The left’s insatiable — and arguably quixotic — quest to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot is a team effort to be sure. But two well-funded leftist groups in particular are leading the charge in the campaign to take Trump down with a bogus reading of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause.”  Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)‚ the lawfare arm of political strategist David Brock’s network of Democrat-aligned organizations‚ has dominated...

Supreme Court oral arguments Thursday could shed light on what’s at stake for Congress in a case about a Colorado decision to bar Donald Trump from appearing on the state primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment. The justices last month agreed to take up the issue but did little to clarify which of the numerous legal arguments might ultimately shape their opinion in an historic election dispute. Several possible decisions could leave Congress with an opening to weigh in on Trump’s...

On Thursday‚ the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a Colorado case about whether former President Trump’s deep involvement in the deadly events of Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ should disqualify him from running again. Sadly‚ I think it’s a good bet that the court’s conservative majority will side with Trump and allow his name on the ballot. It’s the least fraught way out for the court‚ mired in scandals of its own making and undoubtedly loath to throw more fuel on the raging election-...

The U.S. launched a drone strike in Baghdad on Wednesday evening‚ targeting the head of the Kataib Hezbollah militia’s Syria operations‚ according to reports. The strike killed three members of the Iran-backed militia‚ including a high-ranking commander‚ the Associated Press reported.  One of the three killed was Wissam Mohammed “Abu Bakr” al-Saadi‚ the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria‚ unnamed officials with the militias told the AP. The strike...

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah‚ an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops‚ was killed in a U.S. strike on Wednesday‚ the U.S. military said. "(U.S.) forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S. service members‚ killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region‚" a statement from the military said. It did not name the commander...

A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night‚ killing a high-ranking commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia who is responsible for “directly planning and participating in attacks” on American troops in the region‚ the U.S. military said Wednesday. The precision blast hit a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad‚ attracting a crowd as emergency teams picked through the wreckage. It came amid roiling tensions in the region‚ and...