the humans are playing me a song.” Some even offered their best cats puns. “I think it was trying to find the ‘purr-cussion’ section,”one person quipped. Another said, “That is an ARISTOCAT.” Istanbul might go above and beyond for its cats, but the respect we have for feline audacity is strong just about everywhere in the world.

What a throwback!